No Corona Test Nong Khai

[LekFAB]

went to Nong khai Thai general Hospital yesterday.

Had slight fever . coughing sore throat

Also been exposed by Air Asia too corona suspect

 

After waiting 1 hour for ambulance told to sit outside where everyone arriving for emergency.

 

After 1 hour again a fan was put on for me then told AFTER ANOTHER 45 MINS don't have corona in issan no worry go to Bangkok if you want a test.

We don't have here.

 

DONT HAVE HERE ? IN A Border town with hundreds of chinese passing through daily.

 

Gave me some pills for bronchitis.

 

The country is thick

 

When can I leaving not coming back what alternative is don't know but this place is a farce a pantomime.

 

you cant even send a story to the bangkok post or the nation. (if anyone does know how tell me)

people's lives are at risk because of their Mai Pen Rai attitude.

 

Love my wife & son but not Thailand anymore.

DON'T WANT US HERE

THEY JUST PROVED IT.

[colinneil]

What a load of cobblers, waited for an ambulance? Why?

If you needed to get to hospital, there are many ways to do it.

You got to hospital, then expected to be seen immediately, nobody else waiting to be seen?

Most government hospitals have a sign saying.... Emergency treated quickly, less serious 1 hour, non emergency 2 hours.

You are no different to anybody else, yet expect immediate treatment.

 

You must be a very confused person, you post as a man, yet your avatar says female.

Edited March 12, 2020 by colinneil

[EricTh]

I do suspect that the number of cases in Thailand is higher because they don't have enough facilities to test the virus. They can't expect everyone to go to Bangkok to get a test.

 

LEKFAB, What do you mean by 'exposed to Airasia suspect'? Where did you travel to in the past 2 weeks?

Edited March 12, 2020 by EricTh

[LekFAB]

Was forced onto a plane from India the other week that after arrival to collect us needed spraying due to corona victim being on board

Air Asia or Indian army would not let us go back to waiting area as we were allready on ramp down to entrance for plane .

No choice but to fly.

No asked do you want to fly on this infected plane  or anything

Yet again no response from Air Asia

now you see why I want my story heard .

I don't do face book or Twitter so how do you get it out there & force a reply ?

[4MyEgo]

This is how they keep the numbers down and costs, e.g. no need for test, you have something else, based on "their observation", and they don't need to report it as another Covid-19 statistic, could this be why the numbers are so low ?

 

I learnt a long time ago, private hospitals in my opinion are better than the government hospitals, albeit it there are some good government hospitals, i.e. the bigger ones with training campuses, but the waits are forever and far from where I am.

 

I had a severe chest infection, but was told I had the flu, two lots of different antibiotics didn't work, yellow/brown phlegm, coughing fits, restless sleeps, weak, confused, dizzy, you are at the end of your flu, you will get better, just rest now, W-T-F, then I found out that there was a private hospital an hours drive away, went quick smart and was all good within hours after being diagnosed with a severe chest infection and narrowing to my windpipe probably due to an allergy, later to be found out to be from the spores of mold from an old black stain on my ceiling where we once had a leak, yes I didn't clean the ceiling, my bad, and I was working at my desk directly under it.

 

If you are still concerned, take some money with you and go to a private hospital, and don't value your life over $'s, this is one way you are going to find out for sure. 

 

Best 4,000 baht I spent including meds and puffer, went back a week later, repeat, two weeks after that, repeat and a month later, all good, so the follow ups were also worth it, regardless of cost per visit.

 

Good luck

Edited March 12, 2020 by 4MyEgo

[LekFAB]

What a load of cobblers, waited for an ambulance? Why?

If you needed to get to hospital, there are many ways to do it.

You got to hospital, then expected to be seen immediately, nobody else waiting to be seen?

Most government hospitals have a sign saying.... Emergency treated quickly, less serious 1 hour, non emergency 2 hours.

You are no different to anybody else, yet expect immediate treatment.

 

You must be a very confused person, you post as a man, yet your avatar says female.

 

 

Waited for Ambulance as The Thai Government App for check symptoms tell you to seek urgent medical assistance

Also I not bloody stupid enough go about daily business if I think I have CORONA!!

& risk spreading to everybody

Same way the Taxi driver caught in Bangkok !!! Taking a stupid non thinking person to Hospital

 

And i understanding of waiting times

However if this virus & its containment are not an EMERGENCY then what is.

