3 HELPING HAND: Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiwut Thanakhamanusorn, second from left, and Abel Deng, left, CEO of Huawei Technologies (Thailand) observe a demonstration of a communication system managed from the IdeaHub control centre.
The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES) has joined forces with Huawei Technologies (Thailand) to strengthen Thailand s public health sector by providing innovative technologies to support field hospitals.
DES Minister Chaiwut Thanakhamanusorn yesterday led a team to hand over telemedicine devices and related technologies provided by Huawei to Bang Khun Thian Geriatric Hospital, which has been used as a field hospital to accommodate the increasing number of Covid-19 patients.
Facebook: กรมควบคุมโรค กระทรวงสาธารณสุข (Department of Disease Control)
5 field hospitals have been set up around Bangkok to cope with the rising number of COVID-19 infections
The government has resorted to setting up field hospitals as increasing cases overwhelm capacity in many general hospitals.
By Arpiwach Supateerawanitt
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At the start of April, just before the Songkran holiday, Thailand was once again submerged in chaos as a third wave of COVID-19 infections hit the country. This unfortunate event came as a shock to many and dimmed hopes just when it seemed that the situation was getting better.
At the time of writing, the total number of positive cases was at 43,742, and daily numbers were averaging more than 1,000 record highs in Thailand since the outbreak started in early 2020. In response to the worsening situation, the government imposed more stringent restrictions, including the closure of entertainm