Saturday, July 5, 2014

BANGKOK - TOT technology to save more lives



THAILAND :  --   The Thai TOT Mr. Tanin explained that once the 1669 hotline is pressed information such as the person's identity, phone number, biography, relatives, congenital diseases, blood type, and preferred hospital are sent to the main hospital in the province within seconds.

This initial contact provides essential information for a medical team to prepare for the case.

Mr. Tanin also added that after the hotline button is pressed, within 8 minutes a medical van will reach the patient.

Thai TOT has combined with the National Institute for Emergency Medicine to promote 1669, an organization established to play a role in the management of emergency medical services he siad.

Together they have found a way to ensure help is always available at the touch of an electronic button.

Tanin further said that TOT had developed this technology knowing that in society, the ill, senior citizens, and people with disabilities are often at home alone where accidents and other uncertainties may occur, and in such a situation, one can reach for the 1669 button to call for urgent assistance.

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