ICU beds full at Bangkok’s Siriraj Hospital

[Thaiger]

The head of the respiratory disease and tuberculosis division at Siriraj Hospital says the facility has run out of beds in its intensive care unit. Dr. Nithiphat Chiarakun says at least 5 Covid-19 patients have been left waiting for an ICU bed as healthcare workers try to juggle what’s available. The Bangkok Post reports that one Covid patient whose symptoms began to improve was moved out of the ICU so that the bed could be given to a patient whose condition was deteriorating. Nithiphat says the bed crisis has been ongoing for about a week and expects that other hospitals […]

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