By Subhabhong Rarueysong

   

BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand’s Public Health Ministry plans a new approach for coping with the severe COVID-19 outbreak, which has seen over 200,000 cases since April this year.

 

According to Deputy Public Health Minister Satit Pitutacha, COVID-19 patients suffering only mild symptoms might have to self-care at home, under a close monitoring system set up by medical staff, as the situation is getting worse due to insufficient hospital beds in the capital.

 

The reduction of new infections requires urgent action, including preventing the movements of migrant workers, having a mass vaccination campaign for targeted groups and establishing ICU rooms in field hospitals.

 

Mr. Satit added that the ministry and its partners are going to set up field hospitals with 50 beds in ICU rooms at a private hospital, Thammasat University Hospital, Ramathibodi Hospital and Vajira Hospital, within seven days, and medical staff from other areas and newly graduated doctors will staff them.

 

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lets open the country up now that hardly anyone has been vaccinated. 

 

it will be cool to see what happens. 

 

cool in a Beavis and Butthead sort of way. 

20 minutes ago, webfact said:

having a mass vaccination campaign

So they just found this one out now?

Obvious answer. Just put everyone diagnosed with Covid on Phuket. That's where all the vaccines went, so it should be the safest spot for them.

29 minutes ago, webfact said:

According to Deputy Public Health Minister Satit Pitutacha, COVID-19 patients suffering only mild symptoms might have to self-care at home, under a close monitoring system set up by medical staff,

Sounds more like a trust control issue than a medical one !

31 minutes ago, webfact said:

According to Deputy Public Health Minister Satit Pitutacha, COVID-19 patients suffering only mild symptoms might have to self-care at home, under a close monitoring system set up by medical staff, as the situation is getting worse due to insufficient hospital beds in the capital.

been saying this for weeks now 

 

it was unsustainable and flawed

38 minutes ago, webfact said:

under a close monitoring system set up by medical staff,

What on Earth does that even mean?.......there is no way Thais with minimal symptoms are going to self isolate if it means no money is coming in.

11 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

What on Earth does that even mean?.......there is no way Thais with minimal symptoms are going to self isolate if it means no money is coming in.

It can be done with apps like Japan does. Hospitalization of asymptomatic patients is medically contraindicated and a waste of resources.

21 minutes ago, smedly said:

been saying this for weeks now 

it was unsustainable and flawed

As the Don Maclean song goes:

 

They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

32 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Obvious answer. Just put everyone diagnosed with Covid on Phuket. That's where all the vaccines went, so it should be the safest spot for them.

And it's where all the empty Hotel rooms are and still will be after 1st July !

14 minutes ago, Surelynot said:

What on Earth does that even mean?.......there is no way Thais with minimal symptoms are going to self isolate if it means no money is coming in.

 

 

 

I remember reading in these very pages last year the reason Thailand numbers were so good in comparison to western countries is Thai's are obedient and would do as they were told with masks and staying home while those in west were ignoring recommendations.

 

Well, TV has been saying this for a long time now.

 

TBH, their system worked quite well a low case load but was never meant for the scale they are seeing now.

 

1 hour ago, webfact said:

According to Deputy Public Health Minister Satit Pitutacha, COVID-19 patients suffering only mild symptoms might have to self-care at home,

Has  the penny  finally  dropped about 12  months after everyone else did  this.

1 hour ago, webfact said:

, having a mass vaccination campaign for targeted groups

want to see how that will happen without available vaccines ????????????????????

3 minutes ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

Has  the penny  finally  dropped about 12  months after everyone else did  this.

+1

I clicked the post because  the words "New Approach" got my attention, was expecting something original/new.... nahhh nothing has changed, same old <deleted>

Would you trust infected people to care about others enough to follow the self-isolation rule in this country (or actually pretty much any other) unless there were armed soldiers in front of their door threatening to shoot them dead if they try to leave?

Don't tell me the new approach involves Googleing it first ????

23 minutes ago, tomazbodner said:

Would you trust infected people to care about others enough to follow the self-isolation rule in this country (or actually pretty much any other) unless there were armed soldiers in front of their door threatening to shoot them dead if they try to leave?

 

For the average Thai person, significantly more so than many other places.

 

The problem in Thailand is not peoples' nature but their oft crowded living conditions. Many have no effective way to self isolate.

This is not a plan

This system is used in nearly every other country on the planet

Hmmmm….. I am starting to get slow motion train wreck vibes. 

1 hour ago, jerrymahoney said:

They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

Perhaps the never will!

32 minutes ago, rabas said:

 

For the average Thai person, significantly more so than many other places.

 

The problem in Thailand is not peoples' nature but their oft crowded living conditions. Many have no effective way to self isolate.

I’d agree their nature is not the primary concern, although Thais are relatively well known for their selective adherence to law & regulation.

 

However, I would be more concerned for economic reasons. Many people are under financial stress already, and live day-to-day even during the better times. If you are a bread winner in a lower income family, it’s going to be quite a challenge to lock yourself away from the world, and your income stream, for two weeks. 

50 minutes ago, rabas said:

 

For the average Thai person, significantly more so than many other places.

 

The problem in Thailand is not peoples' nature but their oft crowded living conditions. Many have no effective way to self isolate.

In the UK the whole household has to self isolate.

Here's an idea.

 

If the govt are afraid that people with mild symptoms cannot be trusted to self isolate hence putting them all into hospitals/field hospitals - put those tracking devices to good use... tell people they must stay at home and if the device shows they did not adhere they get a massive fine! This is actually one instance where I would be completely okay with wearing one.... solves the issue!

How he hell are most of the Thais being infected which are factory workers, construction workers going to self isolate. Many of them live in multigenerational one room dwellings.

2 hours ago, Surelynot said:

What on Earth does that even mean?.......there is no way Thais with minimal symptoms are going to self isolate if it means no money is coming in.

Agree. Words, only words. The Hub of Words.

2 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

It can be done with apps like Japan does. Hospitalization of asymptomatic patients is medically contraindicated and a waste of resources.

Yes, but it was more like a quarantine facility... and I thought a solid idea for a situation with low infection numbers. Not great for those who test positive and most left wingers will balk at the idea of locking up innocent people.

Not practical now.....

12 minutes ago, greenmonkey said:

Here's an idea.

 

If the govt are afraid that people with mild symptoms cannot be trusted to self isolate hence putting them all into hospitals/field hospitals - put those tracking devices to good use... tell people they must stay at home and if the device shows they did not adhere they get a massive fine! This is actually one instance where I would be completely okay with wearing one.... solves the issue!

 

Giving poor people massive fines usually doesn't work.

3 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand’s Public Health Ministry plans a new approach for coping with the severe COVID-19 outbreak, which has seen over 200,000 cases since April this year.