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THE BATTALION
•day, Jantar,
Hundreds trapped as armed Myanmar rebels seize hospital in Thailan
RATCHABURI, Thailand (AP) — Little was known about
the gunmen or the situation inside the hospital until they let in
a television crew from Thai Channel 7.
They took footage showing scores of frightened people
sitting on rows of waiting-room benches and of a masked
man brandishing an assault rifle.
“We want to tell the world how Karen and Burmese
refugees live during the fighting,” one hostage-taker, who
called himself Nui, said. “We will not hurt any hostages. We
take good care of them.”
A doctor telephoned about two dozen patients and their rela
tives in the post-operative ward, telling them not to move.
Lacking contact with hospital officials, the patients did what
the rest of Thailand did — watch the drama unfold on television.
Prasert Panpongpaew, 63, a retired government official with
diabetes, said that at mid-day, the patients reasoned that the raiders
weren’t covering all the buildings and they would try to e>
“I wasn’t scared, but some people were," Prasert said.
“We had to take some risk. Fifty-fifty.
We helped each other get up, and we got down the stairs
OK and outside.”
Boonmak Sirinavakul, a local member of parliament, said
doctors outside were using mobile phones to instruct nurses
inside on caring for patients.
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