A second field hospital with 300 beds at Phuket Rajabhat University (PRU) will open tomorrow (Aug 5). Photo: PR Dept

 

By The Phuket News

 

PHUKET: The head of Vachira Phuket Hospital has confirmed that the number of rooms at intensive-care units (ICUs) and in local quarantine venues (LQ) have been increased in order to cope with the expected rise in people infected with COVID-19.

 

Vachira Phuket Hospital Director Dr Chalermpong Sukontapol was speaking at a press conference yesterday (Aug 3) held at Phuket Provincial Hall presided over by Phuket Governor Narong Woonciew and joined by Phuket Public Health Office (PPHO) Chief Dr Kusak Kukiattikoon and other relevant officers.

 

“Dr Kusak explained last week that we have 520 rooms in LQ venues which we have since increased to 700 rooms,” Dr Chalermpong said. “Of that number, 616 high-risk people are currently staying in these rooms.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/room-capacity-at-icus-and-lq-venues-increased-80923.php

 

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Increased now to 700 rooms? If each room is like this room with 300 beds, that might be enough. 

It appears those beds are made out of cardboard boxes?

I have said it before the beds are the wrong way round the foot of the bed should be touching not the bed Heads the bed heads should be at the corridor end. The heads of patients are less than 1 metre apart cross infection will run rife in this setup