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Phuket ICU beds near critical shortage
Phuket ICU beds near critical shortage
PHUKET: The number of beds available for COVID-19 patients in intensive-care units (ICU) at Phuket government hospitals is nearing ‘critical’, Vachira Phuket Hospital Director Dr Chalermpong Sukontapol has revealed.
Monday 10 May 2021, 11:39AM
Vachira Phuket Hospital Director Dr Chalermpong Sukontapol (right) explains the ICU bed shortage issue during the live broadcast yesterday (May 9). Screenshot: Official COVID-19 Information Center Phuket
If the number of patients needing ICU care continues to rise, patients at government hospitals may soon need to be transferred to private hospitals, or even to hospitals outside Phuket, Dr Chalermpong said.
99,480 vaccine doses arrive in Phuket
99,480 vaccine doses arrive in Phuket
PHUKET: Nearly 100,000 doses of the Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine ‘CoronaVac’ arrived in Phuket yesterday (Apr 19) to provide the second vaccination injection for the people who received their first jab earlier this month.
The vaccine doses arrived in Phuket yesterday (Apr 19). Photo: PR Phuket
The vaccine doses arrived in Phuket yesterday (Apr 19). Photo: PR Phuket
The vaccine doses arrived in Phuket yesterday (Apr 19). Photo: PR Phuket
The vaccine doses arrived in Phuket yesterday (Apr 19). Photo: PR Phuket
The vaccine doses arrived in Phuket yesterday (Apr 19). Photo: PR Phuket
The vaccine doses arrived in Phuket yesterday (Apr 19). Photo: PR Phuket