Health officials perform Covid-19 tests on elderly people found crammed in an unlicensed elderly care centre in Lat Krabang district, Bangkok, on Wednesday. (Photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)
Two unauthorised care facilities in Bangkok, accused of mistreating their elderly residents including putting some in shackles, were raided by authorities and closed on Wednesday.
The elderly residents, some in a poor condition, were rescued from the facilities, one in Lat Krabang district and the other in Nong Chok district. Both centres are owned by the same person.
The raids revealed the poor living conditions of the residents. They were squeezed into tiny rooms in commercial buildings converted into “centres” offering elderly care services at affordable prices, said the officials involved in the raids.
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