BANGKOK, 30 September 2014 The Public Health Ministry is planning to propose to this week’s Cabinet meeting a plan to support the control of the spread of the deadly Ebola virus.
Public Health Minister Dr. Rajata Rajatanavin said that there is now an ever-urgent need for the world to control the Ebola outbreak, which has continued to intensify in West Africa.
According to Dr. Rajata, he has suggested to a recent international meeting on the world health security that a field hospital equipped with 1,700 beds be set up to handle Ebola-infected patients as the countries where the outbreak has been reported could not cope with the rising number of victims.
He added China and Cuba have offered to send their medical teams to help carry out the project while Thailand agreed to send in volunteers, medical supplies and donations.
The Public Health Minister said he will propose all of these plans for the Cabinet to consider on Tuesday.
At the same time, Dr. Rajata said that he has already instructed executives of the Department of Disease Control and the Department of Health to step up their offensive plans during the next three months to rein in the possible spread of Ebola virus and AIDS in Thailand.
