Military spending has faced intense scrutiny in recent years, and due to budgetary pressure from the Covid-19 pandemic several weapon purchase programmes have been shelved or scrapped to pool money into addressing the crisis and its economic fallout.
Military to set up 10 field hospitals
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published : 10 Apr 2021 at 04:00
4 Bedding down for boarders: Beds fill the Army Quartermaster Department of the Royal Thai Army which has been transformed into a 50-bed field hospital. The capital has recorded a surge in Covid-19 infections in recent days. (Photo: The Royal Thai Army)
Ten field hospitals in Bangkok and surrounding provinces are to be set up to provide 3,000 beds to accommodate the growing number of Covid-19 patients, infected as a result of the night entertainment cluster in the capital s Thong Lor area.
Defence Ministry spokesman Lt Gen Kongcheep Tantravanich told a press briefing yesterday that the ministry is speeding up the establishment of the field hospitals on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha s orders.