Available Covid patient beds at Bangkok hospitals hit โ€œcritical levelโ€

The available beds at Bangkok hospitals for Covid-19 patients have hit a โ€œcritical levelโ€ with only 10% of beds now open for those with severe coronavirus symptoms, according to the Public Health Ministry. With the uptick in Covid-19 cases over the past several months and a sharp increase over the past few weeks, said to be due to the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant, public hospitals have been at their limit.

There are 1,000 beds at Bangkok hospitals for patients classified in the โ€œredโ€ group, those with severe symptoms and require respirators. Only around 100 of those beds are vacant, according to the director of the ministryโ€™s Health Administration Division, Dr Korakrit Limsommut.

There are 415 available beds in hospitals and another 449 beds in hospital isolation rooms for Covid patients classified in the โ€œyellowโ€ group with moderate coronavirus symptoms. For patients who are asymptomatic, there are 500 vacant beds at field hospitals and another 4,200 at so-called โ€œhospitelsโ€ which are designated areas, like quarantine centres, to house patients with mild to no symptoms.

Health officials expect daily infections to continue to increase, and even double in the coming weeks due to the spread of the Delta variant of the virus. Field hospitals to treat those with moderate to severe symptoms are being set up in the Suvarnabhumi and Don Mueang airports.

SOURCE: Nation Thailand

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Tanutam Thawan

Local Thai journalist speaking fluent Thai and English. Tanutam studied in Khon Kaen before attending Bangkokโ€™s Chulalongkhorn University.

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