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Bangkok Bank donates 5 million baht to Light of Heart Field Hospital to fight the third wave of Covid-19, alleviating the issue of overcrowded patients and medical staff’s burden
November 11, 2021
Bangkok Bank donated 5 million baht to support the Light of Heart Field Hospital project, a 450-bed field hospital to support and screen patients with the green and light-yellow status, help alleviate the overcrowded bedding situation as well as lighten medical staff’s burden during the third wave of Covid-19.
Bangkok Bank Executive Vice President Thaweelap Rittapirom said the third wave of Covid-19 has seen a widespread outbreak and resulted in a large number of new infections especially critically ill patients in Bangkok and metropolitan areas, which led to overcrowded patients in both public and private hospitals. Although the government accelerated the setup of additional field hospitals to expand services and allow patients to quickly access treatment, it was unable to adequately accommodate the increasing number of patients when the third wave hit.
Bangkok Bank, as a trusted partner who is ready to support customers to overcome the crisis together, donated 5 million baht to support the Light of Heart Field Hospital project, alongside the private sector which founded the project, consisting of affiliated hospitals in the Principal Healthcare MQDC (Magnolia Quality Development Corporation Limited) network, EEC Engineering Network Company Limited, T&B Media Global Company Limited, the Dhanin Tawee Chearavanont Foundation, the Ariyawararom Foundation and the Buddharaksa Foundation, to build additional field hospitals to solve bed shortage issues in major hospitals since the beginning of the third wave until the Covid situation began to improve. The field hospital accepted new patients until October 31, 2021, and provided treatments until the end of the project on November 8, 2021.
The Light of Heart Field Hospital project is a 450-bed field hospital to accommodate patients with the green and light-yellow status. Divided into 225 beds for female patients, 225 beds for male patients, with 44 shower rooms separated for male and female patients and 44 toilets, the project aims to provide good health and safety for patients and medical staff as well as create a positive environment in the community. With affiliated hospitals in the Principal Healthcare network providing the main support on medical and public health, ICU rooms have been expanded from 20 to 85 rooms and patients can be moved in a timely manner to ICU rooms if their conditions become severe.
“The Bank foresees that the establishment of Light of Heart Field Hospital not only helps our community as well as its surroundings, but also lightens the burden on medical staff during the severe pandemic situation. The field hospital has fully supported the hospital's proactive search to help screen patients with no or few symptoms so they can be treated at this field hospital. At the same time, the project is in line with the Bank's mission to help various sectors to deal with the Covid-19 situation such as donating 40 million baht to four hospitals to fight against Covid-19, collaborating with the Social Security Office Area 8 to use the Bangkok Bank club area as a vaccination service point for those insured by social security, and providing ATK test kits with Bualuang Care boxes containing medicines and medical supplies to take care of Covid-19 patients and high-risk groups in the most restrictive areas,” concluded Mr. Thaweelap.