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On the morning of December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred off the west coast of Sumatra. The tsunami that followed swept across the Indian Ocean, devastating areas of Indonesia, affecting the Indian Ocean islands, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia, and parts of Africa, and resulting in more casualties than any other tsunami in recorded history. All told, as of mid-February, an estimated 214,000 people had been killed, at least 142,000 were missing, and more than 34,000 were injured.¹

In Thailand, 5395 people are confirmed dead, 2998 are missing, and 8457 have been injured.² The most severely . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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Dr. Wattanawaitunechai is a physician and Dr. Jitpratoom the director at Takuapa General Hospital, Phangnga, Thailand. Dr. Peacock is a Wellcome Trust fellow in clinical tropical medicine, based at the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.

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