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Ministry okays home isolation plan
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Aims to free up beds for more seriously ill
published : 29 Jun 2021 at 04:25
38 A two-storey field hospital with 168 beds for Covid-19 patients with severe symptoms is being set up at the 11th Military Circle in Laksi district after ICU beds at Bangkok hospitals started running out. (Photo: Nutthawat Wicheanbut)
The Public Health Ministry is placing asymptomatic Covid-19 patients in home isolation to free up hospital beds for those in more need.
Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Pitutecha said the home isolation idea is being implemented and would use technology so doctors can monitor people s symptoms remotely.
Still enough beds at field hospitals
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published : 10 Jan 2021 at 05:33
7 Beds placed in two warehouses pending the construction of the field hospital at the Watthana Factory project site on Thursay. (Photos by Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
The Public Health Ministry and medical-school hospitals are working together to set up at least 1,000 beds at field hospitals nationwide to keep asymptomatic Covid-19 people under observation.
The aim is to keep as many asymptomatic people as possible from passing the virus to others as the number of infections runs into hundreds each day, says the Department of Medical Services (DoMS).
The infected people tend to be diagnosed with the virus when they come to hospital and seek treatment for other illnesses.