Bit by Dog

[jonwilly]

This morning around 08.30 I was bit by a dog. I had a Thai friend, check and he confirmed a small penetration on my leg. I went immediately to nearest hospital Siripat.

Emergency room 2 Drs confirmed a slight puncture and ordered a course of antibiotics.

B540 and following one shot, 4 more over next few weeks I was on my way in 40 mins from entering to leaving.

I would like to express my admiration for the polite, considerate, cheerful and pleasant manner shown by all staff from the man who parked and retrieved my M/cycle, to the Doctors, nurses and administrative ladies who took care of me.

I doubt if back in my own country I would have seen a Dr in the time it took to examine and treat me.

 

john

[faraday]

Glad you're ok, & got treated quickly.

 

How has the wound been dressed?

 

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[Lungstib]

I assume thats rabies shots. Thats the important one. 

 

[steven100]

very good John ….  Thailand is not as bad as some would like to have us believe. 

I have always found most staff at hospitals, banks, supermarkets and restaurants to be as helpful as possible and always polite.

In my home country you would probably have to wait 1-2 hours, then get a bill for $100 minimum.

get well ...all the best.

[Beggar]

Hopefully you bought a sausage for the dog. Without it you never would have experienced all this friendliness. ????

 

 

Edited September 7, 2019 by Beggar

[DannyCarlton]

If a dog bites me, I bite it back. There's no such thing as a free lunch. They need to learn.

[chuang]

All these for only 540 baht..what else can anyone complains about....

[cmsally]

Did you also get a tetanus shot. ? The course of 5 shots is rabies; you should also get a tetanus shot.

[PatOngo]

38 minutes ago, DannyCarlton said:

If a dog bites me, I bite it back. There's no such thing as a free lunch. They need to learn.

Would you bite this?

 

 

[Vacuum]

Is the dog still alive? You should also produce the hospital bill to the dog owner.

[Vacuum]

43 minutes ago, chuang said:

All these for only 540 baht..what else can anyone complains about....

That's for the first shot, he have to get 3 or four more. The dog should be put down!

[DannyCarlton]

9 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Would you bite this?

 I've bitten worse. Jeez, I've woken up next to worse.

[jak2002003]

49 minutes ago, chuang said:

All these for only 540 baht..what else can anyone complains about....

That hospital is yet to implement the farang duel pricing that is coming in.  This time next month... not 540 baht .. but 5, 400 lol

[moontang]

17 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

Would you bite this?

 

 

I would take a pistol and put a bullet in its brain, if it had bitten me.  Yeah, you wouldn't have got that treatment in thevWest, because you would have been astronomically less likely to have been bitten to begin with.  A Dane friend had a very adverse reactions to the shots and ended up in a hospital in Singapore.

 

 

Edited September 7, 2019 by moontang

[Momofarang]

26 minutes ago, Vacuum said:

Is the dog still alive? You should also produce the hospital bill to the dog owner.

Indeed, the dog must be put down, the body brought to the nearest Vet, checked for diseases, and only then can the victim be treated sensibly.

[Andrew Dwyer]

When I got bit it was :
Clean the wound:
Shot in each upper arm ( rabies and tetanus)
Cost 2,040 baht.

Return 4 more times over a month for rabies shots, 1,010 baht

Total 6,080 baht

Painful to my backside and my wallet !!

[Trujillo]

The verb is "bitten," not "bit." -- I was bitten by a dog. 

 

Having gone through this myself, you also should have been given a shot for tetanus, unless you had the three-shot protocol already sometime in the past 10 years. 

[hmficc]

9 hours ago, Vacuum said:

That's for the first shot, he have to get 3 or four more. The dog should be put down!

Why so angry? The fellow who was bit is chill. You are hysterical.

[mania]

20 hours ago, jonwilly said:

I doubt if back in my own country I would have seen a Dr in the time it took to examine and treat me.

 

But, on the other hand we do not have rabies in my home country

(long quarantine for any dogs coming in)

Nor do dogs run loose biting ????