 

I don't know what an avatar is , but no doubt you will explain.

[LekFAB]

How do you find REPLY button instead of copy what people have written ?

[LekFAB]

Thank you 4 My Ego

 

I am self isolating but if no better in a few days will go Wattana or Rhumphet hospital.

 

You gave a sensible reply at least. Thanks

[Rookiescot]

3 minutes ago, LekFAB said:

How do you find REPLY button instead of copy what people have written ?

Click where it says quote

[Tayaout]

They are not wrong.

 

No testing = if you can't see it then it doesn't exist. 

[LekFAB]

7 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:

Click where it says quote

Thanks easy when know how

 

perhaps Thai's should try ASKING 

HOW DO I DO THAT ?

UGH LOL

[lungbing]

There are certainly not hundreds of Chinese passing through Nong Khai daily.   We arrived back in Khon Kaen this afternoon after a three day break in Nong Khai.  The town is deserted.  You can see from one end of Tasadet market to the other.  You could stand in the middle of the road outside the main post office and a couple of bikes might go round you, but you would be in no danger from vehicles.  The promenade walk along the river front is empty.  One of the  big restaurants  on the river front is closed, the other one, Daeng, so-so busy, but only with locals.  Face masks useage is  virtually non-existant.

 

All this as a result of the poor economy or the virus?  I don't know.

[CGW]

3 hours ago, lungbing said:

All this as a result of the poor economy or the virus?  I don't know.

Sounds like business as usual, we go up there every month or so, it's never busy, even quieter this time of year as hot on the river front during the day.

[Gumballl]

20 hours ago, LekFAB said:

What a load of cobblers, waited for an ambulance? Why?

If you needed to get to hospital, there are many ways to do it.

You got to hospital, then expected to be seen immediately, nobody else waiting to be seen?

Most government hospitals have a sign saying.... Emergency treated quickly, less serious 1 hour, non emergency 2 hours.

You are no different to anybody else, yet expect immediate treatment.

 

You must be a very confused person, you post as a man, yet your avatar says female.

 

 

Waited for Ambulance as The Thai Government App for check symptoms tell you to seek urgent medical assistance

Also I not bloody stupid enough go about daily business if I think I have CORONA!!

& risk spreading to everybody

Same way the Taxi driver caught in Bangkok !!! Taking a stupid non thinking person to Hospital

 

And i understanding of waiting times

However if this virus & its containment are not an EMERGENCY then what is.

 

I don't know what an avatar is , but no doubt you will explain.

Quote

Had slight fever . coughing sore throat

What an ego!

 

If your fever was at 104F (40C) then perhaps you should consult a doctor, or maybe a hospital.

 

How do you know that you are not merely developing the common cold (i.e. the 'original' coronavirus)? Or the flu?

 

How about you just stay at home, away from everyone else to see how your symptoms develop? Right now, I prescribe a dose of humility.

[scubascuba3]

There should be test centres set up and a test process which everyone should be told about.

 

Of course this hasn't happened (anybody know different?), and people go to hospital and they say No have. Going to hospital will just spread it there, of course you got to go if serious symptoms

[trigpoint]

I know Nong Khai hospital well as an ex patient and many of the wifes family being patients as well, its a basic government hospital, most specific illness gets sent to Udon Thani, no surprise they don't have a Corona testing kit.

[robblok]

1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said:

There should be test centres set up and a test process which everyone should be told about.

 

Of course this hasn't happened (anybody know different?), and people go to hospital and they say No have. Going to hospital will just spread it there, of course you got to go if serious symptoms

Should be but i read in the BKK post that even in the US people are turned down when they want a test for the corona virus. So don't only blame Thailand it happens in the US too. Nice article about a woman developing it her friends who had it too were turned down for tests too. They did not cough enough so no test was done by the DR. 

 

So in the US its far from perfect just like here there are just not enough tests the tests are expensive.

[Isaanbiker]

 

I think the OP's post is fascinating as it shows that they do not have tests, and they do not have enough virologists, microbiologists, etc..

 

 This report is very similar to what has happened at our school two weeks ago.

 

First, they thought that some kids had the virus after coming back from Korea, but they didn't inform us.

 

  All Thais wore masks, and I got "the news" by my wife that some students might have the virus.

 

  Until now, no explanation was given. Three days ago, they checked the temperature of a few students who came to test.

