No shortage of test kits - just shortage of beds, says CCSA spokesman

[webfact]

Picture: Sanook

 

The Covid-19 steering committee or CCSA spokesman Thaveesin Visanuyothin said that there was not a shortage of Covid test cits at private hospitals.

 

It was a shortage of beds that was the problem.

 

Government rules meant that if anyone tested positive they would have to be admitted and there wasn't the capacity to do that so testing stopped at many places. 

 

Sanook reported that the Thai cabinet was meeting yesterday to work on finding 5,000 more beds. 

 

Converting hotels into hospitals and field hospitals were on the agenda. 

 

Also being discussed were measures to transport those who tested positive at private hospitals to beds elsewhere. 

 

Meanwhile the CCSA said that 10 million more doses of vaccine were needed to work towards herd immunity in Thailand.

 

So far the Thai media has reported that 3 million people have been tested with nearly 1% of these positive - around 30,000 at present. 

 

But so far less than one million people have been vaccinated.

 

 

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[ThailandRyan]

So the "Show me the full hospitals" brigade can now be truly shown and their pie holes can now be showing astonishment at how wrong they were.????

[gunderhill]

So are they admitting that 1%  have it?= 680k  people.

[ThailandRyan]

Just now, gunderhill said:

So are they admitting that 1%  have it?= 680k  people.

1% of those tested not the entire population. However, stand by.

[gunderhill]

2 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

1% of those tested not the entire population. However, stand by.

Pah, I reckon  it IS 1%  of the entire population.

From the bunker in a  bucket of disinfectant, wrapped  in plastic  in a hermetically sealed room with two  pairs of  pants on, I'm  gonna  be ok?

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, gunderhill said:

Pah, I reckon  it IS 1%  of the entire population.

From the bunker in a  bucket of disinfectant, wrapped  in plastic  in a hermetically sealed room with two  pairs of  pants on, I'm  gonna  be ok?

Stay safe and Frosty good Sir 

[jackdd]

Not testing them and letting them spread it unknowingly is better than having them quarantine at home?

Thai logic I guess...

Edited April 10, 2021 by jackdd

[smedly]

15 minutes ago, webfact said:

Government rules meant that if anyone tested positive they would have to be admitted and there wasn't the capacity to do that so testing stopped at many places.

What is this stupid nonsense about hospital beds

 

The majority of people that test positive do not need to be hospitalised, unless they are actually ill, all they need to do is self isolate

 

just more idiotic nonsense

[smedly]

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

So far the Thai media has reported that 3 million people have been tested

I assume they mean over the last 15 months, that is extremely poor

[ThailandRyan]

1 minute ago, smedly said:

What is this stupid nonsense about hospital beds

 

The majority of people that test positive do not need to be hospitalised, unless they are actually ill, all they need to do is self isolate

 

just more idiotic nonsense

Unfortunately that is the way they have been going on about it. Positive test and your hospitalized even if just asymptomatic.  I agree home self isolation would free up the beds, but we know how Thai people go on about their life if they feel fine.....it is why this govt has chosen hospitalization instead. Maybe it will change, but I doubt it. Field hospitals are being set up.

[DLock]

2 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Unfortunately that is the way they have been going on about it. Positive test and your hospitalized even if just asymptomatic.  I agree home self isolation would free up the beds, but we know how Thai people go on about their life if they feel fine.....it is why this govt has chosen hospitalization instead. Maybe it will change, but I doubt it. Field hospitals are being set up.

 

I would agree Ryan, but I know 2 Thai's that contracted COVID in the first wave, did the hospitalization in BKK and then were told to stay home for 14 days as a precaution...both were out eating on the 1st day and ignored the 14-days completely...

 

I have zero faith in anyone staying home the 14 days if they feel fine, including myself.

[AlfHuy]

Just spoke to a friend of mine. She works for the Government.

Apparently someone working at her department had a part-time job at a bar (he didn't tell his bosses about).

He got Covid now.

On Monday, friend and 100 colleagues will be tested for free.

 

There are testing kits out there but reserved for a specific group or if you pay.

[MasterBaker]

that's not what hospitals say

[ThailandRyan]

12 minutes ago, MasterBaker said:

that's not what hospitals say

This from BNH hospital on the 8th 

 

[ukrules]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Government rules meant that if anyone tested positive they would have to be admitted and there wasn't the capacity to do that so testing stopped at many places.

 

This is the point where you meet a fork in the road.

 

1 - Continue as you are doing which means no more tests and it runs rampant

2 - You only admit people who are actually ill and tell the rest to isolate at home.

 

We have reached the next stage.