 

Edited September 7, 2019 by mania

[orang37]

18 hours ago, Andrew Dwyer said:

Clean the wound:
Shot in each upper arm ( rabies and tetanus)
Cost 2,040 baht.

Return 4 more times over a month for rabies shots, 1,010 baht

Total 6,080 baht

 

And, where was this pricier treatment performed ?

 

~0:37;

[Andrew Dwyer]

 
And, where was this pricier treatment performed ?
 
~0:37;

Rajthanee hospital Ayutthaya.

[DannyCarlton]

12 hours ago, Trujillo said:

The verb is "bitten," not "bit." -- I was bitten by a dog. 

 

Having gone through this myself, you also should have been given a shot for tetanus, unless you had the three-shot protocol already sometime in the past 10 years. 

I thought that was a wader, type of heron. I always say "bited", saves confusion.

[DannyCarlton]

10 hours ago, hmficc said:

Why so angry? The fellow who was bit is chill. You are hysterical.

Have you seen how many posts he's made? The guy's a Thai Visa stalwart.

 

Give it time and you'll be just the same.

[Beggar]

20 hours ago, Vacuum said:

Is the dog still alive? You should also produce the hospital bill to the dog owner.

Often such dogs don't have suddenly any owners. And if you find one and you are without a witness it will be hard to prove that it was his dog.

[Tayaout]

Every dog in the neighbourhood know I am close to a carnivore diet. They know if they bite me, I will BBQ them for breakfast. 

[neeray]

2 hours ago, mania said:

 

But, on the other hand we do not have rabies in my home country

(long quarantine for any dogs coming in)

Nor do dogs run loose biting ????

 

Only myself to blame for the following two dog bite anecdotes.

 

I was bit in Thailand, not too deep but there was blood. It was on my first trip and I knew little about the rabies aspect. However, as it was a small domestic dog (that I had reached through a gate to pet), I figured it not to be rabid. I sterilized the bite within two minutes, self treated more and never had a problem. 

I also had a bite in my home country from a domestic dog that had obviously escaped its confines and was running along the sidewalk of a busy main street. I had stopped my travelling to rescue it. This time, I don't think I self treated (maybe I did). However, that night, strange things started happening in my arm. I went to the hospital before midnight, where the doctor said had I waited until morning, I may not have been alive. The dog was normal but dogs do have a high level of bacteria in their saliva.

Good on the OP that he got proper care immediately. So would I if there is a next time (three strikes and you're out).

[1FinickyOne]

9 minutes ago, neeray said:

I had reached through a gate to pet

you are kidding - right? Was this a dog that you knew? 

[neeray]

5 minutes ago, kenk24 said:

you are kidding - right? Was this a dog that you knew? 

I guess you didn't read my two confessions which I purposely put there to avoid responses like yours.

1) Only myself to blame for the following two dog bite anecdotes.

2) It was on my first trip and I knew little about the rabies aspect.

 

Have a great Sunday.

[Vacuum]

11 hours ago, hmficc said:

Why so angry? The fellow who was bit is chill. You are hysterical.

Are you Thai or Buddhist? Any dog that attacks humans should be put down.

[1FinickyOne]

2 minutes ago, neeray said:

I guess you didn't read my two confessions which I purposely put there to avoid responses like yours.

1) Only myself to blame for the following two dog bite anecdotes.

2) It was on my first trip and I knew little about the rabies aspect.

 

Have a great Sunday.

It is not easy to control the responses you might get on any forum... 

 

you seem to like dogs, so, I could not understand that you don't know that they are territorial and by reaching into the space of a dog you don't know... well, I just don't think I have ever seen someone do that?? 

 

Sorry for your pain... rabies or not it is no fun to get bitten... You seem to like dogs, they are wonderful... get one for your own and it will love you forever. 

 

Thanks - you have a great Sunday too... I have a kid to drive around - I play soccer mom on the weekends..