‘Phuket’ Delta intensifies, surges in infections, facing a crisis of full beds Referral to green patients who are quarantined at home Hope the sandbox continues
On September 4, 1964, Dr. Kusak Kukiatkul Doctor of Public Health, Phuket Province said at the Phuket Communicable Disease Committee meeting No. 52/2564 that the situation of Covid-19 Phuket Province during the epidemic Initially infected with Alpha strains, later infected with Delta strains. Vaccines that people inject and protect against COVID-19 relatively few, but can prevent serious injury and death Most of them are green patients, 85%, moderately symptomatic patients, 13%, severe cases, 1-2%.
From April to September 21, the total number of Covid-19 patients in Phuket was 5,014 from the Phuket Sandbox from July 1 to September 3, 21. The total number of cases was 85.
Information of new cases as of September 3, 64, 242 people, 170 high-risk groups, under investigation. In the past week, there were high peaks, 200-250 per day, some days very high.
The public health team went for a proactive examination on September 3, 1964 at the Thai Mai Community, Village No. 3, Koh Kaew Subdistrict, Muang District, Phuket Province, totaling 245 people. There were 144 high-risk exposure groups in the community to do Home Quarantine. Closed, refrain from traveling in and out of the area for 14 days and already quarantined to control the spread of COVID-19
Then went for an ATK screening test. At the Phuket Prison, Thalang District, Phuket Province, all territories were not found. The 5th border was detected as inmates, group 608, an elderly person. There are congenital disease, fever, 6 people, ATK of 219 people, 191 people found infected, representing 91%. All of them vaccinated about 94-95%, causing few symptoms. Wachira Phuket Nurse and Phuket Provincial Public Health will go in for screening with x-rays of the lungs and order to seal the area in the Phuket Prison When a sick person is found, they must be taken for treatment.
From the data from April-June ’64 Found that few people get sick from covid. This was due to the start of vaccination. Can prevent alpha species and since May found the Delta species began to spread in slums and places to date.
Data from 1 July to 3 September 64 found that the infection of COVID-19 come from cluster, urban market, slum community, Thai Mai, construction camps, fishing boats, fish rafts, companies, department stores, factories, total of 4,362 imports. Currently, there are 2,222 beds in total, occupying 1,696 beds and 528 beds are still available only to accommodate green patients. now the yellow patient The curve became very tight. For 32,972 ATK tests, 1,949 cases were found, or 6% were green patients, 85% were infected but had no symptoms.
” If we were to test 100,000 people, or 6% would be infected with 6,000 people, where would we put these large numbers of patients?
Because the bed for yellow and red patients There is a limitation, the bed cannot be extended. The hospital now has no capacity to support green patients. Care for asymptomatic sepsis may need to be adjusted, so local communities must help each other by expanding CI centers and Hotel Isolation or quarantine at home. with a team of medical communications to supervise
situation assessment last week Outbreaks were found in all 3 districts, especially in the Muang district. Overall, the province has a high rate of utilization of all types of patient beds. 23.67% of the remaining beds were available. ATK proactive search covered the sub-district level. Overall, the positive detection rate (Probable) is 5.9%. The supply of CI and Hospitel is increased to support the patients in the area. There is a seal in the area, community, camp where the outbreak is found,” said Dr. Kusak.
On the other hand, Dr. Chalermpong Sukhonthaphon, director of Vachira Phuket Hospital, said that 70% of Delta infections in Phuket were clearly injected. Needles don’t prevent contracting COVID-19. The problem is, if there are more than 200 cases, the crisis is with yellow and red patients.
“Right now, bed occupancy rates in public and private hospitals are full and overflowing. It’s a crisis Bed occupancy rate 80% in major hospitals Has extended the bed to the 1st and 2nd field hospitals that used to receive green patients to receive yellow patients instead. If the community helps to take care of green patients, it will reduce hospital visits. The hospital wants to keep beds for patients with symptoms to receive appropriate treatment.
2 injections of vaccine Away from Delta, we have expanded several CI centers, Hospital Isolation, 85% of patients are green, will be responsible for local care. Place the sick person at home or Hospital As for the health system, we take care of it. Must help take care of the need to keep hospital beds for patients who really need it. Let the public health survive Phuket Sandbox can continue walking. have to adjust according to the situation for Phuket to move forward and be able to prevent Delta species of covids
In addition, the need to mobilize the 3rd dose vaccination on September 9, will start injecting about 9,000 people at the front line, more than 50,000 doses, and in the 1st needle 2, the elderly have more than 20,000 doses of vaccine left. Not less than 15,000 people if you want to move on Phuket Sandbox is not closed. Need to make doctors take care of green patients less, so the local must take care of each other. to be able to receive tourists During the high season in October, Dr. Chalermpong said.
Phuket governor Narong Vunxiu said the province wanted to control the spread of COVID-19. The epidemic is already widespread today. Doctors took Delta away. The epidemic is fast and massive. We are trying to control it more and more. We can find it as a big boss. We can’t control the epidemic. And the bed is more than 50% and has expanded to add more CI centers and field hospitals. It’s already a hospital for yellow patients.
It is considered epidemic. Crisis beds must be accepted. The solution is to make people think that this disease is normal. Must be able to live with it. The most important thing is to keep the sandbox because it is a way for the economy to be connected to the people’s stomach. The medical community has asked the local government and the government to help care for the green group of patients who are asymptomatic.
Today, the medical capability has reached a critical point from Delta to be hot, spreading all over Phuket. Phuket people have to move on. The bed situation is near crisis. We need to adjust the way we work. by meeting to discuss with local government organizations and officials VHV in the afternoon, this Monday, September 6, in order to continue to apply the practice guidelines to take care of the green group of patients who have no symptoms.
