Picture: Sophon Cable TV

 

The head of Pattaya's Sawang Boriboon rescue foundation - that picks up accident victims and the sick and ferries them to hospitals -  has appealed to the public not to hide what is wrong with them.

 

Prasit Thongthitcharoen told Sophon Cable TV who reported on Facebook that volunteers from his organisation had attended to an emergency call from a man who complained of a stomach ache and needed to be taken to hospital.

 

He later tested positive for Covid-19.

 

Picture: Sophon Cable TV

 

This happened just this week and meant that five personnel had to be taken off their duties and go into 14 day quarantine. 

 

Had they know that the patient had Covid they would have had better protection.

 

Prasit said that his organisation will never refuse to pick up anybody but the public must be frank about their symptoms and not try to hide what is wrong with them, especially at this time when Covid infection is rife in Pattaya. 

 

Sawang Boriboon personnel are volunteers and such hiding of information can cause them and their families distress and hardship. 

 

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On the plus side, if they are homeless and scrounging for a meal and they are positive they get a food and a bed for 14 days 1!

Maybe time to equip your responders with effective PPE, or even get them vaccinated?

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Had they know that the patient had Covid they would have had better protection.

They should have PPE when treating all patients as many people who have Covid-19 are asymptomatic but could still pass it on to others.  Some people just do not know that the symptoms they present with could be Covid-19.  A seriously injured or unconscious  road accident victim may not be able to communicate with the responders, but may well be Covid positive.  Don't blame the patients.  Treat everyone as if they are Covid positive by wearing PPE at all times and your responders  and patients will all be much safer.

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2 hours ago, webfact said:

Had they know that the patient had Covid they would have had better protection.

As 'First responders' surely their policy must be to protect their employees with PPE when attending every call. Assuming that patients are uninfected is irresponsible. What happens when they arrive at the receiving hospital and have to interact with the nursing staff?

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

an emergency call from a man who complained of a stomach ache and needed to be taken to hospital.

So the guy had a stomach issue but was asymptomatic for Covid.
The guy pops positive on a PCR test and Khun Prasit Thongthitcharoen publicly excoriates the guy, and claims the guy was "hiding his symptoms."
We're either not getting the complete story or Prasit Thongthitcharoen is way, way off-base.

The game called "Blame The Victim" seems to be in vogue here in The Land of SARS (LOS).

Edited May 1, 20215 yr by connda

A misleading post and replies removed

5 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

Maybe time to equip your responders with effective PPE, or even get them vaccinated?

Maybe the PPE is an easy fix, but the Vaccines >>>>

Many are being wasted on people that are not at risk, and should be used  on Brave responders, who, as the report has said, are putting themselves at risk every day..

 

Edited May 1, 20215 yr by Cake Monster

2 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

Maybe the PPE is an easy fix, but the Vaccines >>>>

Many are being wasted on people that are not at risk, and should be used  on Brave responders, who, as the report has said, are putting themselves at risk every day..

 

 

Thai society does not work that way.

 

The Thai elite first, nobody second.  That's the way it works here.  

he complains about hiding the symptoms, but for many people, they will have little or no symptoms

If its just like a  cold or a dose of light flu initially, how many will rush to notify the responders or hospitals, until it gets bad ?

If you think you might have the infection, do you go to the hospital ? If so, how does that work without spreading it to others