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However, the cost of damage to health facilities varies greatly from one region to the next.
All of the highly affected health facilities are located in the low-lying, flood-prone plains of
central Thailand. The estimated cost of damage to health facilities in five key provinces
in central Thailand alone – Ayuthaya, Bangkok, Nakhon Sawan, Nonthaburi, and Pathum
Thani – accounts for around 90 percent of the total cost of damage. On the contrary, the
cost of damage to health facilities in the northeast is estimated at THB 10.7 million, which
is only 0.64 percent of total damage costs.
In the public sector, regional and provincial hospitals bear the highest cost of damage. Sixteen
regional and provincial hospitals were reportedly damaged, and the extent of damage
is greatest at Ayuthaya Regional Hospital. The second highest costs in damage occurred
in the health centers/health promotion hospitals sector, with as many as 468 facilities reportedly
damaged. Many health centers/health promotion hospitals are located below the
roads and streets in front of the facilities, and thus floodwater inundated the facilities even
before the flood reached street level. In addition, 77 district hospitals were reportedly damaged.
Apart from health service delivery facilities, three provincial health offices (PHOs)
and 29 district health offices (DHOs), which perform administrative and supervision roles
at the provincial and district level, were also reportedly damaged.
In addition to MOPH facilities, a university hospital in Pathum Thani – Thammasat
Chalermprakiat Hospital – was severely damaged. At the time of the mission, the floodwater
had not fully receded. Many areas on the ground floor and all basement areas were still
flooded at the time of writing, making it difficult to calculate accurate damage estimates.
An initial estimate of THB 139 million was made by the hospital management team, but the
team believes that number will rise once the full extent of damage is shown after waters
recede fully.
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