Thai volunteers provide lifeline to elderly, sick cut off by pandemic


A 93-year-old Covid-19 patient Nuan, who lives without family, is treated by volunteers in Bangkok, Thailand on Aug 5, 2021. - Reuters

BANGKOK (Reuters): Decked out in personal protective equipment, former pilot Chayaphon Satondee dashes to the Bangkok home of an elderly coronavirus patient in urgent need of hospital care.

Chayaphon gives the 86-year-old woman oxygen before laying her on a stretcher and taking her to hospital in a pickup truck.

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