Hazardous haze: Over 64,000 patients hospitalised in northern Thailand
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Bangkok: As many as 64,108 people were hospitalised because of haze in Thailand's northern provinces, while more patients are expected as a result of the air pollution, the media reported.
Suraphan Sangsawang, acting director of the Regional Health Promotion Centre, 10 Chiang Mai, said reports from 90 hospitals in the area showed that the number of patients with coronary artery and respiratory diseases has increased dramatically as the region's haze worsened last week, The Nation reported.
Suraphan Sangsawang, acting director of the Regional Health Promotion Centre, 10 Chiang Mai, said reports from 90 hospitals in the area showed that the number of patients with coronary artery and respiratory diseases has increased dramatically as the region's haze worsened last week, The Nation reported.
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