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2,700 COVID-19 patients wait for pre-admission in Bangkok – Erawan Centre

14 Sept 08:46 Key points summarised by AI

Bangkok's Erawan Center is managing a backlog of approximately 2,700 COVID-19 patients awaiting transfer to pre-admission facilities, handling hundreds of daily distress calls for hospital beds.
Hospitals in other provinces are also overwhelmed; Saraburi's provincial hospital has all 700 beds occupied, with patients waiting outside as a new 500-bed field hospital is being established.
Major hospitals like Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun are at full capacity in their ICU and COVID wards, advising the public to call their hotline before bringing in new patients due to the severe congestion.

Yesterday 15:38 Key points summarised by AI

Thai MP Suchada Zhang Thaensap faces intense scrutiny over her husband’s substantial 1.84 billion baht wealth, with opposition lawmakers alleging connections to international scam networks.
A significant portion of her husband, Taiyang Zhang's, declared assets includes a 1.44 billion baht loan to the now-bankrupt cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, which still owes him 1.34 billion baht.
Opposition MP Rangsiman Rome accused Suchada's husband of links to online scam networks and gambling sites, prompting Suchada to vehemently deny the claims, demand evidence, and file a defamation complaint.
Taiyang Zhang's background includes co-founding Ren Protocol, later sold to Alameda Research (linked to the FTX collapse), and some of his former associates have been convicted in crypto company failures.
Suchada, a former actress and first-time MP, maintains her husband's innocence, while her party leaders have distanced themselves from the allegations, deeming it a private matter.