BKK - Getting to a hospital in an EMERGENCY during the 10pm-4am curfew

[bbi1]

10pm-4am curfew comes into effect today. If this doesn't work then the following week there's talks of a 24 hour curfew. If someone has a medical emergency and needs to go to the hospital immediately, how can they go there during this curfew time in BKK? I'm presuming there's no taxis on the road due to the curfew. How to go with no transportation in BKK? Been thinking about this scenario just in case.

Edited April 3, 2020 by bbi1

[Crossy]

Call an ambulance!

 

Check the emergency number of your local hospital and store in your phone.

[steven100]

I find it hard to believe your question. But I'll answer anyway.

Of coarse there are taxi's around, possibly not as many as usual but they will be about, and if you can't locate one just call :

 

Bangkok Taxi Co-operative 0 2880 0888

Charoenmueng Radio Network 0 2215 1584

Garden Radio 0 2875 9995

Nakornchai Taxi Radio Network 0 2878 9000

Ruammitr Taxi Co-operative 0 2911 4444

Siam Taxi Co-operative, Ltd. 1661

Taxi Radio 1681

The Taxi Thai Co-operative, Ltd. 0 2438 9000

Thonburi Taxi Co-operative 0 2287 3345

Suvarnabhumi Taxi Cooperative/Howa 02-424-2222 (green taxis)

 

[GuyFawkes]

In the curfew of May 2010 my very close friend needed to go to hospital.  It was a matter of life or death.

I called the hospital - not in Bangkok but well known in its location Thai city - and was told that because of the curfew they could not go out until 5 a.m.

 

Sadly my friend died at 4.20 a.m.    His last request was for me to hold him in my arms, which I did.   It was the most harrowing thing to watch him slowly slipping away.  I will remember it until my dying day.

[Sheryl]

Calling ambulance of your preferred hospital would be first choice.

 

If for some reason they will not/cannot come then call the Medical emergency number 1646 (outside of Bangkok this is 1669). Note with this, you may nto be able to influence what hospital  you are brought to.

 

 

[SS1]

Assuming you have an emergency making you unable to drive/ride, I'd probably call my preferred hospital and ask them to arrange a pick up.

 

If able to ride, I'd call the hospital just to inform them I'm coming, and get someone's phone nr. handy there who I can call if stopped by the police for them to confirm that I'm indeed on my way to the hospital. 

[tonray]

18 hours ago, bbi1 said:

Been thinking about this scenario just in case.

Thinking way too much about scenarios....live for today. 

[OneMoreFarang]

I think reality is that most of us have people near us with a car. Tell your neighbors that you need to go urgently to the hospital and there should be someone who will help you. If necessary give them 1000B tip.

[erinsf]

Many of us do not have a car or, know anyone with a car. So .....good question. They said no taxis during this time. So, ambulance is only option 

[cthonicus]

19 hours ago, GuyFawkes said:

Sadly my friend died at 4.20 a.m.    His last request was for me to hold him in my arms, which I did.   It was the most harrowing thing to watch him slowly slipping away.  I will remember it until my dying day.

It's hard to remember something which didn't happen.

[revup]

20 hours ago, steven100 said:

I find it hard to believe your question. But I'll answer anyway.

Of coarse there are taxi's around, possibly not as many as usual but they will be about, and if you can't locate one just call :

 

Bangkok Taxi Co-operative 0 2880 0888

Charoenmueng Radio Network 0 2215 1584

Garden Radio 0 2875 9995

Nakornchai Taxi Radio Network 0 2878 9000

Ruammitr Taxi Co-operative 0 2911 4444

Siam Taxi Co-operative, Ltd. 1661

Taxi Radio 1681

The Taxi Thai Co-operative, Ltd. 0 2438 9000

Thonburi Taxi Co-operative 0 2287 3345

Suvarnabhumi Taxi Cooperative/Howa 02-424-2222 (green taxis)

 

Alway gats me how condescending people can be when they have a foolproof plan and do not want a second opinion

[darrendsd]

20 hours ago, steven100 said:

I find it hard to believe your question. But I'll answer anyway.

Of coarse there are taxi's around, possibly not as many as usual but they will be about, and if you can't locate one just call :

 

Bangkok Taxi Co-operative 0 2880 0888

Charoenmueng Radio Network 0 2215 1584

Garden Radio 0 2875 9995

Nakornchai Taxi Radio Network 0 2878 9000

Ruammitr Taxi Co-operative 0 2911 4444

Siam Taxi Co-operative, Ltd. 1661

Taxi Radio 1681

The Taxi Thai Co-operative, Ltd. 0 2438 9000

Thonburi Taxi Co-operative 0 2287 3345

Suvarnabhumi Taxi Cooperative/Howa 02-424-2222 (green taxis)

 

If there is no one around there will be no taxis - no passengers equals no taxis

 

Why would there still be taxis running if everyone has been ordered to stay indoors?

[Krataiboy]

 

 

 

 

20 hours ago, GuyFawkes said:

In the curfew of May 2010 my very close friend needed to go to hospital.  It was a matter of life or death.

I called the hospital - not in Bangkok but well known in its location Thai city - and was told that because of the curfew they could not go out until 5 a.m.

