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Doctors beg for funds to move hospital.

The Nation (Thailand)

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(From The Nation (Thailand))

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Map Ta Phut medical staff fear for their lives after reports of high cancer rates

The alarming levels of cancer emerging in Map Ta Phut communities have sparked fear among Map Ta Phut Hospital medical staff who are waiting for the facility to be relocated away from the heavy-industry complex.

Though the culprits for the cancer and various diseases the villagers have suffered have yet to be named, hospital director Dr Surathin Maleehuan said he was afraid the same fate would happened to him and his staff if the hospital remained where it was.

The hospital opened in 1998, one year …

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