AS the country struggles to deal with its worst wave of coronavirus infections, staff in the intensive care unit of Bangkok’s King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital are fearful of what may be to come.
The South-East Asian country had managed to contain Covid-19 cases for much of the pandemic, but a third wave that began in April and includes more contagious variants has proven harder to control, putting a strain on medical facilities.More than a dozen nurses dressed in full personal protective equipment care for Covid-19 patients at the ICU ward each shift, along with up to four doctors.