 

Sadly my friend died at 4.20 a.m.    His last request was for me to hold him in my arms, which I did.   It was the most harrowing thing to watch him slowly slipping away.  I will remember it until my dying day.

Horrendous. The moral is all too obvious.

 

"They" act without deep thought and care nothing for the consequences. The reality of what this means for the mass of people they are supposed to serve is poignantly made in this very sad, true story.

 

Welcome to the new normal, ushered in on a wave of media-generated mass hysteria which we will all live to regret falling for.

Edited April 4, 2020 by Krataiboy

[digger70]

20 hours ago, GuyFawkes said:

In the curfew of May 2010 my very close friend needed to go to hospital.  It was a matter of life or death.

I called the hospital - not in Bangkok but well known in its location Thai city - and was told that because of the curfew they could not go out until 5 a.m.

 

Sadly my friend died at 4.20 a.m.    His last request was for me to hold him in my arms, which I did.   It was the most harrowing thing to watch him slowly slipping away.  I will remember it until my dying day.

Well this is Thailand ,Anything is possible . Compared to Animals Peoples Lives seem not that really imported.

[spornb]

PLEASE HAVE A PLAN, and practise it  Ships have emergency drills do the same

 

I respond sharing my own experiences on this

 

If you own a car get in it drive to A & E where the ambulances stop ( if you do not own a car you should probably be in your home country), park as close to the door as you can get, ignore red and yellow lines, have your flashers going

 

Do not wait for the ambulance, you may die in the process

 

They will put you on a trolley 

 

Give them the car keys, I have done this a few years ago when haemorrhaging vast quantities of blood through my ass, I was in intensive care very quickly; medium sized bill but OK, I self insure., was given three litres of new blood, and many tests

 

That time I drove at 3.00am as I am quicker with my wife constantly checking I was not going to loose consciousness, and I said if I felt I was I would let her take over the driving

 

My wife knows the routine knows the way HAS DONE IT and can do it under pressure, about 26 kms for us

 

If stopped by police ask for escort to the hospital, I just show my colostomy bag does wonders, the police are not stupid 

 

Make sure you are preregistered and have a card, at your hospital of choice, (choose carefully or your bill could be awful) for us that is SRINAKARIN KhonKaen, a large teaching hospital, (Main government hospital in KhonKaen too busy too often) where they can cope with any emergency we do not stop at the small hospital in Bangfang , it just wastes time, and time can save lives

 

If on arrival the doctors say false alarm, apologise and smile, YOU ARE STILL ALIVE, if a day later again an emergency repeat the plan 

 

Stay happy keep smiling

[spornb]

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I think reality is that most of us have people near us with a car. Tell your neighbors that you need to go urgently to the hospital and there should be someone who will help you. If necessary give them 1000B tip.

Disagree have a few already advised one day you might need them, tell them in advance you will pay 5,000 to 10,000 , MONEY MOTIVATES, and maybe you are still alive

[pogal]

1669 is the emergency number for an ambulance.

 

Unfortunately the government has also Put the rescue foundations on lock down As well between 10pm~4am. 

Normally they cover 90+% of the cases so I'm not sure how they will handle the workload. I suspect they will recind that order in the near future. 

[lvr181]

21 hours ago, GuyFawkes said:

In the curfew of May 2010 my very close friend needed to go to hospital.  It was a matter of life or death.

I called the hospital - not in Bangkok but well known in its location Thai city - and was told that because of the curfew they could not go out until 5 a.m.

 

Sadly my friend died at 4.20 a.m.    His last request was for me to hold him in my arms, which I did.   It was the most harrowing thing to watch him slowly slipping away.  I will remember it until my dying day.

That is terribly sad.

 

Surely frontline services. medics, firecrews etc., would be exempt but TIT!

[AAArdvark]

1 hour ago, spornb said:

if you do not own a car you should probably be in your home country

Nonsense.

[toho]

On 4/3/2020 at 3:11 PM, GuyFawkes said:

In the curfew of May 2010 my very close friend needed to go to hospital.  It was a matter of life or death.

I called the hospital - not in Bangkok but well known in its location Thai city - and was told that because of the curfew they could not go out until 5 a.m.

 

Sadly my friend died at 4.20 a.m.    His last request was for me to hold him in my arms, which I did.   It was the most harrowing thing to watch him slowly slipping away.  I will remember it until my dying day.

Very sad experience, yet he was privileged/lucky to have such a true and loyal friend around when he died.

You could say goodbye to each other. That may be a comfort. Especially now, where Corona patients often even die alone, without family or friends around their bed, leaving only a quick transport from hospital bed to burial ground. 

[OneMoreFarang]

This gives some details about what is allowed and what not:

[StevieAus]

20 hours ago, lvr181 said:

That is terribly sad.

 

Surely frontline services. medics, firecrews etc., would be exempt but TIT!

They are exempt during the current curfew

[bbi1]

21 hours ago, pogal said:

1669 is the emergency number for an ambulance.

 

Unfortunately the government has also Put the rescue foundations on lock down As well between 10pm~4am. 

Wow is that true? Source please?

[PPMMUU]

In Bangkok call 1646

Other provinces call 1669