Thailand uses hotels beds for COVID-19 patients after surge in cases

[starky]

On 4/16/2021 at 7:43 PM, Surelynot said:

I would not be a happy camper if I'd paid umpteen thousand to quarantine, only to find infected people were being placed in the same hotel...........and then you come out to lockdown........you would have to have some powerful reasons to consider coming to Thailand at present.

Ok where did it say these people are being put in asq hotels? Also coming  out of quarantine is considered a green zone never heard of anyone having to come out of quarantine and go back in. 

[Surelynot]

6 minutes ago, starky said:

Ok where did it say these people are being put in asq hotels?

From the article.....

 

Hotels already hosting travellers to Thailand for quarantine were best positioned for this, Marisa Sukosol Nunbhakdi, the president of the Thai Hotels Association, told Reuters.

Edited April 18, 2021 by Surelynot

[Sheryl]

And from a number of reports from people in ASQ, they are not co-mingling infected cases with people in preventive quarantine but rather shiffting people so that some ASQ facilities are for known infected cases and some are for traveller quarantine

[Sheryl]

23 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

I understand the hard part is believing that you will be forced into a facility of some type if testing positive.  However, as I have stated over and over to folks who think they can isolate and quarantine at home instead, and a few that have insisted they can not be made to enter such a facility, well I hate to say it but it is fact and that's why I asked what the cost would be at this point.  Several months ago 3 friends of mine who entered the country voluntarily to return here to their families, tested positive while in quarantine, and each ended up paying between 200k ThB and 300k ThB based upon the treatment needed or not needed as the staff attending to them have to wear the proper PPE, and then of course that cost is passed on as well as the facility fees.  I do hate the fact that it could happen, but as I have said many times over, this is how Thailand deals with the positive covid tested individual(s).  We can all thank the little ghost's who set the precedent over a year ago when they returned from S. Korea and did as they wanted instead of following the directions given to them.

 

Which is why the government requires COVID insurance fro mall incoming foreign travellers.

Anyone living here and worried about this, there are many local COVID policies available and nto that expensive

[superal]

3 hours ago, Sheryl said:

 

Which is why the government requires COVID insurance fro mall incoming foreign travellers.

Anyone living here and worried about this, there are many local COVID policies available and nto that expensive

Well , I think that not too expensive policies need to be checked out cos basically you get what you pay for and a cheap policy could end up with you in a so called " Field Hospital " which has little if any medical facilities ( provide cheap beds with 2 inch thick mattress ) , overcrowded wards . I recently visited a government hospital with patients lying in sub standard beds and in the corridors which made access limited and nullified social distancing . In the wards there were too many beds plus many patients had their families with them . I was invited to stay in one of theses overcrowded wards for a medical investigation and pay 1500 baht a night for the privilege plus the medical fees , I declined the offer and opted for a private hospital which was expensive in comparison but at least hygienic and civilised .

It would be good info if you could show some of the local policies because they would serve a purpose to comply with the covid rules though it does not mean you have to use the insurance , that I understand .

[Jeffr2]

5 hours ago, Sheryl said:

And from a number of reports from people in ASQ, they are not co-mingling infected cases with people in preventive quarantine but rather shiffting people so that some ASQ facilities are for known infected cases and some are for traveller quarantine

With respect. That's a petri dish waiting to explode.

[Harry Black]

On 4/17/2021 at 1:42 PM, ThailandRyan said:

Several months ago 3 friends of mine who entered the country voluntarily to return here to their families, tested positive while in quarantine, and each ended up paying between 200k ThB and 300k ThB based upon the treatment needed or not needed as the staff attending to them have to wear the proper PPE, and then of course that cost is passed on as well as the facility fees.

Didn't their mandatory health insurance cover it?

[sapson]

2 hours ago, superal said:

was invited to stay in one of theses overcrowded wards for a medical investigation and pay 1500 baht a night for the privilege plus the medical fees ,

 

Normally a government hospital will charge 1200 to 1500 for a private room and under 700 for a ward bed but maybe you were quoted Bangkok prices.

 

 

 

[Surelynot]

1 minute ago, sapson said:

 

Normally a government hospital will charge 1200 to 1500 for a private room and under 700 for a ward bed but maybe you were quoted Bangkok prices.

 

 

 

Must have landed lucky....spent four nights in hospital on saline drip and IV antibiotics.......in a VIP room (a room with a bed).........2000 baht in total.......out in the sticks though....Isan.

[sapson]

16 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

Must have landed lucky....spent four nights in hospital on saline drip and IV antibiotics.......in a VIP room (a room with a bed).........2000 baht in total.......out in the sticks though....Isan.

You were lucky but 7 years ago had a similar experience in a  very small town Issan hospital about five nights private room tv and bathroom with my own mosquito collection change out of 4k.

 

Now the private hospitals start at around 3k to 4k a night just for the room ........and the meter is always running for every last cotton bud!

 

 

 

Edited April 18, 2021 by sapson

[Surelynot]

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/18/family-of-three-contract-covid-from-infected-neighbours-in-hotel-quarantine-in-sydney?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, Harry Black said:

Didn't their mandatory health insurance cover it?

No that was their policy deductibles.  I have a 100K ThB deductible on my policy.  

[ThailandRyan]

1 hour ago, sapson said:

 

Normally a government hospital will charge 1200 to 1500 for a private room and under 700 for a ward bed but maybe you were quoted Bangkok prices.

 

 

 

You need to add in the costs passed on for the PPE equipment and sanitization for Covid each and every day as well, it is not as simple as just sitting in a room for 14 days or until you test negative and are then released. Lots of added costs because you are sequestered for Covid.

[sapson]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

You need to add in the costs passed on for the PPE equipment and sanitization for Covid each and every day as well, it is not as simple as just sitting in a room for 14 days or until you test negative and are then released. Lots of added costs because you are sequestered for Covid.

 

This was a general comment re government hospital private room or ward costs without treatment etc under normal situations.

 

Of course a covid admission would open up a whole range of possible extra charges above the normal levels.