Chulalongkorn Hospital suspends some services to cope with Covid-19

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Chulalongkorn Hospital suspends some services to cope with Covid-19

By THE NATION

 

 

Chulalongkorn Hospital under the Thai Red Cross Society on Tuesday (March 3) announced measures to deal with the new coronavirus, or Covid-19, after the Cabinet last week declared Covid-19 a "dangerous contagious disease" under the Communicable Disease Act BE 2558.

 

“The Ministry of Public Health has ordered related agencies to employ measures to prevent and control the spread of Covid-19 virus,” said the announcement signed by hospital director Prof Dr Suttipong Wacharasindhu. “Therefore, Chulalongkorn Hospital will employ the following measures in compliance with this policy to prevent the outbreak and reduce crowdedness in the hospital:”

 

1 All physical checkup services for Thai people at the clinic on 16th floor of Phor Por Ror Building will be suspended, but Thai patients can still receive checkup services at other clinics in the hospital.

 

2 All physical checkup services for foreigners at the clinic on 16th floor of Phor Por Ror Building will also be suspended.

 

3 All hospital activities that involve gathering of people in a crowded space will be suspended.

 

These measures will be effective from February 27 until further notice. For further information, contact 0-2256-4000 press 0.

 

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30383254

 

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[unamazedloso]

So its serious now? Or getting to diffiuclt and expensive to pretend its all good? Bout time anyway... As for my friends with the flu sent home from hospital to wait, when will a test be available to them???? Hate to think they have it and die and have it written off as flu related... Pretty starange it hasnt been taken seriously. I fact another friend that work in a hospital told me she has to buy her own mask as a precaution because the hospital wont supply them. Thats a good precentative first step then...not

[aussienam]

I recall a couple of decades ago falling ill from an influenza type virus.  Was pretty damned sick.  Chest infection.  But recovered a week or two later.  I am sure an elderly person would have had trouble recovering.  Question is, how many other Corona virus strains have spread in the past and just been classed as a flu virus?  I am sure over time there has been several and life just went on with.  Sure there are deaths with Influenzas, some worse than others.  Seems therefore, that this is just a sandbag in front of a tidal wave with viruses already in our midst.  Some worse than others.  COVID19 is on the worse end but 97% it passes as a flu.  

COVID19 is just a branding of a nasty flu.  Others have slipped the net and others will too.  

But media has spurred mass global panic and economic pain IMO.

[Emdog]

Seems fairly drastic action as there are only 40 or so cases in the entire country

Maybe Chula hospital is smaller than I imagined..

[geriatrickid]

8 hours ago, aussienam said:

I recall a couple of decades ago falling ill from an influenza type virus.  Was pretty damned sick.  Chest infection.  But recovered a week or two later.  I am sure an elderly person would have had trouble recovering.  Question is, how many other Corona virus strains have spread in the past and just been classed as a flu virus?  I am sure over time there has been several and life just went on with.  Sure there are deaths with Influenzas, some worse than others.  Seems therefore, that this is just a sandbag in front of a tidal wave with viruses already in our midst.  Some worse than others.  COVID19 is on the worse end but 97% it passes as a flu.  

COVID19 is just a branding of a nasty flu.  Others have slipped the net and others will too.  

But media has spurred mass global panic and economic pain IMO.

No. You are incorrect. Covid 19 is not a "nasty" flu.

  One of the drawbacks of using simplistic names is that  it can play down the seriousness of the pathogen. The correct name is Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), (Wuhan). Due to political correctness,Chinese influence,and past panic, the reference to SARS and Wuhan was removed.  The reality is that  Covid 19 is a strain of SARS.

 People who die from the flu, typically were in a weakened condition to start with, and were in end strategy heart failure, kidney disease etc. They typically would have died within the next 12-24 months.  The flu infection worsens an already diminished state of health. It allows for opportunistic infections. For example, some bacteria linked pneumonias. Seasonal flu has a relatively low mortality rate

 

With  a SARS illness we see people contract  their own set of illness such as kidney failure, when there was no prior kidney disease, lung tissue destruction, when there was no prior history of respiratory illness, and untreatable viral pneumonia. For those who have chronic conditions, it is a difficult time, hence a mortality rate that is 30 to 50X  higher for  the at risk demographic.

 

We have been tracking  these viruses for 50+ years and can  advise when there is something new. Covid 19 is a new virus and the illness it causes was unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. 

