The use of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATSs) has been increasing among women worldwide. Cases of pregnant mothers with ATS and maternal/fetal complications are also on the rise. The risk for.
Hospitals shut, staff catch bug
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published : 29 Apr 2021 at 04:00
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A number of hospitals in several provinces have had to stop providing services to patients after many of their personnel contracted Covid-19.
Ruam Phaet Chai Nat Hospital in Chai Nat closed yesterday after a hospital employee was infected. The hospital has been thoroughly cleaned and will reopen on May 12. High-risk employees have been quarantined.
The infected employee, 44, contracted the virus from an infected person in Ta Khli district in Nakhon Sawan. He is the 30th and latest case of Covid-19 in Chai Nat.
In Trang, Ratsada Hospital reported six infected hospital personnel, with 12 others waiting for their test results. The hospital and Ratsada Public Health Office were declared maximum-control areas. Most of the infected personnel are not in patient-facing roles. As of yesterday, the hospital closed all departments, except emergency care, in order to test the rest of its per
100+ medical staff infected by patients
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published : 17 Apr 2021 at 08:33
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More than 100 medical staff at many state hospitals have been forced into self-quarantine after patients failed to disclose they had been in contact with infected people.
Khon Kaen Hospital on Friday ordered 105 medical staff to quarantine immediately. These personnel have been in contact with Covid-19 patients, so they are now treated as a high-risk group and need to go into a 14-day quarantine, said Dr Nataya Mills, director of Khon Kaen Hospital.
The hospital had been forced to stop receiving referred cases and also to temporarily close two medical wards and one paediatric ward, she said.