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Rescue teams run out of cash

Pisit Pongsirisupakul, vice-chairman and secretary-general of the Phutthatham Hook 31 Foundation in Nakhon Ratchasima, says on Tuesday at least five of the foundation’s 50 rescue teams have stopped operating emergency ambulance services as they did not have money for fuel. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert)

Rescue foundations in the Northeast have suspended their free emergency response services after not receiving financial support from the National Institute for Emergency Medicine (Niem) for eight months.

Pisit Pongsirisupakul, vice-chairman and secretary-general of the Phutthatham Hook 31 Foundation in Nakhon Ratchasima, on Tuesday said at least five of its 50 rescue teams had stopped operating emergency ambulance services as they…

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