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Thailand to use GIS for universal healthcare

By Clarice Africa | 10 June 2011

The Public Health Ministry of Thailand revealed that they will be using Geographic Information Systems to help assign doctors in different locations across Thailand.

Each doctor will be assigned to work in a particular location based on the GIS system – where the number of the population will be taken into account.

Dr. Supan Srithamma, The spokesperson from Public Health Ministry, said that almost 10,000 doctors are needed to respond to medical needs across the country.

Dr. Supan added that there are currently 13,083 doctors providing medical attention to Thai people in the country, however 9,722 are needed to ensure that thais have access to quality medical services.

At present, the ratio of the doctor per patient is 1: 7,000.

“Each community hospital there must have at least four doctors in places where there are shortages, such as those in the three southernmost provinces, doctors will be assigned to those hospitals until such time that things are sustainable,” he said.

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