 

  The next day, nobody checked anything. That's how things work out here. 

 

OP, read all about the symptoms, I also had the ordinary flu, pretty typical for the time of the year.

Get well soon. Panic is part of the word Pandemic.

Just take the "dem" out. 

 

  

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

The OP too all the right steps, the hospital took all the wrong steps. Saying there's no COVID in Issan shows just how ignorant and unprepared they are.

[Dukeleto]

On 3/12/2020 at 2:36 AM, 4MyEgo said:

This is how they keep the numbers down and costs, e.g. no need for test, you have something else, based on "their observation", and they don't need to report it as another Covid-19 statistic, could this be why the numbers are so low ?

 

I learnt a long time ago, private hospitals in my opinion are better than the government hospitals, albeit it there are some good government hospitals, i.e. the bigger ones with training campuses, but the waits are forever and far from where I am.

 

I had a severe chest infection, but was told I had the flu, two lots of different antibiotics didn't work, yellow/brown phlegm, coughing fits, restless sleeps, weak, confused, dizzy, you are at the end of your flu, you will get better, just rest now, W-T-F, then I found out that there was a private hospital an hours drive away, went quick smart and was all good within hours after being diagnosed with a severe chest infection and narrowing to my windpipe probably due to an allergy, later to be found out to be from the spores of mold from an old black stain on my ceiling where we once had a leak, yes I didn't clean the ceiling, my bad, and I was working at my desk directly under it.

 

If you are still concerned, take some money with you and go to a private hospital, and don't value your life over $'s, this is one way you are going to find out for sure. 

 

Best 4,000 baht I spent including meds and puffer, went back a week later, repeat, two weeks after that, repeat and a month later, all good, so the follow ups were also worth it, regardless of cost per visit.

 

Good luck

Yes its amazing how sick a mould patch anywhere in your house can make you sick. I got something similar from a thick pile carpet which I eventually worked out myself but only after getting pneumonia from the snot factory aka sinuses which pumped out the an iridescent green stuff reminiscent of a Stephen King movie. If you have young kids or infants and a thick pile carpet or any carpet for that matter get rid of it after one year. We now buy a cheap carpet and replace them yearly. Problem is though these types of moulds migrate to furniture so beware of these too if they are material which most are!

[4MyEgo]

44 minutes ago, Dukeleto said:

If you have young kids or infants and a thick pile carpet or any carpet for that matter get rid of it after one year. We now buy a cheap carpet and replace them yearly. Problem is though these types of moulds migrate to furniture so beware of these too if they are material which most are!

Tile and polish concrete floors here. Furniture always at least 200mm from walls and major cleansing once a year to kill any mould.

[rocket3rider]

Watch my wife and family go to doctor/hospital and ALWAYS come back with half a dozen small plastic bags of pills.

 

I asked her once if they have a pill for stupid. She said, probably.

[bkkcanuck8]

On 3/12/2020 at 9:44 AM, LekFAB said:

What a load of cobblers, waited for an ambulance? Why?

If you needed to get to hospital, there are many ways to do it.

You got to hospital, then expected to be seen immediately, nobody else waiting to be seen?

Most government hospitals have a sign saying.... Emergency treated quickly, less serious 1 hour, non emergency 2 hours.

You are no different to anybody else, yet expect immediate treatment.

 

You must be a very confused person, you post as a man, yet your avatar says female.

 

 

Waited for Ambulance as The Thai Government App for check symptoms tell you to seek urgent medical assistance

Also I not bloody stupid enough go about daily business if I think I have CORONA!!

& risk spreading to everybody

Same way the Taxi driver caught in Bangkok !!! Taking a stupid non thinking person to Hospital

 

And i understanding of waiting times

However if this virus & its containment are not an EMERGENCY then what is.

 

I don't know what an avatar is , but no doubt you will explain.

Urgent medical assistance does not mean you must take ambulance.  In fact it would be best if you were self-isolated in your own car or motorcycle if possible.  It is all about containment.  There is nothing the hospital an do for you other than support you if you have severe symptoms (trouble breathing; acute pain) (low blood oxygen; oxygen support; renal failure ICU) until your natural immunity has come to the rescue.   In fact going to the hospital (unannounced) is the worst thing to do as you are only putting the entire medical facility at risk of quarantine.   You should call ahead and find out where to go for testing if needed, emergency should be only used for those that need immediate medical attention (and there is nothing they could do for you at this point).  They should have actually told you to exit the building and wait isolated somewhere until someone is available for 'testing' (if testing is available).

