Some heartwarming stories have emerged from the chaos at the Ratchaprasong intersection on Monday night.
After the bomb exploded around 7pm, witnesses saw many people in the Ratchaprasong area rush to help victims, getting them into ambulances and into hospital.
Relatives of injured people offered help to victims nearby, bought each other bottled water, and hugged each other in expressions of sympathy.
After the Police General Hospital announced in the media that it needed Chinese-Thai speakers to translate for Chinese-speaking victims, many volunteers, including tourists, rushed to the hospital to offer help.
Sunantha Deepoh, 58, said she and her Chinese-speaking friends headed for the hospital when they heard the call.
"Families of foreign tourists visiting the city are worried about the people they love because in many cases they have yet to hear about the victims' conditions or whether they are out of danger," said Mrs Sunantha.
At such a difficult time, it was important for Thais to come together to ease the pain and loss suffered by all, particularly those traumatised by the attack.
Itsaree Sawee, 35, who also went to the hospital to work as a translator for Chinese victims, said she wanted to help relieve the sorrow of the victims' relatives by helping them connect with each other.
During the chaos, a young man offered a Bangkok Post reporter a free car ride to the hospital.
"You must report this," he said as he took her to the hospital.
In social media, the hashtag #prayforthailand has spread as netizens offer their best wishes and prayers for the blast victims. Some said they backed tougher law enforcement and urged police to find the culprits.
The message "Please don't share pictures of the victims" also circulated on social media as a gesture of respect for the victims and their families.
After an appeal went out for blood donations, people started queuing from early yesterday morning at the National Blood Centre of the Thai Red Cross Society to do their bit.
Many offered sympathy for the victims and said they wanted to help them.
Centre director Soysa-ang Pikulsod said she expected donors would have given about 2,000 units of blood yesterday.
The centre usually gets about 600 to 800 units of donated blood per day.
She thanked the donors and urged others wanting to donate to visit the centre.
Meanwhile, the Rights and Liberties Protection Department's director-general, Pol Col Naratch Sawettanan, said staff visited hospitals yesterday to inform victims about compensation available to them after the attack.
In case of injury, the department will cover medical fees of up to 20,000 baht, and those temporarily unable to work will receive compensation of 200 baht per day for up to one year.
Those who lost personal belongings can receive damages of up to 30,000 baht, while those in hospital will have their food and accommodation expenses paid up to a ceiling of 600 baht a day.
Families of those killed will receive compensation of 50,000 baht, funeral expenses of 20,000 baht, and 30,000 baht for other associated expenses.
The Tourism and Sports Ministry said it will also compensate injured foreigners and their relatives by up to 300,000 baht in case of loss of organs, disability or death.
