Some 1,000 medical workers and 25 state and private hospitals in Bangkok and nearby provinces have also been put on alert should chaos break out this weekend.
The deputy permanent secretary for Health has been ordered to keep a close eye on developments, while ministry inspectors will oversee the situation in local areas, Jurin said.
The Emergency Medical Service Centre's secretary-general, Dr Chatree Charoenchivakul, said his agency had spoken with red-shirt leaders, including Dr Weng Tojirakarn, Pongsak Phusitthikul and former Nakhon Ratchaisma MP Suporn Atthawong about the provision of medical care during the rally.
Chatree said the EMS Centre had drawn up three master plans to deal with violence. The first was to get relevant medical agencies ready to deal with at least 10,000 people; the second would be to cover 10,000 to 50,000 people; and the third would be to deal with incidents in which more than 50,000 people are injured.
He also asked top private institutions such as Mission, Hua Chiew, Phayathai, Samitivej, Bangkok and Ramkhamhaeng hospitals to be ready for emergency cases.
State hospitals around the capital such as Phra Nang Klao, Pathum Thani, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Samut Sakhon, Samut Prakan, Chon Buri and Nakhon Pathom hospitals had also been warned to be on standby around-the-clock.
Chatree said he would recruit more than 1,000 additional medical workers to deal with the situation, adding that he feared bomb explosions and gas attacks. He said EMS Centre staff would meet today to discuss precautionary measures.
BOX On alert
Hospitals in areas near red-shirt rally sites have been put on alert:
- Chulalongkorn, Mongkut-wattana and private hospitals in the Tung Song Hong police station area;
- Bhumibol, Nopparat Rajathanee and private hospitals in Lak Si near Pitak Ratthathammanoon monument;
- Rajvithi, Ramathibodi, Phra Mongkutklao, Klang and Vatchara hospitals near the Thai-Japanese Stadium;
- Chulalongkorn and private hospitals near Lumpini Park;
- Taksin, Somdej Pin Klao and Siriraj hospitals in the Wong Wian Yai area;
- Chest Disease Hospital along with Phra Nangklao and Bamrasnaradura hospitals in Nonthaburi;
- Thammasat Hospital, HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Centre and state hospital in Pathum Thani; Ongkarak Medical Centre in Nakhon Nayok;
-State and private hospitals in Samut Prakan.
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