Located on one edge of the protest site, the Chula Hospital must have been under stress for the whole month. In that situation, even a doctor supporting the Reds should heed the warning by the hospital for precautions. But those who are ready to believe do not need proof and do not ask why the Reds were coming. They are ready to be frightened, probably foretold by the perceived cruelty of the Reds alleged in previous incidents such as the bombing at the nearby Silom Skytrain terminal and others.
Both sides of the conflict, the media, and others are trying to piece together the truth of the incident. Some said that the hospital began moving some patients a few days before. The UDD argues that they had not been to the hospital yet when the chaos took place. The reports after the incident are still full of horror stories (from the anti-Red media) plus some rebuttals (from the non-anti-Red ones). Emails fly around arguing for one or another version. Regardless of those conflicting argument, it is perfectly understandable if people at the hospital were truly frightened. Their fear of the Reds is real, no matter if they have never witnessed a horror by the Reds. They can learn about the Reds’ horror everyday from the media. Meanwhile the UDD possibly told the truth too, that they did not storm into the hospital by massive force, that a small number of them went to the hospital to assure that no military officers were in the hospital, that they were unarmed, that most of the time they were accompanied by the hospital personnel, and so on. Some go as far as saying that the hospital over-reacted, or that the hospital helped instigate the horror for political purpose. The media and the larger Bangkok public despise the Reds for their reckless actions. Even a search of the hospital by a small unarmed group is unwarranted. (I agree.) Streams of anger flow through the media and Facebook not only condemning the Reds but inciting decisive measures to eliminate the Red threat.