Coronavirus closes district s health system in Trang
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Workers infected at Prachuap fruit factory
published : 6 May 2021 at 18:36
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TRANG: The public health system in Ratsada district has been forced to shut down after 60 medical staff were infected with Covid-19, and the others put in mandatory quarantine.
Bancherd Sukpipatpanont, chief of the Trang provincial health office, said medical services in the district are suspended. Closed are Ratsada Hospital, the public health office and six community hospitals.
The closure comes after 60 medical personnel were found infected with the coronavirus, and other staff in the at-risk group were ordered to quarantine for 14 days, he said.
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