Thai PM visits flooded provinces

AYUTTHAYA, September 13 (TNA) - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is visiting flood-hit provinces and affected people today, taking the opportunity to hand out the government's relief packs to the flood victims and to also assess the updated water situation. Yingluck is scheduled to first visit flood-hit and flood-prone areas in the central Ayutthaya Province, followed by those in Nakhon Sawan and Sukhothai Provinces in the Lower Thai North. On Wednesday, leading figures of the opposition Democrat Party, including former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, visited flood victims in Ang Thong and Ayutthaya Provinces. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Public Health is sending physicians and psychiatrists to take care of people in the flood-affected areas. (TNA)