SAMUT SAKHON, Jan 27 (TNA) – The seventh field hospital of the province opened and more of such facilities will be set up as active case finding is detecting more COVID-19 patients.
Visiting the seventh field hospital in Tha Sai sub-district, Samut Sakhon deputy governor Theerapat Katchamat said 200 infected migrant workers were admitted to the new hospital. Workers were installing more beds and bathrooms there to increase its capacity from serving 460 patients to 760 ones.
According to Mr Theerapat, the eighth field hospital was nearly completed. It stands in the compound of the Wattana Factory (2) estate in Muang district. The new field hospital will comprise two buildings with 1,000 beds. It will be delivered to Samut Sakhon authorities on Jan 29.
Mr Theerapat said the number of new COVID-19 cases was soaring in Samut Sakhon this week because local health officials were testing all workers and target groups of people, whose combined number was 60,000-80,000. (TNA)
