The Thai army has mobilized its men and equipment to assist public health officials in providing field hospitals, to accommodate COVID-19 patients, facilitating the transport of patients to hospitals and in vaccinations.

 

The Army Commander-in-Chief General Narongpan Jitkaewtae has instructed all regional commanders to prepare their men and equipment to support the Public Health Ministry.

 

So far, the army has already set up 19 field hospitals, with a combined capacity of 3,050 beds, adding that seven of them, in Bangkok, Songkhla, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Krabi and Lop Buri, are now operational.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/troops-and-army-equipment-join-the-fight-against-3rd-wave-of-covid-19/

 

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Putting up some beds in tents is not fighting it jabs in arms is the only way this fight that can be won ????

Surprised the troops  and army havent  joined the other team virus  by now, love the way they promote the army  though, nation country and religions..BS

While is is absolutely okay that the army helps in cases like we have now during the third wave, it is also clear that this now is part of a propaganda move. A move to repair the image of the Thai army which was so disastrously damaged by its incompetent leaders and the inept government.

 

They urgently must rebuild their narrative that the army is the saviour of the nation.

 

Will the generals themselves help the appointed conscripts and spend time on the roads with them? Hardly. Too risky for the "VIPs".

 

There will be a photo opp, where the PM or the army leader will play the brave helper. But quickly they "must" leave, and will go back to their golf courses, to play with their vaccinated golf caddies there.

 

Army wanna „help“ with vaccinations?!

 

Scary stuff

Too little, too slow, too late.

 

When will the senior Thai military officers realise that COVID-19 is a national security threat, and act accordingly?

1 hour ago, Flying Saucage said:

While is is absolutely okay that the army helps in cases like we have now during the third wave, it is also clear that this now is part of a propaganda move. A move to repair the image of the Thai army which was so disastrously damaged by its incompetent leaders and the inept government.

 

They urgently must rebuild their narrative that the army is the saviour of the nation.

 

Will the generals themselves help the appointed conscripts and spend time on the roads with them? Hardly. Too risky for the "VIPs".

 

There will be a photo opp, where the PM or the army leader will play the brave helper. But quickly they "must" leave, and will go back to their golf courses, to play with their vaccinated golf caddies there.

 

When you said "play with their vaccinated golf caddies there" you were spot on ????

Anyone fancy two weeks confined in an army “field hospital” if they test positive?

BP today reporting police hunted down three people who absconded from a field hospital and forced them back, also threatening them with prosecution. (Obviously just ordinary people not hisos).

The “field hospital” threat will deter most people from getting tested, thus ensuring the daily figures stay low and govt narrative of being in control of the third wave can be maintained.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

So far, the army has already set up 19 field hospitals, with a combined capacity of 3,050 beds,

3 days sorted then.

Will the submarines be useful as isolation units?

Another paper bed mock-up... without any medical equipment, and perfect for spreading the infections. How they manage disinfection of those paper beds?? Such facilities are supposed to make wet cleaning few times per day.

 

 

 

If the army had done their job at the borders not allowing the border patrols to allow infected people in for 500 Bht we

would not be in this mess

8 hours ago, JimHuaHin said:

Too little, too slow, too late.

 

When will the senior Thai military officers realise that COVID-19 is a national security threat, and act accordingly?

Please don't suggest that it is a "national security threat". 

 

When/if that is declared there will be a collective groan from a variety of people in uniform, as they come in their underpants, and the incoherent barking of orders and uncoordinated application of pointless restrictions will begin, most of which will have nothing to do with combatting the pandemic and everything to do with firming up their grip on power. There are people (many) in authority who just live for a decent "national security threat"!

 

It is a major health problem, which needs sound advice on how to overcome it (which I am sure is available from the experts in the health and scientific professions) together with effective leadership and coordinated clearly directed  action from those in government.

 

What have I just said, rereading that last phrase, we're "Donald Ducked"!

11 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Putting up some beds in tents is not fighting it jabs in arms is the only way this fight that can be won ????

Just be thankful they don't start shooting the virus. That would get messy very fast 

Copying the China model. The Thais copy almost everything, from almost everywhere 

Bravo chaps. The military is absolutely the right tool to deploy against COVID.  It has been found in Russia and China that COVID responds well to a burst from a .50 cal machine gun.  Stops transmission in its tracks.