[TheFishman1]

It’s a real shame here that people are criticizing you instead of saying wow it’s unbelievable story of you waiting and I’m not being able to text you I feel very bad for you I would not worry about what other people are saying on the site because they’re just jealous and I think you did the right thing TIT

[sapson]

37 minutes ago, bkkcanuck8 said:

Urgent medical assistance does not mean you must take ambulance.  In fact it would be best if you were self-isolated in your own car or motorcycle if possible.  It is all about containment.  There is nothing the hospital an do for you other than support you if you have severe symptoms (trouble breathing; acute pain) (low blood oxygen; oxygen support; renal failure ICU) until your natural immunity has come to the rescue.   In fact going to the hospital (unannounced) is the worst thing to do as you are only putting the entire medical facility at risk of quarantine.   You should call ahead and find out where to go for testing if needed, emergency should be only used for those that need immediate medical attention (and there is nothing they could do for you at this point).  They should have actually told you to exit the building and wait isolated somewhere until someone is available for 'testing' (if testing is available).

In the Uk or europe etc the above would apply, you wouldnt go to ER or a clinic you would go to an arranged isolation cubicle for testing after an initial phone call ...........however this is Issan Nong khai not a major city they just dont have the facilities or set up.

 

Been to many government hospitals in Issan lovely well meaning people, however in an area where deaths by dengue fever are routine, i was shocked when visiting the toilet in one which was plagued with mosquitos and the staff just laughed at my idea to buy a 50baht spray to clear it once a day.

 

For all the shopping malls, mercs, golden ordained temples and superb hospitals in Bkk it is still a third world country and even though we have enormous affection for the place it can be very frustrating for anything of a serious nature without unlimited cash which normally sorts most problems here.

Edited March 13, 2020 by sapson

[zhounan]

No wonder. Thailand is not testing.

[Orac]

10 minutes ago, sapson said:

In the Uk or europe etc the above would apply, you wouldnt go to ER or a clinic you would go to an arranged isolation cubicle for testing after an initial phone call ...........however this is Issan Nong khai not a major city they just dont have the facilities or set up.

 

Been to many government hospitals in Issan lovely well meaning people, however in an area where deaths by dengue fever are routine, i was shocked when visiting the toilet in one which was plagued with mosquitos and the staff just laughed at my idea to buy a 50baht spray to clear it once a day.

 

For all the shopping malls, mercs, golden ordained temples and superb hospitals in Bkk it is still a third world country and even though we have enormous affection for the place it can be very frustrating for anything of a serious nature without unlimited cash which normally sorts most problems here.

Actually the UK advice has just changed and instruction now is to stay home for 7 days if you show symptoms of the virus.

[ThaiBunny]

2 minutes ago, Orac said:

Actually the UK advice has just changed and instruction now is to stay home for 7 days if you show symptoms of the virus.

The latest thinking is that 80% of cases show up in the first 7 days and a significant proportion of the remaining 20% in the first 10 days

[Tchooptip]

 As I said already my wife went to a hospital with a 39-degree fever and coughing, they gave her a few tablets and sent her home! For the moment I am in Samui she is in Issan, not impossible she had coronavirus, for a great percentage of people it does not go further than simple flu and they heal on their own, not everyone, far from it end up with serious respiratory problems, so how to know?

[bkkcanuck8]

12 minutes ago, Tchooptip said:

 As I said already my wife went to a hospital with a 39-degree fever and coughing, they gave her a few tablets and sent her home! For the moment I am in Samui she is in Issan, not impossible she had coronavirus, for a great percentage of people it does not go further than simple flu and they heal on their own, not everyone, far from it end up with serious respiratory problems, so how to know?

You won't know until you have shortness of breath, and that is when you really need to see a doctor (be it flu or SARS-Cov-2).  If you start having shortness of breath, acute pain, or abnormally high temperatures - then further medical intervention will be needed.  For anything other than that - regardless of where you are - you basically have to just let your own immune system deal with it.  There is nothing that they can do except offer medical support:

1. oxygen if your blood oxygen is low and you are having difficulties breathing.

2. trying to cool off your body to avoid organ damage due to very high temperatures (that is not fun from personal experience). 

etc.