Tsunami disaster - link to Phuket hospital
Dec 28, 2004 08: 29 EST
The death toll of the Tsunami disaster in Asia is on the rise. Close to 23 000 people are dead and many more are still missing. On some Thai beaches bodies are burned before identified in fear of disease. Western tourists were killed sunbathing on beaches, poor villagers drowned in homes by the sea. The 21-year-old grandson of Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej was killed on a jet-ski.
Families are desperately searching for news of loved ones, if you have someone missing in Thailand, click the link in the links section for lists of people currently treated in Thai hospitals.
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