Hospitals in Bangkok suspend COVID-19 test as they run out of beds for the infected

[webfact]

 

Several hospitals in Bangkok have suspended PCR swab tests because they are concerned that, if some test positive for COVID-19, they will have no beds to accommodate them. Others have scaled down the service, because their staff are overloaded, according to Dr. Suppachok Kirdlarp of Mahidol University’s Faculty of Medicine of Ramathibodi hospital.

 

Meanwhile, Prof. Dr. Thiravat Hemachudha, head of the Thai Red Cross Emerging Infectious Diseases Health Science Centre, said that Chulalongkorn Hospital has suspended COVID-19 swab tests for four days, from today (Thursday) because, if some test positive, there are no beds available.

 

He said that there are still patients arriving at the ER and several of them have developed lung infections, but no beds are available, adding that several other hospitals are experiencing the same problem.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/hospitals-in-bangkok-suspend-covid-19-test-as-they-run-out-of-beds-for-the-infected/

 

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[Shuya]

Stop putting people in hospitals just because they test positive. 

[NCC1701A]

what happened to all the field hospitals?

 

many setup with rows of beds.

 

what happens later when they open the country and millions of Thais get sick at the same time?

[ourmanflint]

Stopping the compulsory hospitalisation of covid+ patients would be a good first step. It was never a well thought through plan. 

[stubuzz]

42 minutes ago, webfact said:

Several hospitals in Bangkok have suspended PCR swab tests because they are concerned that, if some test positive for COVID-19, they will have no beds to accommodate them.

Great idea.

Let the infected continue to unknowingly spread the virus within their communities.

[darksidedog]

Madness! Many who are positive, are not actually sick, so send them home to isolate freeing up spaces. At least if someone knows they are positive they can take measures to stop spreading it around, which is a better option by far rather than just not test anyone and hope for the best.

We can expect the daily infections to start dropping of course in the meantime, which will probably be acclaimed to be a sign the authorities are wining the battle. Losing the war hasn't entered their heads yet.

[Aussieroaming]

Hospitals turning potential infected away because of a lack of beds yet the numbers released by the CCSA allude to a 20% reduction in the number of infected taking up bed space since the "peak". The BS pile that Prayut and Anutin are sitting on grows larger by the day. The only thing growing faster than their BS pile is the Covid infection rate.

[Surelynot]

1 hour ago, darksidedog said:

so send them home to isolate freeing up spaces.

Nice idea......thing is many won't isolate.............if they are not feeling ill and no work means no money......they go to work.

 

I know of three businesses where the owner has been taken into a field hospital, but their business, two bars and a restaurant, have continued trading.........because they obviously haven't informed the authorities.

[Emdog]

I wonder how this will impact getting a preflight test clearance? Are those hospitals on gov list for authorized testing? Hmmm

[Geoffggi]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Several hospitals in Bangkok have suspended PCR swab tests because they are concerned that, if some test positive for COVID-19, they will have no beds to accommodate them.

 

I'm sorry but the Ostridge approach will not work ..................LOL

[PETERTHEEATER]

3 hours ago, ourmanflint said:

Stopping the compulsory hospitalisation of covid+ patients would be a good first step. It was never a well thought through plan. 

I think it was reasoned that asymptomatic Thais could not be trusted to self-isolate (or could not in shared accommodation) and it was prudent to encacerate them.

 

Me? I'm off to find a Thai to hug. Can I do that outside of Phuket?

[pokerface1]

2 hours ago, stubuzz said:

Great idea.

Let the infected continue to unknowingly spread the virus within their communities.

This has to be the official end of any reliance on published figures for daily infections. Not that I believed they were remotely true even though a lot of wishful people felt less endangered with a very slow increase in cases. Let’s see if they have the balls to kept showing the daily numbers. Or perhaps just publish 3000<<<< 

[club]

3 hours ago, Shuya said:

Stop putting people in hospitals just because they test positive. 

In the USA if you test positive your told to go home unless you are having serious problems with breathing, High Temp. 80% of percent of Covid positive people in USA get well at home. My son was one of them. But here if you test positive you go right to the hospital symptoms or no symptoms Thailand has created there own problems on this. 

[sawadee1947]

3 hours ago, darksidedog said:

them home to isolate

....and you think they would stay home in quarantine????? ????????????

I reckon they would suggest not being sick because they were sent home from hospital. 

So I think they are those spreaders forming new clusters. ????

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

Several hospitals in Bangkok have suspended PCR swab tests because they are concerned that, if some test positive for COVID-19, they will have no beds to accommodate them. Others have scaled down the service, because their staff are overloaded, according to Dr. Suppachok Kirdlarp of Mahidol University’s Faculty of Medicine of Ramathibodi hospital.

There we go, just as I predicted.

In time for the 120 days opening no-more infections.

