Many of the patients who were evacuated following red shirts' raid last week have now returned to resume treatment, as the hospital is once again open, Chulalongkorn Hospital director Adisorn Patradul said on Wednesday.
"Right now, we can't estimate the exact number of the patients who have moved back, as the number continues to increase. Some have been contacted by the hospital and told they can come back, while many others have decided to come back by themselves," he said.
However, the hospital has not yet arranged to transfer back the ailing Supreme Patriarch, as the situation remains unpredictable.
"We can't guarantee what will happen next. We want the Supreme Patriarch to rest undisturbed and we certainly don't want to keep transferring him back and forth," he said.
The normal round-the-clock emergency medical services and the delivery rooms, as well as the hospital's buildings along Henri Dunant road have already resumed services. Meanwhile, full services for outpatients will reopen on Thursday though surgery will only be provided for emergency cases. Beyond office hours, all clinics will remain suspended until May 9.
"Hospital staff are looking after the additional fees for patients transferred to other hospitals," he added.