The Bangkok City Administration (BMA) provides opened clinics in nine hospitals in the capital for people with long Covid, or post-Covid syndrome.
Dr Suksan Kittisupakorn, director of the BMA’s Medical Service Division, yesterday said some patients may experience long-term effects from Covid-19 such as skin damage or a build-up associated with membranes in the lungs.
Individuals experiencing long-term results may include patients with chronic diseases, this individual said.
In addition , these people might develop breathing difficulty, fatigue, coughs plus chest pain despite recovering from the initial Covid an infection, he said.
However , they can recover with proper treatment, he added.
Long-Covid treatment centers have opened on nine hospitals within the capital — Taksin, Lat Krabang, Sirindhorn, Charoenkrung Pracharak, Ratchaphiphat, Bang Khun Thian Geriatric, Klang, Luang Por Thaweesak Chutinatharo Uthit and Wetchakarunrasm — he mentioned.
The clinics provide help and advice and symptom assessment as well as treatment closely monitored by medical professionals, Dr Suksan said.
At first, the department is definitely planning to provide in-patient services to those making an appointment via the Bangkok Fast & Clear (BFC) Centre within each of the nine private hospitals as well as expand medical services through the “Mor Kor Tor Mor” mobile app, he said.
Meanwhile, Mahidol College predicts the number of Covid-19 cases in the empire will peak this particular and next month, as well as Faculty of Medical Technology is standing by to open additional Covid-19 screening sites.
Prof Chartchalerm Isarankura Na Ayudhya, dean of the teachers, said the university has a policy to develop medical equipment just for commercial purposes.
The college has opened labs to run tests upon PPE and check kits, he said.