'Very ill' Brit tourist, 25, stranded in Thai hospital as family appeal for help

[justin case]

gofundme is not even active in thailand...you cannot start a campaign, go figure out

[yogi100]

3 hours ago, smedly said:

you seem to be fixated spamming posting trolling this stuff day after day on thread after thread, what exactly is your agenda, may I suggest you create your own thread and see if anyone actually wants to discuss it 

 

do you even live in Thailand ?

 

I suspect not

 

This girl is a tourist - she is not an expat - she was not living here - she was on holiday

You do not have to live in Thailand in order to contribute to subjects being discussed on this forum. Like many others I don't live in Thailand.

 

However our opinions and points of view are just as informative and of as much interest and value as those of any ex pat. Sometimes more so because we see things from an outsiders prospective.

[bwpage3]

British Influencer who doesn't have the money to pay for her illness but appears to spend her days partying around Thailand with no real job.

 

There are millions of people struggling to put food on the table and work their arse's off 10 hours per day.

 

Now wanting everyone to contribute 25,000 so she can get better and continue her partying ways?

 

Insurance is cheap, ignorance not so cheap.

 

Others should not have to contribute to her ignorance no matter how lovely she might be.

 

If you don't have the money, maybe she should been back in the real world working like the rest of the people have to do

[up-country_sinclair]

Just under 10,000 GBP in less than 24 hours from 365 people.

[DrTuner]

5 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

The photos on the Daily Mirror page are very different to the one the GoFundMe page.

I think if they used the DM photos instead of the OP money would be flying in.

[DrTuner]

3 hours ago, gunderhill said:

"British Influencer"  says it  all , world  traveling freeloader.

The way of the world now, you gather a following by any means necessary in social media and then start to sell ads (tweets, posts, blogs whatever). However many of these "influencers" got exactly 0 followers that are worth paying for any ads. They then have the gall to start asking for freebies. One resort in the Philippines already had enough of the freeloaders, white something, google it.

[metisdead]

A troll post has been removed. 

[emptypockets]

2 hours ago, SEtonal said:

 

 

She is pro-ana (pro-anorexia).  She is not so much as showing off her torso, but rather her pelvic bones.  She puckers her lips to make her cheeks look hollow.  The photo in the link below is something that anorexics crave -- a gap between the thighs even when the knees are pressed together.  

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BilvjqsHsxO/

Works for me!!! 

[griffon2011]

4 hours ago, happy chappie said:

Would be nice to know what sort of infection costs £25,000.if she's too ill to travel then the treatment will have to be done here.ive had pneumonia lung infection out here that would of killed me and it didn't cost nothing like that and I was treated in bkk phuket hospital.a good course of anti biotics  usually does the trick.

taking out the wrong insurance is about as daft as not having any insurance.medical insurance for a person of her age would of been under £200.

My Thai girlfriend got a lung infection after a course of steroids suppressed her immune system.  Four days in the private hospital that prescribed the steroids resulted in a bill of over 400K baht before I was able to get her discharged and into a government hospital in her hometown. She was treated in some form by 8 doctors and subjected to numerous tests some of which I challenged the doctors over.  Had I not requested an update of the bill who knows how much I would have been charged.  One of the antibiotics was listed online for 1480B for a 1 gram injection.  My price was 49,000 baht, 33 times the list price.  One treatment I rejected was for an MRI of her hip (?) because of test indicating a high level of inflammation. I said how about the lung infection that was on the X-ray they took last night. He lost a little face there.  No one seemed to be in charge with each going his or her own direction.  Also, every doctor showed up at least once with a nurse in tow (extra charge) and some came every day to check up.  That starts to add up after a few days.  In the US this is called a "drive by" and used to generate more income!  Just before I cornered the admitting doctor someone showed up requesting a signature to proceed with a few more courses of antibiotics for another 200K baht.  This girls father would be better off paying strict attention to what the doctors are doing and controlling the process to keep the bill down and get her out ASAP.  

[JimmyJ]

A different Rebekah I guess (didn't realize how popular this spelling of the name is currently - Would've previously figured "Rebekah"s are probably Israeli).

 

https://www.gofundme.com/help-send-rebekah-to-se-asia

 

 

 

 

[Cat ji]

5 hours ago, malagateddy said:

Not meaning to be vindictive..but is the girl yet another tourist with no travel/health care insurance??
If so..it will not help the case of expats living here re possible mandatory requirement of having h/care insurance as part of " extension " of stay whether marriage or retirement

Yes. Inevitable, just a matter of time.

 

...That and the rest...why are there 7 pages[?]

