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Unlike the UK or US, Thailand operates on a two-tier emergency support system, sending out volunteers, or 'basic teams', to accident or crime scenes first, and only then an advanced life-support ambulance if needed.

These 'basic teams' provide a vital service and account for about 60% of the emergency cases Bangkok's hospitals see every year. Most Thais believe that helping others be it the injured or dead allows one to earn karmic merit.

Here we spend the night with a Noppadon, one of Bangkok's many volunteer body-collectors - also known as bodysnatchers