webfact Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 What is a field hospital? A medical blogger explains… By THE NATION Photo credit: หมอแซนดี้มีเรื่องเ_า (Mor Sandy Mee Rueang Lao) Field hospitals are gaining coverage in the media nowadays, along with the rising number of Covid-19 cases in Thailand. However, since their function is rarely explained clearly, medical blogger Dr Sandy decided to feature the hospitals in her post on Monday. On her Facebook page “Mor Sandy Mee Rueang Lao” (Dr Sandy has stories to tell), the blogger recounts her visit to a field hospital in Samut Sakhon province, where the latest outbreak emerged in mid-December. The hospital was set up in the grounds of the Wattana factory in Muang district. Dr Sandy explained that field hospitals are being set up to serve Covid-19 patients which conventional hospitals cannot deal with. Conventional hospitals mainly treat patients who are ill, while field hospitals take care of asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic coronavirus cases. “The patients are isolated in the field hospitals for 14 days, until they pass the period of infectiousness. If their condition worsens during this quarantine period, medical personnel will send them to hospital for more treatment,” she said. Photo credit: หมอแซนดี้มีเรื่องเ_า (Mor Sandy Mee Rueang Lao) Dr Sandy pointed out that contact between medics and patients at field hospitals is limited to reduce infection risks, with isolation wards separated from the clinics where doctors check the patients. The blogger added that interpreters were on hand to help doctors bridge the language gap with foreign patients. The Samut Sakhon outbreak included many cases among the Burmese migrant worker community. Dr Sandy also sought to quell fears among local residents, saying the existence of field hospitals is safe for people living nearby. She explained that strict hygiene practices governed the treatment of wastewater and elimination of infectious waste from field hospitals, overseen by government officials. She also mentioned that all field hospital patients were transported by ambulance and guarded by soldiers to prevent any from escaping from hospitals. Photo credit: หมอแซนดี้มีเรื่องเ_า (Mor Sandy Mee Rueang Lao) Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30401060 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2021-01-12 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 51 minutes ago, webfact said: Dr Sandy explained that field hospitals are being set up to serve Covid-19 patients which conventional hospitals cannot deal with. Conventional hospitals mainly treat patients who are ill, while field hospitals take care of asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic coronavirus cases. That contradicts other reports which outlined that 1000 migrant workers who have tested negative for Covid-19 were taken to quarantine in field hospitals !! (quoted below). IF honesty were to prevail we would be reading that all migrant workers in the vicinity of the Samut Sakhon outbreak were quarantined. Not great conditions and the attempt to limit the spread by forcing quarantine on those who may have been exposed makes sense - but there also seems to be an attempt to polish what is otherwise a necessary but brutal measure. I wonder if Thai’s who were also in the vicinity or who came in to contact with migrant workers also quarantined in the same manner or only those who tested positive ? and were those Thai’s who tested positive also quarantined in the same place or in ‘other facilities’ under better conditions?. https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1201104-300-migrant-workers-cured-of-covid-19-in-samut-sakhon/ Quote “So far around 700 migrants had tested positive for Covid-19 and had been sent to various hospitals in the province for treatment, while around 1,000 persons who tested negative were placed in quarantine as they had close contact with infected persons,” he said. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asquith Production Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 4 hours ago, webfact said: She also mentioned that all field hospital patients were transported by ambulance and guarded by soldiers to prevent any from escaping from hospitals. So its a prison camp as wellIIII 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 4 hours ago, webfact said: What is a field hospital? Bloody uncomfortable come April. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 8 hours ago, webfact said: “The patients are isolated in the field hospitals for 14 days, until they pass the period of infectiousness. If their condition worsens during this quarantine period, medical personnel will send them to hospital for more treatment,” she said. There appears not to be so much Isolation going on One patient slipping through the net could Infect everybody within a day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtls2005 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 "Cohort Center"? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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