[gunderhill]

24 minutes ago, DrTuner said:

The way of the world now, you gather a following by any means necessary in social media and then start to sell ads (tweets, posts, blogs whatever). However many of these "influencers" got exactly 0 followers that are worth paying for any ads. They then have the gall to start asking for freebies. One resort in the Philippines already had enough of the freeloaders, white something, google it.

Useless  narcissistic cretins, no value to society the "look at me generation"

[Mavideol]

45 minutes ago, justin case said:

gofundme is not even active in thailand...you cannot start a campaign, go figure out

scammers they will find a way, always do

[Mavideol]

36 minutes ago, up-country_sinclair said:

Just under 10,000 GBP in less than 24 hours from 365 people.

pigeons are everywhere, they just need to be found and it appears her/father or the one starting the money collection did

[Myran]

50 minutes ago, Curmudgeon1 said:

Serious.... this GoFundMe is another "crying wolf". This woman who has the obvious privileges of winning the beauty sweepstakes needs your monies because she skipped the insurance. Her father cannot come up with 25k?.... get a loan....a second mortgage.... don't be begging until you've exhausted your means before looking to others.

This. I've said it before and I'll say it again, these campaigns aren't for funding anyone's treatment, they're for funding the family so they don't have to sell their cars, computers, expensive phones, etc. to take care of their own.

[Snow Leopard]

5 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

Yes, and father, family and friends can only raise £4,000?

How much has the Daily Mirror put in? Probably a big fat zero. A few whip rounds in pubs and clubs in her home town/area should do it. 

[Mavideol]

4 minutes ago, Myran said:

This. I've said it before and I'll say it again, these campaigns aren't for funding anyone's treatment, they're for funding the family so they don't have to sell their cars, computers, expensive phones, etc. to take care of their own.

you should have add the family free vacation while waiting

[JimmyJ]

Some backlash vs. "influencers":

 

"No, Your Instagram ‘Influence’ Is Not as Good as Cash, Club Owner Says"

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/03/world/philippines-hotel-influencers-social-media.html?fallback=0&recId=1JfQzyv89dcuMQFmKZR8i7ohjom&locked=0&geoContinent=NA&geoRegion=CA&recAlloc=story&geoCountry=US&blockId=home-featured&imp_id=791207385&action=click&module=editorsPicks&pgtype=Article&region=Footer

 

 

There's a mini-epic over this one:

 

"Luxury Dublin hotel bans all social media influencers"

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/hotel-bans-influencers-instagram-social-media-stars-elle-darby-the-white-moose-cafe-a8166926.html

 

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmwzEpNziOU\

"i was exposed SO embarrassing"

 

 

 

"WHITE MOOSE PRESS CONFERENCE APOLOGY"

 

 

[sharktooth]

anyone believe she will fly back to Scotland after she is fit and well in a private Thai hospital?

[thurien]

6 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

The photos on the Daily Mirror page are very different to the one the GoFundMe page.

might be "3 different little girls" looking for a cure...

[Chelseafan]

3 hours ago, smedly said:

tourists on holiday and retirees living here are two vastly different things

With regards to insurance they aren't. You either have it or you don't in which case you take your chances.

 

[batata]

44 minutes ago, emptypockets said:

Works for me!!! 

room with a view.... can I rent

[Captain 776]

Lolol and néeds 25,000 pounds to ing her home.......My BS meter just went on over load.

Beyond my comprehension.

[GroveHillWanderer]

5 hours ago, happy chappie said:

Would be nice to know what sort of infection costs £25,000.

According to the article in the Daily Mail, she has either meningitis or encephalitis but the £25,000 is not so much for the hospital costs, as it is to cover the costs of a medevac flight. 

 

So it could be that she had insurance but it didn't cover the costs of a medical evacuation flight.

 

[digger70]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

On the fundraising page, dad James said: "Rebekah is in hospital in Phuket with a serious infection and is very ill.

 

Fine get her Insurance to pay. If she ain't got Insurance to bad .

[steven100]

2 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Agree, she'd make a fortune in Pattaya.

what would she do ?

[salavan]

More health insurance propergander 

[smedly]

25 minutes ago, Chelseafan said:

With regards to insurance they aren't. You either have it or you don't in which case you take your chances.

 

oh yes they are - I live here and would not qualify for travel insurance

[Captain 776]

Another broke Brit trying to play on hoping for generosity by the intellectually challenged.

If it said .....need money for a ticket home, be one thing, but 25,000 pounds.......comical

[ChipButty]

She can stay with me I'll give her a massage everyday