PM meets top doctors to discuss measures on tackling Covid-19

By The Nation

 

 

The government is having a dialogue with leading doctors in Thailand to discuss and find appropriate measures to fight the new coronavirus (Covid-19).

 

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha sat with five top doctors to hear their suggestions on the right way to deal with this virus crisis.

 

The doctors who attended the meeting were:

 

Clinical Professor Emeritus Dr Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn, the former minister of Public Health and former president of Mahidol University;

 

Clinical Professor Dr Udom Kachintorn, the former deputy education minister and former dean of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital;

 

Prof Dr Yong Poovorawan, an expert virologist at Chulalongkorn University;

 

Prof Dr Amorn Leelarasamee President of the Medical Association;

 

Prof Dr Somsri Pausawasdi, president of Medical Council.

 

These doctors have encouraged the government to issue new measures and implement decisions such as cancelling the Songkran holidays and closing entertainment venues to stop Covid-19 from spreading.

 

The government has been criticised and asked to find a spokesman who was not a politician because citizens see them as opportunists amid the virus crisis.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30384397

 

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Take your time no rush.
I can't believe these top doctors have not suggested canceling tourist Visa.
You don't need a Phd to work that one out.

Well I am hoping these doctors are better than the one my wife was listening to the other night.

Thai people should stay 1 metre from Asians but 2 metres from Farlang because our noses are bigger and we can fire germs further.

 

A 'Top Doctor' in Thailand is probably in most cases as good as a Hospital Cleaning Lady !

Please do not insult the hospital cleaning ladies they do a good job.

The only thing the average person can do is wash their hands several times a day, stay away from others as much as possible and boost your immunes system with garlic and vitamin C.  

Great selfie. No one is 6 feet from each other, Social distance rule but Junta brought in just 1 metre distance. No one wears a mask. Where is that raving health minister now?

1 hour ago, monkfish said:

Take your time no rush.
I can't believe these top doctors have not suggested canceling tourist Visa.
You don't need a Phd to work that one out.

Issue is that the PM does not have a Phd.

... Neither anything else.

4 minutes ago, xtof2 said:

Issue is that the PM does not have a Phd.

... Neither anything else.

He has lots of guns and tanks ...... and most leaders rarely require more than that.

1 hour ago, monkfish said:

Take your time no rush.
I can't believe these top doctors have not suggested canceling tourist Visa.
You don't need a Phd to work that one out.

Cancel tourist visas? Why not also cancel retirement visas, marriage visas and working visas and send all foreigners back overseas to their home country with your genius suggestion of cancelling tourist visas.

2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

He has lots of guns and tanks ...... and most leaders rarely require more than that.

True !

4 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

He has lots of guns and tanks ...... and most leaders rarely require more than that.

+ added bonus :  expensive useless submarines! 

Just in..... on top doctors advice, the fortune  teller  be  called  in, more prayers to be held and the tooth fairy  is  on standby also.

23 minutes ago, legend49 said:

No one wears a mask

unnecessary

lIttle P can have all the dialogue he wants, the silly a++e is 2 months late in waking up to the fact there is a serious problem.

Never mind trying to keep things open for tourists, that ship has sailed.

46 minutes ago, yellowboat said:

The only thing the average person can do is wash their hands several times a day, stay away from others as much as possible and boost your immunes system with garlic and vitamin C.  

who disagrees

The general is back it tunic to order it gone the only hope left by the look of it????

6 minutes ago, colinneil said:

that ship has sailed.

nah  it  aint,  all  cruises  banned. Be  careful Colin youll probably get issued with square  wheels  soon to isolate you, hoping your  well anyway????

Edited March 19, 20206 yr by Chazar

Once again..... Not one in the picture are wearing a face mask.????

17 minutes ago, Chazar said:

Just in..... on top doctors advice, the fortune  teller  be  called  in, more prayers to be held and the tooth fairy  is  on standby also.

What no Father Xmas ????????????????

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The government has been criticised and asked to find a spokesman who was not a politician because citizens see them as opportunists amid the virus crisis.

And they wouldn't be far from reality with that appraisal .. 

Witness the clown hyping up the Favipiravir anti viral drug yesterday on another thread .. An indy spokesperson unsullied or tainted by the circus in Gov should make daily updates on the situation in an honest and open way .. At a time like this citizens don't need manipulation of the truth by unpalatable politicians in an effort to save face and blow their own trumpets .. 

1 hour ago, yellowboat said:

The only thing the average person can do is wash their hands several times a day, stay away from others as much as possible and boost your immunes system with garlic and vitamin C.  

Not garlic. But I wonder if the reason Thais are doing so well compared to the rest of the world is those funny smelling things they are always sticking up their noses (and I don't mean their fingers!)

Edited March 19, 20206 yr by bangkokfrog

1 hour ago, monkfish said:

Take your time no rush.

 

Exactly.

 

Form a committee or three.

 

 

Hard to believe this guy was a Army General. Did they not have PLANS? I mean other than shooting their fellow citizens? Or letting the yellows comandeer the airport?

 

 

If we see how quickly the virus has developed in Europe, next week we will all be locked up at home writing on TV

Edited March 19, 20206 yr by ICELANDMAN

2 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

A 'Top Doctor' in Thailand is probably in most cases as good as a Hospital Cleaning Lady !

Hope you don't tell them that when you need one, yet Thailand is a centre of medical tourism , almost a "HUB"

3 hours ago, webfact said:

PM meets top doctors to discuss measures on tackling Covid-19

Probably get more sense than discussing things with T.A.T 

2 hours ago, Chazar said:

who disagrees

True but your breath alone will make people stay 2 mtrs away!

 

 

I do believe Thailand is operating in a parallel universe. Look at every country in the rest of world, the way they are handling the situation and compare.

Also thoughts that tourism will return as soon as the vius is controlled is just plain stupid. People throughout the world are struggling to support their families, and millions are going to loose their jobs. The last thing people are going to be thinking of is holidaying anywhere.

3 hours ago, bbi1 said:

Cancel tourist visas? Why not also cancel retirement visas, marriage visas and working visas and send all foreigners back overseas to their home country with your genius suggestion of cancelling tourist visas.

Why cancel those visas when those people are already resident here they can't bring the Virus with them
Tourists arrive from every corner of the World and there's a chance they are bringing the virus with them very different scenario.

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Edited March 19, 20206 yr by monkfish