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Bodies in streets stun PM
Prayut orders timely Covid-19 treatment
published : 23 Jul 2021 at 04:00 Medical workers in protective suits examine the body of a man found dead on Soi Sukhumvit 20 in Watthana district, Bangkok, on Thursday morning. (Photo supplied)
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has expressed concern about people who died of Covid-19 after not receiving timely treatment.
He has instructed all agencies involved to overcome the problem.
During a meeting of the Centre for Economic Situation Administration (CESA) via video conference on Thursday, Gen Prayut said: You must help me find ways to reduce the number of infected people who stay at home and wait for an ambulance or wait on the streets.
Plan ready for infected people to return home for treatment
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published : 21 Jul 2021 at 11:25
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A plan has been drawn up to help people infected with Covid-19 return to their home provinces for treatment, health permanent secretary Kiatiphum Wongrajit said on Wednesday.
It was agreed on by the Ministry of Public Health, the National Health Security Office (NHSO) and the National Institute for Emergency Medicine (NIEM), Dr Kiatiphum said.
The action was in response to the fact that Covid-infected people, especially those coming from the Northeast, had continued to return home for treatment.
The plan would ensuree their travel met disease prevention and control standards so that the virus would not spread further, both during the trip and after they arrived home, he said.
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Alarm rises over hospital bed shortage
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Country s health system risks being stretched to its limits by covid
published : 18 Apr 2021 at 04:00
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As the number of Covid-19 cases in the third wave soars, several people including celebrities are turning to social media in a desperate attempt to find hospital beds for their families and friends.
Such calls for help have raised concerns the country s health system is being stretched to its limits.
One of the alarming voices comes from Boworn Tapla, a football player of Chiang Mai United who tested positive for the virus on April 12. As he waited for a hospital bed, the worst news came: his wife and their two little daughters also contracted the virus.