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Hospitals in 14 provinces to serve city cases

Hospitals in 14 provinces to serve city cases

Covid overloading resources in capital

People wait for Covid-19 treatment services for outpatients at Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok on Tuesday. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)

The Public Health Ministry is working with local hospitals in 14 provinces to handle the rising number of Covid-19 patients in Bangkok, which are overloading resources in the capital.

The ministry’s permanent secretary, Dr Kiattiphum Wongrajit, said on Thursday that tens of thousands of people have called the 1330 hotline set up by the National Health Security Office (NHSO) asking for medical treatment for home isolation.

The spike in calls prompted the ministry to offer all hospitals under its responsibility to serve outpatients based on the…

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