‘This is a patient’: Thai nurse defies Buddhist taboo to treat monks after fatal crash
- An 11-year-old boy took his parents' pickup truck without permission and crashed into a procession of 35 Buddhist monks and five lay followers in northeastern Thailand, killing eight monks and injuring more than 20 others.
- Nurse Wiwat Laonoi defied the Buddhist taboo against women touching monks to provide immediate medical aid, performing CPR and coordinating hospital care at the scene.
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11-year-old rams pickup truck into group of monks in Thailand, 8 killed
Five monks died at the scene, while three others later succumbed to their injuries in hospital. Twenty-two other monks and one lay follower were injured in the crash, with four monks reported to be in critical condition.
The minor lost control of the vehicle and attacked a group of Buddhist monks walking on a road
Proud of her profession, "Sister Wat," a heroic nurse, opens up about the moment she jumped in to help an injured monk after he was hit by a pickup truck. She ignored people who shouted, "That's a monk!" and saw them as sick people.
‘This is a patient’: Thai nurse defies Buddhist taboo to treat monks after fatal crash
BANGKOK, July 3 — A nurse in Thailand challenged Buddhist customs when she stepped in to treat the victims of a car accident that killed 10 monks.An 11-year-old boy, who took his parents’ pickup truck without permission, ploughed at speed into a procession of 35 monks and five lay followers in northeastern Thailand yesterday. Minutes later Wiwat Laonoi stepped in to help, despite the Buddhist taboo in which women cannot touch monks and vice vers…
Wiwat Laonoi, the Thai Nurse Who Skipped the Buddhist Taboo to Care for Monks After a Fatal Accident
An 11-year-old boy unlicensedly took his parents’ truck and attacked a procession this Thursday with 35 monks and five lay faithful in north-east Thailand, leaving at least ten monks dead. A Thai nurse, who was the first person to arrive at the place, skipped the Buddhist taboo that does not allow a monk to touch a woman, nor vice versa, to attend to them. Five monks died at the scene, while five others later in the hospital. In addition, there …
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