Helping patients who have fallen through the cracks

Rising to the challenge: A Samai Will Survive volunteer preparing a home oxygen concentrator for a Covid-19 patient in Bangkok. – AP

As Thailand’s medical system struggles beneath a surge of coronavirus cases, ordinary people are helping to plug the gaps, risking their own health to bring care and supplies to often terrified, exhausted patients who have fallen through the cracks.

In the Samai area of Bangkok, Ekapob Laungprasert’s team heads out for another weekend on the front lines of a crisis.