I'm sure i've read a thread on this somewhere before, but can't seem to find it. Just curious, if the worst does happen, and you end up testing positive whilst in quarantine ... what happens?

 

Are there different procedures for those that are ill, and those are showing no symptoms?

 

Where do you stand on quarantine, would you then have to do another 15 days? Where would you do these extra days, in hospital or in your hotel?

 

Scary. 

Based on what I've read if you test positive then you're transferred to hospital for 'the treatment'.

 

Even if there's nothing wrong with you.....think about that a little...

 

I doubt you would be allowed to roam free until you test negative which could be quite some time.

1 minute ago, ukrules said:

Based on what I've read if you test positive then you're transferred to hospital for 'the treatment'.

 

Even if there's nothing wrong with you.....think about that a little...

 

I doubt you would be allowed to roam free until you test negative which could be quite some time.

 

Good grief 

If you recall there were at least a couple of cases where the quarantinee was tested ahead of 'release' and tested positive. They had to start the cycle all over again I believe.

11 minutes ago, hotandsticky said:

If you recall there were at least a couple of cases where the quarantinee was tested ahead of 'release' and tested positive. They had to start the cycle all over again I believe.

 

 I don't recall this. You have a link for the story?

I would not mind having to spend another 15 days in a hotel room. But the thought of going to a hospital, especially if you had no symptoms, then staying there till you tested negative would be a horrendous ordeal. 

 

I've read up tales of people testing positives for weeks on end ! 

34 minutes ago, ukrules said:

Even if there's nothing wrong with you.....think about that a little...

Sounds like a very appropriate aggressive way to handle it.

People can get much sicker over time why not isolate them in a hospital to make sure they get speedy treatment.

How long would a hospital stay be on average?

47 minutes ago, AndrewMciver said:

How long would a hospital stay be on average?

That would depend on a lot of factors. Your treatment will typically be longer if you are elderly and/or have certain comorbidities. It may also depend on how long it took before your condition was recognised and treatment started. A range of one to three weeks is probably typical, but can be months in rare cases, as can relapse due to complications of Covid-19 after original hospital release (and when the virus that initiated complications is no longer present).

I actually hired someone (an educated Thai) to investigate this, and the answer is that if you test positive you are forcibly brought to the hospital. As for how long, it seems that it is as long as you "test positive," but the answers then became a bit murky (from the hospital staff which were interviewed), and the type of tests they are using, though some people were kept as long as a month and yes, the costs were significant. 

As for "forcibly brought to the hospital," that situation exists now, as many of you know. And many private hospitals do not accept "positive" Covid-19 people....

 

This is part of the joke of how many cases there are in Thailand -- aside from "no mass testing":  No one is motivated to "Get tested" because if it's positive the police will show up and you will be either escorted to a hospital or brought to the border (usually in the case of Burmese or those who don't have the money or are not Thai). 

 

I recently was going to hire a Thai person for a job looking after my elderly father, the process along of doing a brief quarantine, then the double testing, was 22k, not including flying her down. Then I discovered, like most of the foreigners and Thais, she was not following proper protocols (per the top medical research schools in the world: Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Oxford, etc). Oh well!  

 

 

 

 

Edited September 10, 20205 yr by ayahuasca

10 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

People can get much sicker over time why not isolate them in a hospital to make sure they get speedy treatment.

If you have no symptoms do you think your insurance will cover what many would consider non emergency treatment - weeks in a hospital?

 

The answer is NO.

 

The vast majority of people have little to no symptoms. You're removed from quarantine and locked away in hospital.

 

This is why people are going to need a Thai policy which panders to their needs because no sane foreign policy will pay out on a speculative hospital stay which may last months.

Edited September 10, 20205 yr by ukrules

11 minutes ago, ukrules said:

If you have no symptoms do you think your insurance will cover what many would consider non emergency treatment - weeks in a hospital?

 

The answer is NO.

 

The vast majority of people have little to no symptoms. You're removed from quarantine and locked away in hospital.

 

This is why people are going to need a Thai policy which panders to their needs because no sane foreign policy will pay out on a speculative hospital stay which may last months.

The total of new positive cases reported yesterday was seven bringing the total to 27 since September 1st. Thailand reports that there are currently 86 active cases. That would certainly suggest a stay in hospital of weeks, but rarely months. I am not aware of any sources that give a detailed breakdown of the numbers.

18 minutes ago, BritTim said:

The total of new positive cases reported yesterday was seven bringing the total to 27 since September 1st. Thailand reports that there are currently 86 active cases. That would certainly suggest a stay in hospital of weeks, but rarely months. I am not aware of any sources that give a detailed breakdown of the numbers.

I have seen 1 person listed as serious/critical for rather a long period of time and wonder if it is the same person.

28 minutes ago, BritTim said:

The total of new positive cases reported yesterday was seven bringing the total to 27 since September 1st. Thailand reports that there are currently 86 active cases. That would certainly suggest a stay in hospital of weeks, but rarely months. I am not aware of any sources that give a detailed breakdown of the numbers.

 

This would then suggest there are some in hospital that have been there longer than 11 days. 

 

This is all looking rather dicey. 

That seems to be the new trend.

36 minutes ago, BritTim said:

The total of new positive cases reported yesterday was seven bringing the total to 27 since September 1st. Thailand reports that there are currently 86 active cases. That would certainly suggest a stay in hospital of weeks, but rarely months. I am not aware of any sources that give a detailed breakdown of the numbers.

 

27 since September 1st .... any estimates how many repatriation flights there have been in that period ? Would 20-30 be a true estimate? So on average 1 person per flight is getting infected. Say each place carries 250 passengers - 1 in 250 chance. 

 

Emirates flights perhaps will be safer, with less Thai's on board travelling without taking covid tests. 

 

 

Edited September 10, 20205 yr by AndrewMciver

You will face mandatory hospitalization at your expense (hence the insurance requirement) and will nto be discharged until you test negative.

16 hours ago, ukrules said:

Based on what I've read if you test positive then you're transferred to hospital for 'the treatment'.

 

Even if there's nothing wrong with you.....think about that a little...

 

I doubt you would be allowed to roam free until you test negative which could be quite some time.

it will be whatever option they can thieve the most money from you

 

Why would someone who is not sick need to go into a hospital if they are already in a quarantine facility were everyone is presumed to be positive until proven otherwise.

 

I pointed this out a while ago, they might even create a false positive test just for this purpose 

 

do you trust them ?

6 hours ago, AndrewMciver said:

How long would a hospital stay be on average?

how much does the insurance cover, I believe it is 100k baht @ at 20k per day you are covered for 5 days then paying out of you own pocket for as long as it takes  

 

This is the very reason this so called quarantine in Phuket is madness

14 minutes ago, AbeNormal said:

how much does the insurance cover, I believe it is 100k baht @ at 20k per day you are covered for 5 days then paying out of you own pocket for as long as it takes  

The insurance required to enter the country with a certificate of entry is $100,000 US.

7 hours ago, AndrewMciver said:

How long would a hospital stay be on average?

as long as your credit card stretches.

Check your insurance policy as many have a 15 day wait period for covidd cover and this starts when you enter Thailand.

Therefore if you test positive in ASQ then with many policies you will not be covered under your insurance.

 

My insurance policy is solid.

 

So these quarantine hospitals .... what am i to expect?

 

LOL worst case scenario doom merchant here.