Vet who broke curfew to treat sick animal finds himself in jail - later apologises

 

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A vet who went on Facebook to say he had been arrested while out on a mercy call to help a sick animal during the 10 pm to 4 am curfew has apologized after a firestorm of negative comment was directed against the authorities. 

 

Thanu had posted a question on Facebook: "Would you turn down a sick animal in need? I didn't and it has landed me in jail". 

 

He added it was his first time in prison and he was there because doctors were allowed to be out but not vets. 

 

Following a huge amount of condemnation online for the authorities Thanu removed his post. 

 

He then apologised indicating he had contravened the regulations twice, two days in a row. He said that police and protection agencies were only doing their job.

 

But it begged the question about vets being allowed to join the list of people being allowed to break the curfew. 

 

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Bankers are allowed out, not vets?

Brilliant! Now all the other vets who have been covertly and QUIETLY serving their variation of the Hippocratic oath have stopped doing it.

4 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Bankers are allowed out, not vets?

Bankers! 

Typo error?

16 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Bankers are allowed out, not vets?

It probably sounds inhumane, but practically speaking, there are 18 other hours in the day he could have treated the animal.  Just saying....

20 minutes ago, Tanoshi said:

Bankers! 

Typo error?

W

2 hours ago, Tanoshi said:

Bankers! 

Typo error?

You beat me to it. Well done. ????

Vets who are making house calls or a citizen taking a sick animal to an animal hospital is an essential service...

 

Not even debatable... 

2 hours ago, Berkshire said:

It probably sounds inhumane, but practically speaking, there are 18 other hours in the day he could have treated the animal.  Just saying....

Never worked with animals then. Just saying.

Try it some time, better than working with most humans.

    Amazing Thailand TIT

48 hours of jail time and re-education, made him apologize and take down his post.

 

So I guess he did not get 2 years jail and/or 40.000 thb fine.

4 hours ago, Berkshire said:

It probably sounds inhumane, but practically speaking, there are 18 other hours in the day he could have treated the animal.  Just saying....

Illness is not dictated by hours in the day be it an animal or a human being ... get a life

4 hours ago, Berkshire said:

It probably sounds inhumane, but practically speaking, there are 18 other hours in the day he could have treated the animal.  Just saying....

Yes, the cat should have known not to get injured close to curfew time.

5 hours ago, Thailand said:

Bankers are allowed out, not vets?

Bankers are criminals so they have to go out at night.

4 hours ago, seeyoujimmy said:

W

Yes Jimmy, we got it.

5 hours ago, Berkshire said:

It probably sounds inhumane, but practically speaking, there are 18 other hours in the day he could have treated the animal.  Just saying....

What a sad post. Animals far better than most humans.

This kind of thing highlights the fact Thailand is still a third world, uneducated, banana republic country.

 

Everything is great -- until its not.

6 hours ago, Berkshire said:

It probably sounds inhumane, but practically speaking, there are 18 other hours in the day he could have treated the animal.  Just saying....

Well in that case the same can be said for doctors and nurses. Just practically speaking that is.

And I always thought that, for example dogs, animals were worth more than humans in Thailand. Apparently he must have been treating a worthless canarie.

At first when I read the title I thought it was a Veteran of the war.

Now just wait a minute I thought Vets were considered Doctors, ergo DVM, how dumb of me to even think...Maybe if I was from MD (Maryland in the US), My DL that says MD would work....lets use some common sense, a doctor of animals is a doctor.....

Edited April 8, 20206 yr by ThailandRyan

7 hours ago, Berkshire said:

It probably sounds inhumane, but practically speaking, there are 18 other hours in the day he could have treated the animal.  Just saying....

The dog cant plan a time to be run over by a person with a good cause to be out during curfew

I never understand why he apologize to the authorities that were attacked on his post he made. If it was an emergency i would have done the same!!!

1 hour ago, manhood said:

I never understand why he apologize to the authorities that were attacked on his post he made. If it was an emergency i would have done the same!!!

He was bullied an manipulated because the authorities cant lose face.

Stupid people......thainess

He's a doctor for christsake.  Attending to animals.  Since when isn't a doctor essential personal?
Beyond belief.  

9 hours ago, Berkshire said:

It probably sounds inhumane, but practically speaking, there are 18 other hours in the day he could have treated the animal.  Just saying....

Same if you suffer a fall or have an emergency during the 10pm to 4am curfew. Just wait it out until after 4am, right? There are after all 18 other hours to be treated.

Despite their online outrage, there is not one Thai who is surprised by this development.

12 hours ago, drbeach said:

22 hours ago, Berkshire said:

It probably sounds inhumane, but practically speaking, there are 18 other hours in the day he could have treated the animal.  Just saying....

Same if you suffer a fall or have an emergency during the 10pm to 4am curfew. Just wait it out until after 4am, right? There are after all 18 other hours to be treated.

I seem to have hit a nerve with my rather innocuous (albeit a tad insensitive) post and I apologize.  I do understand that some animal rights activists would like animals/pets to have the same rights as humans, I get that.  But if you believe that you having a medical emergency is the same as some woman's pet poodle having a medical emergency, then we will have to agree to disagree. 

Edited April 9, 20206 yr by Berkshire

Vets on emergency calls should have been exempted from the curfew. Police should not have put him in jail anyway. To make matters worse he was bullied into making a grovelling apology to save the face of the idiots who did this.

 

Imagine if this happened in the animal loving UK.  There wold be a revolution. 

 

We are in exceptional times and the wording of the no-doubt rushed curfew regulations may not be wholly accurate or complete.

 

However, if you have people out there with the ability to think, analyse and reason, then a sensible decision would be made on the spot in interpreting the spirit of the rules. I feel a vet responding to an emergency call during curfew would not be unreasonable. 

 

Unfortunately, for the most part Thailand does not have those people out there....rather automatons who can read, follow instructions to the letter and are afraid/not empowered to make any decisions.

 

What in the UK we like to call 'jobsworths'.

 

Anyhow, due to the furore, at least the 'higher ups' know about this issue and may amend the regulations or pass on informal guidance that under certain circumstances vets are allowed reasonable and appropriate freedom during curfew.

Free the vets ! animals are more important than people !