Microchips put into 1,000 unidentified bodies

Published on December 31, 2004

Phuket - Authorities have installed microchips in about 1,000 bodies
that have been autopsied pending claim by their relatives.

The microchip stores key data about the victim's identity, so it will
be easier for relatives to claim the bodies later.

An IT centre has also been opened with high-speed Internet links to
the Public Health Ministry and Foreign Ministry and other government
agencies that can offer information about the dead victims.

Clean-up of wreckage on most of Phuket's beaches is almost complete.
At Patong Beach, the main beach-front road has been cleared. Rescue
workers have been unable to search beyond the basement floor of the
Ocean Plaza for bodies.

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Full article at "The Nation" Thailand
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2004/12/31/national/
index.php?news=national_15939002.html


Cheers, Steve..

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