Thread: More than 500 Covid patients try to escape field hospital in Phetchaburi

Hundreds of Covid-19 patients at a packed field hospital set up at a Phetchaburi factory attempted to escape during a power outage due to the hot and crowded conditions. A field hospital was set up following an outbreak at the factory in the province’s Khao Yao district, about 100 kilometres southwest of Bangkok.


A source told Nation Thailand that the power cut out yesterday evening and more than 500 patients tried to leave the field hospital.

“At around 6pm, there was an electrical malfunction at the hospital, as a result electric fans stopped working… About 500 patients were upset due to the hot and crowded conditions and tried to escape from the building.”


More than 50 police officers were called to the factory as well as soldiers from the Military Province 15 and public health staff dressed in disease protection gear. As of this morning, the situation was still “unresolved,” according to Nation Thailand.


Field hospitals in Thailand are typically for Covid patients with mild to no symptoms. Most have beds made from cardboard, with dozens of patients in one area. The field hospital at the Cal-Comp Electronics Thailand factory was set up after 682 workers, many of them Burmese migrants, tested positive for the virus. Following the outbreak, space at the factory was converted into kitchens to provided meals for quarantined workers while another space at the building was converted into a field hospital. Thailand


Factory space has been converted into kitchens to provide 3 meals daily to all quarantined employees, and another building on the grounds has been repurposed as a makeshift field hospital.



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“Eating raw meat and no medical care” – Phetchaburi field hospital escapees

Earlier today The Thaiger wrote how 500 Covid patients tried to escape a field hospital in Phetchaburi. Now, we have further information on why they may have wanted to escape… power outages, they were being frequently in the dark, had to eat raw meat, and were not provided medical care.


Tlay Nyo, one of the workers told Thai media…

“We take care of each other. No officers here. There was no electricity for hours yesterday and we don’t know if it will happen again today.”


Tlay added that while some media reports places the number of people confined in the camp at 1,300, he says there are at least 1,500 people confined.


Than Zaw Htike, another Burmese worker, has said that he has not always been provided meals. He also too a picture of some of the food he was provided; uncooked meat. Other workers say the food allocation has been discriminatory, often favouring the Thai workers with more and better quality food.


The field hospital was established after 682 workers tested positive for Covid late last week. The company immediately shut down and imposed restrictions on the workers, such as being confined to the factory. The company assured the public that the workers would be provided for.


Cal-Comp has reportedly not responded to media inquires at this time.


"Eating raw meat and no medical care" - Phetchaburi field hospital escapees | Thaiger

Originally Posted by misskit

Other workers say the food allocation has been discriminatory, often favouring the Thai workers with more and better quality food.

Thai rak Thai.

Raw meat, no power, treated like prisoners=third world garbage can. Poor bastards.

Originally Posted by russellsimpson

Poor

Yes, they're Burmese migrant workers/slaves at the mercy of the Thai.


That's not a good situation to be in.

Tried to escape??? Escape to where? Maybe they just exited the building for some fresh air.

Originally Posted by misskit

“Eating raw meat and no medical care” – Phetchaburi field hospital escapees

Earlier today The Thaiger wrote how 500 Covid patients tried to escape a field hospital in Phetchaburi. Now, we have further information on why they may have wanted to escape… power outages, they were being frequently in the dark, had to eat raw meat, and were not provided medical care.


Tlay Nyo, one of the workers told Thai media…

“We take care of each other. No officers here. There was no electricity for hours yesterday and we don’t know if it will happen again today.”


Tlay added that while some media reports places the number of people confined in the camp at 1,300, he says there are at least 1,500 people confined.


Than Zaw Htike, another Burmese worker, has said that he has not always been provided meals. He also too a picture of some of the food he was provided; uncooked meat. Other workers say the food allocation has been discriminatory, often favouring the Thai workers with more and better quality food.


The field hospital was established after 682 workers tested positive for Covid late last week. The company immediately shut down and imposed restrictions on the workers, such as being confined to the factory. The company assured the public that the workers would be provided for.


Cal-Comp has reportedly not responded to media inquires at this time.


"Eating raw meat and no medical care" - Phetchaburi field hospital escapees | Thaiger

With this wonderful conditions I am sure when people are not feeling well, will run to get tested so they can end up there, lose their jobs, and leave their children home along.
If you ask me , a brilliant plan to reduce covid case reporting.

Savages....

Migrant Workers Protest Over Field Hospital Conditions


Local authorities on Friday agreed to improve the living conditions at a COVID-19 field hospital set up at an electronics factory in Phetchaburi’s Khao Yoi district following a protest by migrant workers being treated there on Thursday night, according to local media.


The protest reportedly ignited at the field hospital set up in the compound of a factory owned by Cal-Comp Electronics (Thailand) Plc in the district after hundreds of COVID-19 patients, mostly workers from Myanmar, were left inside without electricity and proper ventilation for several hours due to a power outage.


The power failure reportedly occurred at Building 11, which houses the field hospital. The outage was reportedly caused by a power surge due to hundreds of electric fans simultaneously being used.


Aside from the outage, many of the patients from Myanmar also complained about the quality and portions of the food being served, local media said. The migrant workers reportedly claimed they did not get a fair share of the food when compared with the Thai patients.


Local officials were quoted saying all patients are provided with three meals per day, which include fruit, snacks and drinking water.


The situation was brought under control later in the night after the power outage was being addressed, according to local media.


Maj Gen Prayuk Oun-ob, commander of Army Circle 15, said the patients were satisfied with the solution provided by officials and went back inside the building after electricity came back at 11.45pm.


It is unclear what time the power outage began, but he reportedly said no violence had taken place during the protest.


Wiporn Waewsripong, chief of Khao Yoi, in a video conference, said local officials were properly equipped and ready to contain the COVID-19 outbreak.
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