Photo from Veerasak Vichitsangsri Facebook

 

Samut Sakhon governor Veerasak Vichitsangsri has decided to bypass ministerial red tape to speed up the admission of asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic COVID-19 patients to pre-admission centres, to prevent the spread of the contagion among family members.

 

“If regulations cause people to die, because there is no place for isolation, just bypass the regulations and say this is a must, because I am the one who gave the order. Let’s see which is more important – regulations or death,” wrote the governor in his Facebook post on Wednesday.

 

COVID-19 infections in this coastal province, known as Thailand’s largest seafood market and the hotbed of the second wave of the pandemic last December, are spreading rapidly, logging more than 900 new cases daily over the past several days.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/samut-sakhon-governor-spurns-ministerial-regulation-for-patient-admission-to-triage-facilities/

 

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2 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“If regulations cause people to die, because there is no place for isolation, just bypass the regulations and say this is a must, because I am the one who gave the order. Let’s see which is more important – regulations or death,”

This man is going to learn a hard lesson.

 

Paperwork is the absolute number 1 priority in Thailand. His days are numbered.

One governor who has the backbone to do what's needed instead of towing government policy.

 

Not sure what he looked like before but he looks good today, after having been on a ventilator, fighting COVID, for 42 days earlier this year.

 

Maybe his experience shapes his governance? But will this upset HQ (Bangkok)?

 

Still amazing that governors aren't elected locally, but rather appointed by the regime.

 

Oh well, the return to democracy is a long and winding road I imagine.