 

If they fail to act then it's the same as doing nothing as those beds will continue to be limited, people won't go for tests if they're not being tested.

 

Building field hospitals to isolate the infected is complete and utter waste of time, if they decide not to isolate and spread the virus instead then you send them to a prison.

 

Hospitals are for the sick.

 

[AlfHuy]

15 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

This from BNH hospital on the 8th 

 

Just got a message from mu local 7/11

They got test kits in and free of charge when buying 2 Snickers and a large coke.

[Cake Monster]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

But so far less than one million people have been vaccinated.

276K have been Vaccinated to be more precise.

[NoshowJones]

On 4/10/2021 at 10:31 AM, smedly said:

What is this stupid nonsense about hospital beds

 

The majority of people that test positive do not need to be hospitalised, unless they are actually ill, all they need to do is self isolate

 

just more idiotic nonsense

You are the first person that I have read to say that. I hope you are right, by why has this not been mentioned long before now? Unless I have missed it.

[ThailandRyan]

26 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

You are the first person that I have read to say that. I hope you are right, by why has this not been mentioned long before now? Unless I have missed it.

Sarcasm in your post, or have you not really heard that Thailand hospitalizes all including Asymptomatic persons regardless of no symptoms. It has been this way from the beginning.

[NoshowJones]

2 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

Sarcasm in your post, or have you not really heard that Thailand hospitalizes all including Asymptomatic persons regardless of no symptoms. It has been this way from the beginning.

I was referring to a previous post in which it said that not all people who tested positive were hospitalised, they were confined to their own homes. Asymptomatic persons were not mentioned, or I missed it.

[ParkerN]

So. No problem with testing, but not enough beds to take care of people with a positive test.

 

Did I get that right...? OK, so all is well in the Thai reality distortion zone? As always...

[smedly]

1 hour ago, possum1931 said:

I was referring to a previous post in which it said that not all people who tested positive were hospitalised, they were confined to their own homes. Asymptomatic persons were not mentioned, or I missed it.

at the peak of detections in the UK (huge numbers because they actually test) only people that were sick/ill went to a hospital, most people who get cv19 don't even know they have it  - they need a test otherwise they would have no idea, in Thailand everyone they detect as having CV19 are classed as sick even if they are not and are put in a hospital - why they decided to do this is unknown, I suspect it is because they want to screw people out of money by forcing them to go into a hospital

 

With large numbers now suspected of having CV19 in Thailand - nobody actually knows the numbers because they don't do random testing - if they did they would be unable to hospitalise everyone who returned a positive test, my point is that there is no need to hospitalise everyone who tests positive because they never actually get sick - only a very small percentage actually need a hospital - those that are deemed at risk and actually get ill.

 

Thailand's approach is unsustainable, why force people into hospital that don't need to be there, in the UK they are told to self isolate 

[superal]

Is the Thai rule for testing  still the same ?  i.e. tests are free if testing positive but you pay if negative cos that is a real turn off for many poor Thai folk and are the tests at say the Bangkok hospital still around 5000 baht  or a government hospital at 1500 baht ( still a lot of money for a Thai family ) , time for the Thai authorities to subsidise free covid testing ?

[ThailandRyan]

3 minutes ago, superal said:

Is the Thai rule for testing  still the same ?  i.e. tests are free if testing positive but you pay if negative cos that is a real turn off for many poor Thai folk and are the tests at say the Bangkok hospital still around 5000 baht  or a government hospital at 1500 baht ( still a lot of money for a Thai family ) , time for the Thai authorities to subsidise free covid testing ?

To the best of my recollection if you are one who has been tracked or traced as having been in close proximity then the test is done free.  However, if you believe you may be infected and go and take a test and it is negative, yes you are on the hook, if positive well then see ya, because you will be hospitalized and ergo the test was free but being hospitalized will set you back some coin unless your insurance pays 100% and you have no deductible.

[Stargeezr]

I am just shocked in the number of experts on this forum. People who know so much about the housing situation

for example. Do you all know how many people in Thailand have roomy houses with ample bathrooms to properly 

isolate a member or 2 of the household, if they have to?    Do you actually think that Thais live in a house or condo

like you do with at least 2 bathrooms per every 2 or 3 people?   When I visit my Thai families, I noticed that from 6 to 10

people usually live in each household with a max of 3 bathrooms that they share.  Some of them who live up country, have 1 bathroom

in their house, just like I had when I was young.    Maybe this is why the field hospitals are getting ready for the Songkran and

other public events, where groups of Thais gather and spread what ever germs they are carrying.    Try not to fall off your

bar stool while you are reading my news report. Thanks in advance.

Geezer