Hospital defensive over electricity warning

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Hospital defensive over electricity warning

By Manit Sanubboon 
The Nation

 

 

Kabin Buri Hospital staff have claimed that they do not charge patients or their relatives for electricity after warning signs on the premises were posted online.

The announcement was made after questions emerged about the hospital’s practices when pictures were posted online showing signs inside the hospital warning of electricity charges of Bt30 a day.

 

The signs were posted only to deter “inappropriate power charging”, the hospital stated.

 

The signs showed cell phones and a rice cooker plugged into the hospital’s electrical sockets.

 

“This is a state hospital and no one wants to come to the hospital for charging [their devices],” the sign stated.

 

When asked about the pictures, hospital director Dr Chokechai Manadee said on Wednesday that nurses had posted the signs to tell people not to use electricity by charging cell phones.

 

“That increases the risk of short circuits. Such cases have caused power failure several times already,” he said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30335983

 

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[owenm]

On 15/11/2017 at 6:33 PM, cornishcarlos said:

That's why my wife refuses to pay our electric bill at 7-11, she hates giving them an extra 10 baht :)

 

[owenm]

I pay my electricity and water bills at Big C and only pay a 5bht commission, half that of 7-11.

[johncat1]

Hospitals electrical systems are not particularly safe either. Whilst waiting in the out-patientd department at our local hospital I had to stop a young boy sticking his fingers into an electrical outlet, which was fitted at low level and like most Thai outlets was not switched or have any safety guard  built into it. The young boys mother was oblivious to the dangers as she was busy playing on her phone  

[RichardColeman]

Be fair, plugging in a rice cooker to make something to eat for the long cue seems quite fair really to me, least they did not bring a BBQ 

[retiredusn]

Most folks have too feed their family if hospitalized and change the linen .. Had a hell of a time finding sitting room in ICU waiting room due too cooking pots ect.

[OJAS]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

“That increases the risk of short circuits. Such cases have caused power failure several times already,” he said.

This sounds a pretty lame excuse to me. I'm sure that, in any league table of amp-guzzling appliances, mobile phone chargers would be right at the bottom!