Busarakam field hospital officially closed after last patients discharged

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Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has announced that the Busarakam field hospital officially closed on September 20th after treating 20,436 COVID-19 patients over the past 130 days, ending a small, but important chapter in Thailand’s fight to contain the pandemic.

 

The closure of the 3,700-bed facility, located at the Impact Muang Thong Thani complex in Bangkok’s suburbs, was jointly announced by Dr. Kittisak Aksorawong, assistant permanent secretary of public health and director of the hospital and the hospital’s senior doctors.

 

The field hospital was opened on May 14th, initially admitting about 100 patients with mild symptoms a day. In July, when the Delta variant of COVID-19 started to spread, the number of patients seeking treatment at the hospital increased to 300-400 a day, with increasing instances of severe cases, which could not be transferred to general hospitals due to a shortage of suitable hospital beds.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/busarakam-field-hospital-officially-closed-after-last-patients-discharged/

 

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