Migrants band together in virus fight in hard-hit areas
Health volunteers helping to provide access to medical care, writes Penchan Charoensuthipan
On the outskirts of Bangkok adjacent to Samut Sakhon, many Covid-19 patients are migrant workers and migrant health volunteers from those communities are playing an important role in helping support local isolation schemes.
Bangkok’s border districts such as Bang Khunthian and Bang Bon all connect with Samut Sakhon which houses factories, fishing businesses and the migrants who work in them. Many migrants also live in those neighbouring districts.
Unfortunately for those who become infected, language is frequently a barrier to them getting access to appropriate healthcare and medicines and adhering to isolation rules.
Migrant health volunteers (MHVs) are people from…
