Khon Kaen hospital detects 10 cases of pregnant women abusing meth in three months

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Khon Kaen hospital detects 10 cases of pregnant women abusing meth in three months

By The Nation

 

 

A doctor at a Khon Kaen hospital says 10 pregnant women have been detected over three months abusing methamphetamine out of a misunderstanding that the drug would help them deliver more easily.

 

The doctor posted on his Facebook wall on Monday that he detected the 10th case of a delivery mother using meth in three months.

 

He said the mother thought using the drug would make the birthing easier.

 

But her child was found to weigh only 2,390 grams, much lighter than the standard weight of 3,000 grams.

 

Some mothers argued that they had used the drug during all of their pregnancies and their children were still born healthy, the doctor added.

 

The doctor said he would like government agencies to launch awareness campaigns to warn mothers of the danger from abusing meth during pregnancy.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30360626

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-12-18

[webfact]

Doctor alarmed as addict father plies son, 6, with meth

By THE NATION

 

 

THE DRUGS PROBLEM in Khon Kaen province has escalated to the point where a six-year-old boy recently needed psychiatric care at a local hospital after being allegedly fed with methamphetamine pills diluted in water for a drugs run by his addict father.

 

 

A doctor in Kra Nuan district also said in a post to Facebook on Monday that as many as 10 pregnant women had used methamphetamine pills in the mistaken belief this would enable them to give birth more easily.

 

The unnamed doctor’s boss said later that the number of drug-abusing pregnant women was “less than 10” but agreed the story of the six-year-old boy being fed meth was not far-fetched.

 

The boy’s grandmother had taken him to hospital to get treated after catching him threatening to set fire to their house, the unnamed doctor at Somdej Phra Yupparaj Kra Nuan Hospital said. The grandmother, who sought a medical certificate for the boy to undergo further psychiatric treatment, reportedly told the doctor that the boy’s drug addict father had diluted meth in water and given the solution to the boy in order to keep him drug dependent so the boy will go deliver the drugs as the father ordered.

 

 

The doctor wrote that, from his observation, the boy was anxious, struggling to pay attention, suffering from a lack of hygiene, avoiding eye contact, apparently suffering from malnutrition. He said that the child’s seven-year-old brother was displaying similar symptoms. “So a six-year-old is serving as a drug delivery boy, isn’t it time for us to seriously tackle this escalating drug problem?” the doctor asked.

 

The Somdej Phra Yupparaj Kra Nuan Hospital director, Dr Wiroj Lertpongpipat, told The Nation he had not been aware of his subordinate’s Facebook posts about the six-year-old boy’s plight. However, he believed all areas had drug problems and that was why the Public Health Ministry had campaigned for public awareness about it and to get addicts into rehabilitation programmes, so the tale of the boy being plied with drugs was possible.

 

The hospital director also commented on the earlier claim by the same unnamed doctor that he had detected the 10th case of a mother-to-be taking methamphetamine just three months into her pregnancy, mistakenly thinking this would help her deliver more easily. 

 

In the latest such case a child was found to weigh only 2.39 kilograms, much lighter than the standard 3kg, the doctor had written. He also said he would like government agencies to launch awareness campaigns to warn mothers of the danger of abusing meth during pregnancy.

 

The hospital director said that he had talked with the doctor, who confirmed that two meth-abusing pregnant women had told him of their beliefs that meth could enable easier childbirth.

 

“But these two women were addicts before they got pregnant and continued to be so during the pregnancy – they were not just taking the habit recently for that reason,” Wiroj said. He also said the hospital found six pregnant women had tested positive for meth abuse – three had already given birth and had also entered a drug rehabilitation programme. The six women and their children were safe and generally healthy, Wiroj added.

 

 

Meth use during pregnancy is associated with numerous problems for mother and child. It increases the risk of low birth weight, a small head circumference, plus problems related to the heart and the body’s neurological development. 

 

The children exposed to meth during pregnancy also had a greater risk later in life of having a shorter attention span, inferior visual motor integration, a lesser verbal memory and shorter long-term spatial memory.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30360682

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-12-19

[Lupatria]

With all the meth and yaba on the market, sometimes I think the entire drug free population of this country would fit in one bus and you may still find a free seat.

Edited December 19, 2018 by Lupatria

[oz457]

They should start the same policy as in the Philippines. Shoot the dealers and the drug users. 

[marko kok prong]

3 hours ago, oz457 said:

They should start the same policy as in the Philippines. Shoot the dealers and the drug users. 

I have read some deranged post's on here,but this takes the cup,what next round up the disabled,open some concentration camps ?

[from the home of CC]

11 minutes ago, marko kok prong said:

I have read some deranged post's on here,but this takes the cup,what next round up the disabled,open some concentration camps ?

Yea, there's another thread rolling which states a lot of the same, disgusting and sad. Unfortunately these red necked attitudes will prevail till that generation is long dead. But at least these ignorant expats had an opportunity to receive a quality education and chose not to take advantage of it. The Thais didn't have that luxury and the article above reflects that.  

[CanuckThai]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Meth use during pregnancy is associated with numerous problems for mother and child. It increases the risk of low birth weight, a small head circumference, plus problems related to the heart and the body’s neurological development. 

 

The children exposed to meth during pregnancy also had a greater risk later in life of having a shorter attention span, inferior visual motor integration, a lesser verbal memory and shorter long-term spatial memory.

The mothers on meth weren't wrong about a potential easier birth (see head size, birth weight issues).  Wrong to damage their kids health and future, but most should fit seamlessly into society and Thai driving habits (shorter attention span, inferior visual motor integration, a lesser verbal memory and shorter long-term spatial memory)