Sukhothai officials rush to protect hospital as reservoir overflows
Authorities quickly respond to flooding by piling up sandbags around the province’s main hospital; large vehicles also deployed to move patients across flooded areas
Officials rushed to pile up sandbags around Sukhothai Hospital to protect it from flooding after the province’s largest reservoir began overflowing on Monday morning.
The Thalay Luang monkey-cheek project, also known as the Holy Heartland TalayLuang, was overwhelmed by runoffs and began discharging water into the Mae Lamphan Canal and tributaries on the western side of Sukhothai’s Muang district.
The overflow also flooded the main road in front of the hospital on Monday morning and some water went into the hospital compound.
The Sukhothai Irrigation Office and municipality office immediately responded by sending staff to start building embankments with sandbags. They also started pumping water out of the hospital’s compound.
Dr Sunthorn Inthapibul, the hospital’s director, said the hospital had called for help because it wanted to minimise the impact on patients.
The hospital also provided large vehicles to transport patients across the flooded road.
