Princess Srirasm Visits Wounded Soldiers

BANGKOK: -- Her Royal Highness Princess Srirasm, the Royal Consort to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, on Thursday  visited  a rehabilitation center for wounded soldiers under the jurisdiction of the Army’s Medical Department in Bang Pu area, Muang District, Samut Prakan Province. 

The state news agency , NNT, said the Princess, a day earlier, visited Phra Mongkutklao military Hospital in Bangkok.

The Princess made the visits in her capacity as the Director of the Family Medicine Office of the Royal Thai Army’s Medical Department, with her intention to use the information gained to improve assistance for military personnel and their families.

At the Bang Pu Convalescent Home and Resort of the Royal Thai Army, Her Royal Highness Princess Srirasm observed a special project drawn up to boost physical health of soldiers crippled mostly in their fights with southern insurgents. 

Under the project, disabled soldiers are given training to make them familiar with universal-design equipment created to accommodate their living, both at home and in work office. 

The project helps ensure readiness of the amputated soldiers for their return and raise their superior’s that they have the capacity to go back to work. Crippled soldiers are also given skill training in such fields as painting and electrical circuit board production, from which they can raise supplementary incomes for families.

The Princess also visited agricultural plantations developed by soldiers being treated at the center in accordance with the Sufficiency Economy concept of His Majesty the King. Produces from the plantations are sold to raise a revolving fund for the center.