Pattaya officials brought basic necessities and cash to two infirm residents of the Baan Nernrodfai community.
Deputy Mayor Wutisak Rermkitkarn and health volunteers and nurses from Pattaya Hospital paid a visit to the slum area along Pattaya’s railroad tracks between sois Khao Noi and Khao Talo June 16.
Manoon Wongsena, leader of the community that houses previously homeless people, introduced them to Jee Thongkam, 71, and her husband Samran Jantabut, 72.
She is paralyzed on her left side and has both diabetes and high blood pressure. He had both hand and leg disabilities. They live with their son, a motorcycle taxi driver.
Deputy Mayor Wutisak Rermkitkarn, health volunteers, and Pattaya public health officers paid a visit to 71-year-old Jee Thongkam in the Baan Nernrodfai Community to donate necessities and funds for living.
The family lives in a 30-sq.-meter shack with roof of wood and tin scraps on rented land. Their only income is from their son, one of six children, and is insufficient to meet all their needs.
Jee, a Kamphaeng Phet native, said she has lived in Pattaya for decades and used to earn income from driving motorcycle taxis and growing vegetables. Now they can’t work. The couple gets a total welfare allowance of about 2,200 baht.
The Pattaya officials also met 56-year-old Tao Pasuk, who has lived in a small hut in a deserted area with his mother, Man Pasuk, for more than 10 years. He also is paralyzed, but does not know why, as he ignored his illness due to lack of money for medical care. His mother is 70 and cannot work. They get food from a local temple.
Wutisak and the health officials gave everyone a checkup, guidance on both self therapy and self-help, and presented them with cash and bags of basic necessities.
