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The Khon Kaen Communicable Disease Committee decided on Monday to reopen two field hospitals to accommodate the rising number of new Covid-19 cases.

Bussarakham Hospital, a field hospital converted from Challenger Hall at Impact Muang Thong Thani exhibition centre in Nonthaburi province, has closed down after the last patient was sent home on September 20, Dr Kittisak Aksornwong, assistant public health permanent secretary and hospital director, said on Thursday.

The largest field hospital in Thailand is up and running at the 11th Military Circle on Chaeng Wattana Road in Bangkok, treating hundreds of patients with moderate to severe Covid-19 in the capital and surrounding areas.

PAT executives greeted Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) executives, who were visiting the projects as their agency is responsible for installing the electricity system.

The construction of Siriraj Hospital’s field ICU facility for treatment of Covid-19 patients with severe symptoms is expected to be completed on August 28 and the facility can treat patients from August 30, hospital director Dr Wisit Wamwanich said on Saturday.

A doctor at the Busarakham field hospital is calling on the government to provide more medics and equipment instead of just extra beds.

Eight Covid-19 patients put up at a field hospital in Buri Ram were caught on CCTV having a booze-fuelled party on August 5.

The Saeng Haeng Jai field hospital on Bang Na-Trat KM 5 can accommodate 450 Covid-19 patients and is accepting registrations online and via the call centre.

His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Her Majesty Queen Suthida Bajrasudhabimalalakshana have donated THB188.7 million of their personal finances to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and the Supreme Patriarch of Thailand to use in transforming temples, schools, colleges and universities nationwide into field hospitals and community isolation centres for Covid-19 patients, as well as into makeshift crematoriums for coronavirus victims.

The Tourism and Sports Ministry on Monday donated necessities including towels, fans and toilet paper to the field hospital in Phuket Rajabhat University.

The Bussarakham field hospital in Nonthaburi province has added 17 intensive care units, which will open on Monday, and another 550 oxygen machines.

Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang on Saturday visited Erawan 2 field hospital at Bangkok Arena Sports Centre in Nong Chok district to check the hospital operations and show moral support to public health staff.