Uni hospital bears brunt published : 9 May 2021 at 04:00 1 in demand: Medical personnel attend to a Covid-19 patient at the intensive medical unit at Thammasat University Hospital, which has also opened a field hospital at the university's Rangsit campus. Thammasat University Field Hospital, which opened in early 2020 when the first wave of coronavirus hit the country, is on 24-hour alert to receive further admissions as hospitals spill over during this far more deadly third round of infections. Prof Surapon Nitikraipot, chairman of the Executive Committee, Thammasat University Hospital, who was behind the setting up of a field hospital at Rangsit Campus, spoke to the Bangkok Post recently about the facility and its role on the frontline.