rooster59 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 Samut Prakan plans to open field hospital Tanakorn Sangiam BANGKOK (NNT) - Samut Prakan province will soon begin the conversion of a university auditorium into a field hospital for COVID-19 patients, in order to help alleviate the patient load at main hospitals. As one of the 28 red-zone high control provinces for COVID-19 containment, Samut Prakan province is anticipating a possible increase in the number of cases, from the present active case identifying program, and community testing currently being performed, and has decided to set up a field hospital to increase the capacity of the healthcare system in case of a patient surge. The province has received permission from Thonburi Rajabhat University to use the university’s auditorium at its Samut Prakan campus as a suitable site for the province’s field hospital. The permit was officially granted in a ceremony presided over by Provincial Governor Wanchai Kongkasem. Once converted, the auditorium will become a 100-bed field hospital to accommodate COVID-19 patients with mild or no symptoms. A special 40-bed ward called Hospitel will be arranged to accommodate serious COVID-19 patients in their recovery process after receiving treatment in a hospital for five days. These patients will be taken care of here until they complete a 14 day hospital stay. The province expects its field hospital will help alleviate the situation of limited bed availability at main hospitals, because of the number of recovering COVID-19 patients. -- © Copyright NNT 2021-01-24 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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