Northern Thailand Floods: Three Provinces Mobilize Hospital Response
Hospitals in three northern Thai provinces—Nan, Sukhothai, and Mae Hong Son—are mobilizing emergency response as flooding spreads across the region in late August 2025. Nan Hospital has suspended non-emergency services and set up field hosp
Northern Thailand faces major flooding. The Public Health Ministry has alerted hospitals in three provinces to prepare for flood waters. On August 20, 2025, Health Minister Pattana Prompattana chaired a remote emergency medical operations meeting to monitor flood, storm, and landslide situations across the region.
Deputy Secretary-General Veeravut Imsaranyu reported that as of noon, three provinces—Nan, Sukhothai, and Mae Hong Son—were affected. In Nan province, six health facilities have been impacted. Nan Hospital has suspended non-emergency medical services and surgeries from August 20 to 23 and relocated its emergency department to a field hospital. Several health stations in Nan district and surrounding areas have closed. Sukhothai province has reported no direct service disruptions but is preparing for incoming floodwaters from Phrae. Mae Hong Son has only one operational road and may face patient transfer challenges; authorities are preparing helicopter evacuation if needed.
The emergency operations center has issued directives including: monitoring weather forecasts and flood warnings, preparing care for vulnerable groups such as bedridden patients, oxygen users, dialysis patients, pregnant women, and elderly and disabled persons in high-risk areas; verifying death and injury data; prioritizing hospital services and operating field hospitals; coordinating emergency medical transport routes; inspecting sanitation and facilities at evacuation shelters; and ensuring medical teams, medicines, equipment, and supplies are ready for deployment.
