Tsunami in Thailand — Disaster Management in a District Hospital

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On the morning of December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred off the west coast of Sumatra. The tsunami that followed swept across the Indian Ocean, devastating areas of Indonesia, affecting the Indian Ocean islands, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia, and parts of Africa, and resulting in more casualties than any other tsunami in recorded history. All told, as of mid-February, an estimated 214,000 people had been killed, at least 142,000 were missing, and more than 34,000 were injured.1 In Thailand, 5395 people are confirmed dead, 2998 are missing, and 8457 have been injured.2 The most severely . . .

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