THA Urges Hotels to Become Temporary “Hospitels”

[webfact]

 

By Paphamon Arayasukawat

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - The Thai Hotels Association (THA) is urging its members to become “hospitels” by turning their hotels into temporary hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients.

 

THA President Marisa Sukosol Nunbhakdi said the move aims to reduce crowdedness at hospitals and promote continuous care for Covid-19 patients after new cases increased rapidly since late March.

 

Hotels wishing to join the program will have pass the Ministry of Public Health’s criteria, including capacity of more than 30 rooms, pass the ASQ (alternative state quarantine) evaluation, have evidence of acknowledgement by surrounding communities.

 

Other guidelines are having one nurse for 20 patients, one IC (infection control) nurse, one doctor, one pharmacist, one radiologist and one clinical psychologist, have a digital thermometer and pulse oximeter for each patient, and a portable x-ray, and can take care of patients who have been hospitalized for 5-7 days and display no progression of symptoms.

 

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[ThailandRyan]

Well why not, there is Money, Money, Money to be made during any crisis, and what a better way.  Can I get a room, with my mini bar and refrigerator restocked with the things I want in my room.  I think I might need a bigger bathroom so I can have the nurse in the PPE suit give me that daily sponge bath to take down any temperature I have, per the CDC guidelines of course.

[Damrongsak]

"...have a digital thermometer ..."

 

Can short-time hotels get a waiver and use an old-fashioned rectal thermometer instead? 

 

 

[Phuketshrew]

34 minutes ago, webfact said:

Other guidelines are having one nurse for 20 patients, one IC (infection control) nurse, one doctor, one pharmacist, one radiologist and one clinical psychologist, have a digital thermometer and pulse oximeter for each patient, and a portable x-ray, and can take care of patients who have been hospitalized for 5-7 days and display no progression of symptoms.

Yep, must be a glut of unemployed doctors, nurses, pharmacists, radiologist and clininical psychologists right now ... not.

[meechai]

42 minutes ago, webfact said:

The Thai Hotels Association (THA) is urging its members to become “hospitels” by turning their hotels into temporary hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients.

 

THA President Marisa Sukosol Nunbhakdi said the move aims to reduce crowdedness at hospitals and promote continuous care for Covid-19 patients after new cases increased rapidly since late March.

 

Hospitals would be empty if Thailand did not try to profit from Asymptomatic cases that need no hospitalization

 

But what is worse is that Thailand is tying hospitals into a useless knot in its baht grab because should Thailand actual patients with covid symptoms need those beds that are being filled by asymptomatic "customers" then once again ball dropped.....????

[Pattaya Spotter]

52 minutes ago, webfact said:

hospitels

At first I thought it was another English language mangle...then I got it ????????????

[robblok]

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

Well why not, there is Money, Money, Money to be made during any crisis, and what a better way.  Can I get a room, with my mini bar and refrigerator restocked with the things I want in my room.  I think I might need a bigger bathroom so I can have the nurse in the PPE suit give me that daily sponge bath to take down any temperature I have, per the CDC guidelines of course.

I don't see the point of companies making money catering to those who can afford it. I would pay extra to be in a good hotel if i were forced to be admitted but not severe. 

[metisdead]

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[internationalism]

a few days ago there was an article, that health authorities don't disclose publicly names of hotels, because they are afraid of backclash from locals. Such was happening in samut sakhon and ratchaburi with field hospitals during the second vawe.

Now they want hotels to have consent from the community.

 

At time of dire situation they urge hotels to step forward, but at this same time throwing this and the other obstacles, very stringent rules, which favour very large hotels, belonging to rich, and not those smallish 30 rooms.

 

I don't think that at the field hospital, or even regular hospital, each patients has do have thermometer and oxymeter for themselves. For that is a junior nurse, with high quality equipment which does 2-3 round per day and writes data into patients card, at the same time checking for the other symptoms and wellbeing.

 

there is no need for so many nurses per patient, as they are just monitoring and not treating reasonable healthy. If sudden worsening they should be immediately transferred to the proper hospital. But they should have an oxygen tank or better oxygen machine on spot. That's more necessary than x-ray machine. 

Probably only one nurse per 30 rooms (up to 60 patients) would suffice. No need for any stationary doctor, it can be a visiting one, one time daily.

 

Edited April 18, 2021 by internationalism

[Enzian]

I'm almost certain that this is what is going on a block away from me on Sukhumvit 15, but if they are supposed to tell the neighbors they may have told my building but not me. I won't name them, but a holding company has a cluster of 5 buildings there, which I know pretty well because I've stayed at 4 of them. Last night there were random lights from different rooms which have all been dark for a year. In the entrance area of one building close to the street there were open boxes of meals bagged up in clear plastic, and the same laid out on the registration counter-no attempt to cover the windows. Three ladies who were dressed like both food workers and hospital workers were attending to it all. 

Edited April 18, 2021 by Enzian
clarity

[natway09]

It makes sense.

 

[ukrules]

COVID Prisons is a more accurate description.

 

If you own or operate a hotel would you really want to turn it into a prison?

[Enzian]

15 minutes ago, ukrules said:

COVID Prisons is a more accurate description.

 

If you own or operate a hotel would you really want to turn it into a prison?

That's kind of like asking do you really want to service your debt or would you rather the bank just  take the property? This option might allow some owners, or consortiums like I described above, to squeeze by for a while longer. I hold apts not hotels but I would do it in a minute if the government was paying me what my trouble is worth. I doubt there will be a law that they have to disclose this arrangement when the time finally comes (assuming it does) to make normal bookings.