Thailand said today that Myanmar’s ruling junta, which has been criticised for refusing foreign assistance in the aftermath of a cyclone, would allow 30 of its doctors to go and help victims.
The Public Health Ministry said the medics would depart on Friday and stay for two weeks in Myanmar, whose southwestern Irrawaddy Delta region was devastated in the disaster.
“We have been informed from the Myanmar foreign ministry that they will welcome 30 Thai doctors to help cyclone survivors,” it said in a statement.
The team - made up of medics from the Thai Red Cross, the public health ministry, and a Bangkok hospital - will treat injured victims, work on disease prevention and offer psychological services.