Ambulance driver could be sacked after going the wrong way down a road and using abusive language

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Ambulance driver could be sacked after going the wrong way down a road and using abusive language

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

The Bang Bua Thong Hospital director has said that the driver of one of his ambulances faces sanction after a "drama" hit Facebook at the weekend.

 

The ambulance was featured on the page of Natthitha Bunprasert after the incident on Friday evening. The vehicle had gone the wrong way down a road though it was not an emergency situation. Some abusive language had been used.

 

Director of the Nonthaburi hospital Praphut Lilaprit said that three staff were in the ambulance that had completed a journey taking a sick boy to another hospital. They were returning to base when the incident occurred between 8.30pm and 9pm, he said.

 

He said that a committee had been set up to look into the truth of the matter and that the driver could face a warning or be sacked.

 

The vehicle could drive that way down the road in an emergency but this was not an emergency, he said. He expected the results of the committee's investigation to be out in one or two days.

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-11-28

 

[MrJohnson]

These private ambulances are a pure menace.  They frequently use their sirens simply to cut through traffic even when there is no emergency, as in this case. The personnel are poorly trained and they create dangerous road situations when they 'race' to be the first to an accident. 

[rkidlad]

He's got security guard syndrome. When you get a chance to back a car out, etc, so you feel you're entitled to stop everyone around you like you've suddenly become omnipotent. 

 

We have something similar in the West when you see someone who can't open a jar of pickles, etc. Strangers feel the need to approach with an attitude of "move out the way. I got this". 

[rossd]

I don't see how this can be classified as a 'one way street' when there are other vehicles parked on either side of the street facing the same direction as the ambulance wants to go!

[Bob12345]

4 hours ago, MrJohnson said:

These private ambulances are a pure menace.

According to the hospital director it was one of his ambulances. So not a private one (with which you probably refer to first responders who are not part of the hospital staff).

[LivinLOS]

4 hours ago, rkidlad said:

We have something similar in the West when you see someone who can't open a jar of pickles, etc. Strangers feel the need to approach with an attitude of "move out the way. I got this". 

Oh yeah.. Forever seeing people struggling to open pickle jars in public.. 

 

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[rkidlad]

8 minutes ago, LivinLOS said:

Oh yeah.. Forever seeing people struggling to open pickle jars in public.. 

 

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It’s a reference to a joke. A satirical look on how people behave when given an opportunity to show off or show power. 

[Gandtee]

The picture shows many vehicles parked in the wrong direction if it is a one way street, not in his favour.

[snooky]

The video only seems to show the car blocking the ambulance from entering the soi.  How could the car driver know if it was an emergency or not even if the emergency lights were not on?  The car should have gotten out of the way immediately.

[marko kok prong]

This must be the only one way street in Thailand then,

[300sd]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that a committee had been set up to look into the truth of the matter and that the driver could face a warning or be sacked.

Why does a committee always need to be set up in this country? Why can't the director do a job he has been hired for, and make an educated decision on his own. 

 

I just answered my own question. On to the next joke.

 

 

[ujayujay]

Onewaystreets in LOS???.....it does not really exist

[Solinvictus]

Just transfer the guy with little man syndrome...If it wasn't for Facebook  (spying invention) this would have not gotten as much attention.

[jacko45k]

Drivers here are aggressive enough, add in a uniform, flashing lights and a siren and they are God-like!

[LazySlipper]

Same in Canada. In my hometown this guy turned on the lights and sirens on not to miss his coffee break.

 

Here, he is just doing what he is genetically programmed to do. Be a turd...

[LazySlipper]

13 hours ago, 300sd said:

Why does a committee always need to be set up in this country?

So that no single person can be accused of making a decision. It is easier to say, "I didn't make that decision... it was the committee".

 

[MrJohnson]

On 11/28/2017 at 3:20 PM, Bob12345 said:

According to the hospital director it was one of his ambulances. So not a private one (with which you probably refer to first responders who are not part of the hospital staff).

Noted. thx.