Hua Hin: Foreigners go to Hua Hin Hospital on first day of Covid-19 testing

[webfact]

Hua Hin: Foreigners go to Hua Hin Hospital on first day of Covid-19 testing

 

Picture: New TV

 

Most of the people being tested for Covid-19 at Hua Hin Hospital on the first day of testing were foreigners, said director Dr Niran Chantrakoon. 

 

That was good, said the director, as this was the riskiest group. 

 

He said there were ten people tested on the first day after they advertised testing at 3,500 to 5,000 baht. 

 

The variance in the price was not explained in the New TV article. They said the results were available the next day. 

 

No one has yet been found to have the virus. 

 

Six people who were treated with Covid-19 at the hospital have all gone home. 

 

There are plenty of beds available, said Dr Niran who added that his hospital would utilise testing facilities in Samut Songkhram if the numbers warranted it.

 

Tests are done by putting a swab up the nose and in the throat - it is uncomfortable but relatively painless. 

 

People with insurance can use that to pay for the tests. 

 

Source: New TV

 

 

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[dcsw53]

No surprise there then.
If farangs have insurance then no issue, even those who don't it is not a king's ransome. For many Thais their incomes have collapsed, so spending THB 3500 on a test is not going to be a high priority. 

[Phuketshrew]

How was the test NCC?

[NanLaew]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

The variance in the price was not explained in the New TV article. They said the results were available the next day.

No mention of the make and model of the test kit being used here either. With all the fuss about various test kits being sent back to China by various European nations for having low efficacy and accuracy, nobody has come up with the name of the gold standard make and model yet.

 

Paying 3500 to 5000 baht for a result that you were free of Covid-19 the day before? Looks like it's mostly the nice-but-dim foreigners that are buying it.

[kralledr]

Is it free if you have thai social security?

[steve187]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Most of the people being tested for Covid-19 at Hua Hin Hospital on the first day of testing were foreigners, said director Dr Niran Chantrakoon. 

 

That was good, said the director, as this was the riskiest group. 

really, not the isolation runners who returned from infected countries. or to the north and north east from Bangkok

[Number 6]

5000k two weeks salary for minimum wage Thai. No wonder the country only logs 100 cases per day. No doubt those are people so ill they prolly don't even need a test.

 

Amazing Thailand

[mickymouse1]

1 hour ago, kralledr said:

Is it free if you have thai social security?

It is free if you have symptoms related to that virus.

Whether a person has it or not ,there is NO CURE.Only ride it out by staying home for 15 days and avoid smoking as I did and you will be fine.

[AhFarangJa]

So I guess the next step is to make it mandatory for all foreigners to be tested, plus we will have to pay for the privilege........Ching, Ching for the hospitals.

[DrTuner]

5 hours ago, NanLaew said:

With all the fuss about various test kits being sent back to China by various European nations for having low efficacy and accuracy

I wonder where the friendly CCP sent those returned kits to...

[manhood]

If you have no symptoms at all a test makes no sense as you can catch up the virus a day or couple of days later. If you feel any symptoms you should go, not only fever and throught , breezing problems might be a sign,  also check your smelling and tasting behaviour as this mostly come along at rhe very beginning of infection!

[lensta]

"That was good, said the director, as this was the riskiest group."

 

Would the director like to explain just why he thinks foreigners are the riskiest group???

Just another ai anutin.

[Almer]

Im sure the comment about risky group would refer to age

[sweatalot]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

there were ten people tested

wow ten people tested 10 people negative on Covid

 

That means: 100 % negative - no virus in Hua Hin.

Waiting for the government to proudly annunce this success.

[DaRoadrunner]

5 hours ago, AhFarangJa said:

So I guess the next step is to make it mandatory for all foreigners to be tested, plus we will have to pay for the privilege........Ching, Ching for the hospitals.

Don't give them ideas!

[Zillod]

I read 4 out of 5 infected people show no symptoms.

If you have no symptoms then I would avoid being tested.

You could get dragged off to isolation, only to find you are not insured for a false alarm.

Get tested if you are experiencing any respiratory symptoms.

Some tests (anti-body tests) can confirm you have had it and are now recovered,

[Justgrazing]

14 hours ago, webfact said:

Most of the people being tested for Covid-19 at Hua Hin Hospital on the first day of testing were foreigners, said director Dr Niran Chantrakoon. 

 

That was good, said the director, as this was the riskiest group

Given the number of Thai's decamping back to the homeland from known hotspots then legging it rather than do the quarantine it could well it's the Johnny ferrangs who are the ones at risk from the little ghosts not t'other way about .. 

[Gumballl]

Perhaps already stated, but please, do NOT bother getting tested unless you have symptoms (of COVID-19).

 

Seriously, if you go and test negative, whoop tee do! You could contract the virus during testing (from some other patient), and will not test positive until 14 days later... or perhaps never.

[AhFarangJa]

8 hours ago, DaRoadrunner said:

Don't give them ideas!

Yes, I can see it now.........Additional paperwork required for renewal of retirement visa...........Covid negative test result..Dated no less than two days before.......

[ChipButty]

Why would you spend upto 5000 Baht for a test if you dont have any symptoms? Bunch of Babies them farang

[Alex1339]

Hi friends, if I will visit BKK for 1-2 days on the local bus from Hua Hin...on my return to Hua Hin, will I have 14 days of homestay or will need to visit HH hospital, or what? Who has the experience of it? Thank You!!

[i84teen]

On 4/8/2020 at 4:41 AM, NanLaew said:

No mention of the make and model of the test kit being used here either. With all the fuss about various test kits being sent back to China by various European nations for having low efficacy and accuracy, nobody has come up with the name of the gold standard make and model yet.

 

Paying 3500 to 5000 baht for a result that you were free of Covid-19 the day before? Looks like it's mostly the nice-but-dim foreigners that are buying it.

whats a "nice-but-dim" foreigner?

[i84teen]

On 4/8/2020 at 12:24 PM, Almer said:

Im sure the comment about risky group would refer to age

Unsure, but of the 3009 confirmed cases in Thailand, only 360 are foreigners and the age group with the highest occurrence rate is 21-30 year olds.  So, perhaps just another  uninformed Thai official spreading misinformation.