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, Aussieroaming said:

Hospitals turning potential infected away because of a lack of beds yet the numbers released by the CCSA allude to a 20% reduction in the number of infected taking up bed space since the "peak". The BS pile that Prayut and Anutin are sitting on grows larger by the day. The only thing growing faster than their BS pile is the Covid infection rate.

Bank balance?

[metisdead]

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[Cake Monster]

3 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Madness! Many who are positive, are not actually sick, so send them home to isolate freeing up spaces. At least if someone knows they are positive they can take measures to stop spreading it around, which is a better option by far rather than just not test anyone and hope for the best.

We can expect the daily infections to start dropping of course in the meantime, which will probably be acclaimed to be a sign the authorities are wining the battle. Losing the war hasn't entered their heads yet.

While I agree with the sentiment of sending the sick home to self isolate, the reality is that it will never happen.

Most Thais live completely different than we do in the West. They tend to live in smaller, more cramped conditions, often with 3 or 4 generations living in the same House.

It is impossible to self isolate under such living conditions.

Thats of course if there is even a will to do so in the first instance, as a Daily trip down to the local market for food, and the odd jaunt down to 7/11 for a cold drink, or some snacks, is also ingrained into the Thai culture.

I am not knocking the Thais, as this is the way they live their lives, and years of doing things this way are not going to change.

Edited June 24, 2021 by Cake Monster

[ukrules]

17 minutes ago, Cake Monster said:

While I agree with the sentiment of sending the sick home to self isolate, the reality is that it will never happen.

 

It will happen, in fact it already happened as we can see above. No tests available so just go home - this is the first step.

 

We're approaching a threshold where it's no longer feasible to continue down the current path of admitting every possible case to hospital.

 

In fact this article is evidence that in some places we've already crossed that threshold.

 

By not testing they are already isolating patients at home (they hope) - they just don't have any clue who they are - which is a much worse situation to be in.

 

When the cases reach 6000-10,000 per day they will be forced to admit defeat and change tactics or bury their heads in the sand and continue as they are now.

 

Right now they appear to be ignoring the problem which will only make things worse.

 

 

Edited June 24, 2021 by ukrules

[Cake Monster]

Of course, if the sick are sent home to self isolate, there surely will be some way to monitor them / give Meds Etc.

Sorry, I forgot where I was. This is Thailand and it just wont happen, so expect ( as you say ) the cases to rocket.

Totally out of control

 

[FarFlungFalang]

I'm pretty sure they are talking about critical care beds, if so it doesn't matter where the asymptomatic cases go the critical care beds will still be full.

[Nojohndoe]

This news is a sign that it is getting closer and closer to being beyond determining any real numbers at all .

Many of the recent detections were  "walk in's" despite the fact many would rather avoid testing positive which indicates how bad those who fronted up were feeling.

Returning such people to the community in the probability they are contagious is  guaranteed to exacerbate a rapid rise in community spread and encourage greater public mistrust and anger of the "system". The rising rate of daily detections up to this point would indicate a greater need rather than decreasing testing availability so it will interesting to see announced "official" reaction.

 

[jvs]

4 hours ago, darksidedog said:

Madness! Many who are positive, are not actually sick, so send them home to isolate freeing up spaces. At least if someone knows they are positive they can take measures to stop spreading it around, which is a better option by far rather than just not test anyone and hope for the best.

We can expect the daily infections to start dropping of course in the meantime, which will probably be acclaimed to be a sign the authorities are wining the battle. Losing the war hasn't entered their heads yet.

Have you seen how some Thai people live?Impossible to let them isolate at home,this is a big problem and one of the reasons Thais do not like to get tested.

I do agree not putting them in a hospital,lots of empty hotels but that will take a lot

of organizing and that is also a big problem.

 

[Jimbo2014]

6 hours ago, Shuya said:

Stop putting people in hospitals just because they test positive. 

 

Yes its completely bizarre - I dont know of any other country doing this. 

[Kwaibill]

Stop the testing... a page from the Trump book.

Wife and I don't mask at home. A half kilometer away, though, is a slum compound where numbers of people mingle sans masks, etc. My wife says the are all from Myanmar.

I know many go off to work at factories, driving truck, security guard, and so on. Part of why Samut Prakan is a "deep red" zone.

Its a muddle, to be sure.

[BestB]

Look on the bright side , number of reported infections will drop drastically ????

[3NUMBAS]

cant they bring their own beds ?? and spittoons

[Anant72]

6 hours ago, stubuzz said:

Great idea.

Let the infected continue to unknowingly spread the virus within their communities.

 

13 minutes ago, 3NUMBAS said:

cant they bring their own beds ?? and spittoons

Unbelievable! 

[thailand49]

Going as expected!????

[ikke1959]

to many cases so stop the testing.... It is a solutions to keep the numbers steady