Global General

88 die from Thai clashes

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-05-25 15:17

BANGKOK - The death toll from a series of violent clashes between the anti-government protestors and troops in capital Bangkok during March 12 to May 19 stood at 88 as some 1, 885 others were wounded, Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said Tuesday.

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Of the total injured, some 217 are still in hospitals for treatment, including some 17 intensive care units patients, the Thai News Agency (TNA) reported.

Meanwhile, the ministry is going to launch a mental healing program, with a hotline call center of 1,323, for the political- crisis-suffered Thais, Jurin said.

Preliminarily, the mental healing's program will be specially available for some 23 to 30 communities in seven districts in capital Bangkok and also for the Thai people in 23 provinces, Jurin said.

The program is planned to be available for the public from Wednesday afternoon, the public health minister said.