diddlysquat

Pnusted can you keep me posted when you hear more around Srisaket

The deaths were around Prang Khu 2/3 weeks ago. Since then there has been a heightened awareness in the villages from health workers. The only potentially related death I am aware of since is of an old lady who appeared to have been suffering from a fever.

I am currently visiting Sisaket Hospital every day and will keep my ears open.

This is what puzzles me. There have been a high number of deaths from Dengue this season and it is public knowledge. Potentially heads could roll because the government has committed the health ministry and local officials to start programmes to control it (a massive programme to which I doubt sufficient resources have been allocated by central govt). You could understand if there was a cover up.

If there have been a cluster of deaths from an unknown virus,where no-one is going to be blamed, why restrict the knowledge to one or two farangs.

Hi Issac

Hi Joshua. ?????

It all suggested that you know as much as your login name suggests!!

If a paediatrician I trust and respect confirms there is a virral outbreak and they are treating it as an Enterovirus then that is good enough for me.

I could not care less whether you believe what I say or not.

Dereklev,

You are correct. I do know diddlyquat about this matter. So help me.

Did your sons Doctor say there had been a number of deaths from an unknkonown virus in Korat city hospitals.

If YES, can you give his name and location so I can speak to the school my relatives attend so if they don't believe me I can refer them to the doctor?

Put yourself in my shoes. Do I go to a school privincipal and say a farang on a web forum says his pediatrician says such and such and I want you to act now. I wonder what reaction I would get.

Anonymouse.

A mistake has been made.

In another thread you wrote that you obtained your one year multi O based on marriage from the Thai consulate Hull. Hull don't issue O-A retirement so that can't explain it. They do issue O visas on the basis you intend to apply for retirement extension within Thailand, which could.

I suggest you go to the embassy/consulate who issued it to get it rectified.

You may find that in Thailand it will be assumed you applied based on retirement and, before issuing a work permit, you will be invited to obtain an extension based on marriage which can take time.

To explain my last post. This was in response to a nasty hysterical rant from Dereklev that disappeared whilst I was drafting my reply.

Dereklev,

You are beginning to sound hysterical.

To give credibility to your post give the name of one source and the hospital where they work.

If you are concerned about betraying a confidence you should weigh that against the lives of children that you are concerned about.

Have you contacted local schools to warn them? That will do more good than posting here.

I have 2 family members at Suraneree 2 school. I will go to the school Principal and ask why in hel_l they have not warned parents or taken precautions IF I can go armed with substantive evidence otherwise I will be treated as I am treating you.

My sister-in-law today went to the Korat Maharaj hospital, where most of the deaths were said to have occured, for a blood test. She arrived at 6am and there were 300 people waiting (typical govt hospital). Do you seriously believe a hospital which has witnessed deaths from a fatal unknown virus would not have taken precautions to avoid crowding to stop the virus spreading,

I left the other forum to join here because I realised your forum was populated by some sad people.

If a critcal word was said against Korat your members went apoplectic.

I think there may be something in the Korat water that is dulling the brains of farngs. Now that is worth investigating.

I repeat there is no evidence that 8 deaths have occurred resulting from an unknown virus.

It is because this is such serious issue that I cannot simply take your word for it.

Buriram

My oldest son almost 4 yrs, has gotten sick coffin and having slime in his troath and very hot skin, but when checking temperature he is normal 37,5 celsius.

In the morning we went to our doctor whom also delivered my son, and checked him out,

4 different bottles paracetamol, Chlorpheniamine maleate, Brompheniramine maleate, and RANCIL Amoxicillin.

He told my wife that he knew about the situation in Korat and for us to look for any stiffness or bleeding from nose etc that might occurand if so go straight to the hospital.

The thing is that my wife didnt tell me about it, i confronted her with the info from thaivisa and she sad, yes the doctor told me in the morning about it.

Idont belive that my son is that very ill but you never know so all the info i get the more i know how to respond correct.

I think there will be som topsalopsalay when she gets back later, it so typical to only say what se prefer to say as it might be difficult to explain whats it all about.

Ill get back later on the issue of his wellbeing and the shitty explanation my wife will tell about not telling the hole story.

Tjipp

Goofy,

Rest easy. You doctor obviously has diagnosed your son as suffering a bacterial infection, hence prescribing Amoxicillin.

Nose bleeding is NOT a sympton of Enterovirus 71 which is rarely fatal even in children.

Those others spouting virus 71 have not the first idea what it is. Makes them sound impressive though.

Take it easy on your wife. The Doctor could not have informed her of the alleged outbreak in Korat unless he reads a local sad farangs forum. More likely your wife will not allow you to believe you know something she doesn't. A cultural thing.

So far there is NO CONFIRMATION of an outbreak of a viral epedemic in Korat. Just members of another forum trying to outdo each other with each claiming they have unnamed sources who strangely choose to confide in farangs but not local schools. A cover up my arse!!!. Not as though it could affect the tourist industry.

There is nothing on the ministry website, the British Consul knows nothing. Local Thais know nothing, schools no nothing. Only ex-pats. You are witnessing an outbreak of mass hysteria amongst the farang community, and like most viral infections there is no cure.