 

This is a very serious disease. Perhaps if governments started showing the dead bodies and the hundreds of patients filling western hospitals, people like you would  understand the gravity of the situation. The reality is that countries like the UK and the USA  did not test patients. The USA did not have enough test kits and the UK chose not to test.

 

[geriatrickid]

1 hour ago, Emdog said:

Seems fairly drastic action as there are only 40 or so cases in the entire country

Maybe Chula hospital is smaller than I imagined..

This is a WHO recommendation/directive that necessitates  designating specialized treatment centers. There is a lot more than this going on.  

Edited March 4, 2020 by geriatrickid

[justin case]

only "43" cases, but now the country in a panic ...

 

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, Emdog said:

Seems fairly drastic action as there are only 40 or so cases in the entire country

Maybe Chula hospital is smaller than I imagined..

Or the infection numbers are larger than reported?

[Syduan]

3 hours ago, geriatrickid said:

No. You are incorrect. Covid 19 is not a "nasty" flu.

  One of the drawbacks of using simplistic names is that  it can play down the seriousness of the pathogen. The correct name is Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), (Wuhan). Due to political correctness,Chinese influence,and past panic, the reference to SARS and Wuhan was removed.  The reality is that  Covid 19 is a strain of SARS.

 People who die from the flu, typically were in a weakened condition to start with, and were in end strategy heart failure, kidney disease etc. They typically would have died within the next 12-24 months.  The flu infection worsens an already diminished state of health. It allows for opportunistic infections. For example, some bacteria linked pneumonias. Seasonal flu has a relatively low mortality rate

 

With  a SARS illness we see people contract  their own set of illness such as kidney failure, when there was no prior kidney disease, lung tissue destruction, when there was no prior history of respiratory illness, and untreatable viral pneumonia. For those who have chronic conditions, it is a difficult time, hence a mortality rate that is 30 to 50X  higher for  the at risk demographic.

 

We have been tracking  these viruses for 50+ years and can  advise when there is something new. Covid 19 is a new virus and the illness it causes was unknown before the outbreak began in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. 

 

This is a very serious disease. Perhaps if governments started showing the dead bodies and the hundreds of patients filling western hospitals, people like you would  understand the gravity of the situation. The reality is that countries like the UK and the USA  did not test patients. The USA did not have enough test kits and the UK chose not to test.

 

Strange how they aired a movie about a virus named Covid 19 set in Wuhan starring Bill and Melinda Gates a moth before the first case in October. 

 

[Drax]

13 hours ago, aussienam said:

I recall a couple of decades ago falling ill from an influenza type virus.  Was pretty damned sick.  Chest infection.  But recovered a week or two later.  I am sure an elderly person would have had trouble recovering.  Question is, how many other Corona virus strains have spread in the past and just been classed as a flu virus?  I am sure over time there has been several and life just went on with.  Sure there are deaths with Influenzas, some worse than others.  Seems therefore, that this is just a sandbag in front of a tidal wave with viruses already in our midst.  Some worse than others.  COVID19 is on the worse end but 97% it passes as a flu.  

COVID19 is just a branding of a nasty flu.  Others have slipped the net and others will too.  

But media has spurred mass global panic and economic pain IMO.

Yeah a flu with 3.4% confirmed death rate so far instead of 0.1% hospital cases. So far 10k people died out of 20m sick with flu on USA. By this logic this new virus is 34x more mortal, But considering all diagnosed cases for flu, flu death rate is only 0.05%, aka 1 in 2k. Means this virus is 15-60x more mortal than flu yet more contagious.... still not enough reason not to be worried? And can be caught multiple times. You don’t become imune after one time. 
 

also according to data most deaths are people above 40. It’s rather low for people under 30. Meaning the 3.4% death rate is higher for ppl above 40... 

 

 

at 3.4% if you catch this thing 5x your at 18% death rate. If this became as common as flu, would definitely be a big issue as people catch flu once every five years in average. They’ll probably come up with a vaccine next year anyway. 

Edited March 4, 2020 by Drax

[rickudon]

12 hours ago, geriatrickid said:

 

 

 

 

 

This is a very serious disease. Perhaps if governments started showing the dead bodies and the hundreds of patients filling western hospitals, people like you would  understand the gravity of the situation. The reality is that countries like the UK and the USA  did not test patients. The USA did not have enough test kits and the UK chose not to test.

 

I would dispute that. UK has tested over 13,000 people. How many tested in Thailand? (or USA).