Samut Sakhon field hospital ‘necessary’, insists minister

[rooster59]

Samut Sakhon field hospital ‘necessary’, insists minister

By THE NATION

 

 

Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda said on Friday that a field hospital must be set up in Samut Sakhon’s Muang district, a hotspot of new Covid-19 cases, to separate infected patients from those who are still under investigation.

 

 

Anupong spoke after local residents gathered to protest the plan, over fears that the hospital will increase the infection risk in their communities. On Thursday hundreds of locals showed up at the Thailand National Sports University Samut Sakhon campus to block efforts to turn the campus into a field hospital for Covid-19 patients.

 

“Public health officials have performed Covid-19 tests on many migrant workers in Samut Sakhon, but this small city has limited facilities to safely separate those who are infected from those who still need further monitoring or testing to confirm their status,” said the minister.

 

“If we don’t isolate them [in the hospital], these workers could return to their community and spread the virus to others, meaning our efforts would be wasted.”

 

Anupong revealed that the Labour Ministry will next week ask the Cabinet to approve temporary mandatory registration of migrant workers.

 

“In the meantime, authorities have ordered employers to report the number of migrant workers they have hired and not to move them out of the area without permission,” he added.

 

Related Story: Samut Sakhon locals hinder moves to set up Covid-19 field hospitals

 

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[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda said on Friday that a field hospital must be set up in Samut Sakhon’s Muang district, a hotspot of new Covid-19 cases, to separate infected patients from those who are still under investigation.

Thais get a real hospital, migrants get a tent in a field?

[RobU]

On 12/26/2020 at 5:30 AM, hotchilli said:

Thais get a real hospital, migrants get a tent in a field?

Most army field hospitals are as well equipped and staffed as any civilian hospital the difference is they are housed in a specialised temporary structure which can be dismantled and moved very quickly (i.e. a tent or a number of tents with specialist interiors). Thailand does not have cold weather so there is no problem with heating as there is in Europe.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, RobU said:

Thailand does not have cold weather so there is no problem with heating as there is in Europe.

And second rate treatment for the migrants.

I noticed Thais that are infected in the same area go to a hospital.

[RobU]

16 hours ago, hotchilli said:

And second rate treatment for the migrants.

I noticed Thais that are infected in the same area go to a hospital.

As I said Not second rate treatment the only difference is the building the hospital is in. The facilities are just as good. I strongly believe that Thais should have preferential treatment the District hospitals usually have a maximum of 30 beds which are used for general healthcare under the gold Card Scheme (not available to foreign nationals unless they have insurance) as well as Covid. The field hospital is for Covid only they are actually getting first rate treatment for free.