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He said during three weeks in September,the mobile medical team under His Royal Highness Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn treated 217,308 patients.

Most were suffering from athlete's foot and skin rash. The second most common disease among flood victims was fever. The Health Ministry will conduct a surveillance to monitor the disease outbreak after the flood period for a month for diseases such as leptospirosis, diarrhoea, and dengue fever.

Head of Ubonratchatani's provincial health office, Dr Wuthikrai Moongmai warned flood victims to avoid walking through floodwater, which often hosts germs and leeches. "Wear underpants and long pants. Also cover the lower part of your pants with plastic bags and tie tightly to ensure that no leech can crawl in," he said.

Chachoengsao province's Tha Kwian market was submerged by a flash flood that deluged residents' houses, roads, temples, and a school.

Phanonsarakham district villager, Anurat Suwansan said this is the worst year for flooding in the past ten years. She had to move her belongings into higher areas, while monks could not leave the temple to ask for food. They had to cook their own meals.

The level of water at Koh Kanun Tambon has exceeded 2.5 metres. Many roads were submerged by flood water over 50 centimetres.

Suphan said the Health Ministry has sent over 490,250 relief items to help flood victims, including mosquito repellent and medicine to treat athlete's foot.The health ministry also provided relief items to flood victims including boots to prevent leptospirosis infection, bicarbonate, alum, and chlorine to kill bacteria which can cause severe symptoms in humans.