Takua Pa Hospital

Little Fie has Dengue Fever

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September 28th 2007
Takua Pa Little Fie has Dengue fever. She is laying in a hospital bed with her grandaunt by her bedside. Her blankets are soaked in sweat and she tosses and twitches incessantly. When we arrived to see her and pay the hospital bill (Fie is not a resident of the orphanage fulltime and therefore was not provided with medical insurance. She lives in the village and attends the orphanage on ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more