Daughter dumps her COVID-19 infected father at temple in Nakhon Ratchasima

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

A Thai daughter dumped her aging and Covid infected father at a temple and fled.

 

It was a bit like leaving a dog you could no longer care for, notes ASEAN NOW.

 

The daughter arrived in a car from Lopburi at the temple of Wat Suan Thamma Sawatdee in Bua Lai district of Nakhon Ratchasima province in Thailand's north east.

 

She told chief monk Luang Phor Sitthichai that her dad knew him well and had to stay there. She dumped him with clothes and a bag then drove off without another word, reported Daily News.

 

It emerged that she had come from Lopburi as the story hit Facebook with claims the man had Covid-19.

 

The authorities were informed and the monks waited with instructions not to go near him.

 

But in the morning he crawled out of the monks quarters and was lying in the sun by the side of the road. 

 

Fearing he was going to die the chief monk took more decisive action and called for an ambulance.

 

It was then confirmed that the old man indeed had Covid and monks at the temple had to go into a 14 day quarantine.

 

The local phoo yai baan implored people not to dump their sick relatives at the temple but to take them to local health care centers instead. 

 

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[smedly]

oh dear 

[J Town]

This isn't the first time in recent days for this to happen. People are getting desperate, backs against the wall with nothing to lose.

[KeeTua]

"It was a bit like leaving a dog you could no longer care for, notes ASEAN NOW."

 

That's unfair to say "like leaving a dog" and dump is too harsh of a word (it was used in the Thai article also) without knowing the whole story. And for the record he crawled out to the road himself from the Wat, daughter did not dump him there on the road as the picture and headline would have you believe.

 

In an act of desperation she left him at the temple because she ran out of options? Maybe no room in the hospital and keeping him at home he was sure to die. By leaving him at the Wat maybe he would stand a better chance of getting help? Who knows but these are surely unique and very difficult times for many in Thailand when hospitals turn away people clearly dying.

[Tropicalevo]

1 hour ago, KeeTua said:

And for the record he crawled out to the road himself from the Wat

Well said KeeTua.

Misleading headline and photo. He crawled out onto the road - the next day.

[timmyp]

He sure seems a long way from death if he was sprawled out on the ground for so long and then crawled to the temple the next day. While the initial target reaction to the headline seems like it would be "the situation is so desperate in Thailand from this horrifying disease that people are abandoning their aged parents," it seems more likely to be a case of: economic lockdown driving people to desperate measures, or a drunk that the daughter wanted to get rid of a long time ago, or just outrageous paranoia of what to do about covid 19. Or all of those. 

 

If he would have died of thirst on the side of the road, or died from exposure to sun or whatever because nobody would approach him, would he be reported as a covid death? 

[wombat]

2 hours ago, smedly said:

oh dear 

not very Buddhist nature.

[Pedrogaz]

Nice!!! How I long for a daughter, a compassionate daughter, like that.

[klauskunkel]

Should have left him at Prayut's door.

[ronster]

Nice family !

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The local phoo yai baan implored people not to dump their sick relatives at the temple but to take them to local health care centers instead. 

Thailand is starting to reach meltdown point.... people dying on the street, people being dumped.

The health system is breaking under the immense pressure, families cannot cope with infected family members and all the while the government officials in charge travel around doing photo shoots saying everything is in hand.

[Peterphuket]

1 hour ago, Pedrogaz said:

Nice!!! How I long for a daughter, a compassionate daughter, like that.

Maybe it was the daughter-in-law

[Bangkok Barry]

2 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

Nice!!! How I long for a daughter, a compassionate daughter, like that.

It's what happens when adults have the mental age of a child. So often the case here and then they struggle to cope with a challenge. If he's sick then she should have taken him to a hospital (cost of treatment 30 baht). They, not temples, treat sick people.

[cardinalblue]

Actually by her dropping off her father at the temple , probably saved his life for now…

 

she could have just left him at home unattended…

 

the title is trying to make her look like a terrible human being…maybe she is but many facts missing from the article….maybe her siblings are worse?

[Cake Monster]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Thailand is starting to reach meltdown point.... people dying on the street, people being dumped.

The health system is breaking under the immense pressure, families cannot cope with infected family members and all the while the government officials in charge travel around doing photo shoots saying everything is in hand.

Thailand has been on Meltdown for some time now.

The Workers that are just shuttered away in stinking Camps with little care.

People sent to " Community Hospitals " while waiting for Hospital Beds. Read - Tents under a Motorway Bridges.

People lying in the street for 12 Hours before Health Workers collected the Body

Workers locked inside their Factories like Slaves.

Citizens dying in their Homes with little or no care given.

Yup ! I think these things constitute a meltdown.

 

 

[overt2016]

1 hour ago, hotchilli said:

Thailand is starting to reach meltdown point.... people dying on the street, people being dumped.

The health system is breaking under the immense pressure, families cannot cope with infected family members and all the while the government officials in charge travel around doing photo shoots saying everything is in hand.

What you say is 100% true.

I really believe the self titled elite would do more.

[Caldera]

Horrible. Chances are she believes in karma, so I hope she'll get lots of it for her bad deed.

[clivebaxter]

8 minutes ago, Caldera said:

Horrible. Chances are she believes in karma, so I hope she'll get lots of it for her bad deed.

Karma is a fairy tale, she will probably bribe God by 'making a merit' to seek forgiveness though

[Thingamabob]

We simply don't know the facts behind this story. Best not to pass judgement.

[CALSinCM]

Dup

Edited July 28, 2021 by CALSinCM

[CALSinCM]

Demonize that evil daughter.
How about looking at exactly WHO caused this regional epidemic in the first place?

[KeeTua]

3 hours ago, Bangkok Barry said:

It's what happens when adults have the mental age of a child. So often the case here and then they struggle to cope with a challenge. If he's sick then she should have taken him to a hospital (cost of treatment 30 baht). They, not temples, treat sick people.

Mental age of a child? How would you cope with the challenge of a dying loved one that still has a chance to survive but the government hospital can't accept them because they're full and a private hospital won't accept them because you can't afford it? Without knowing all the details it appears this woman may have made a calculated decision, right or wrong, that the best chance of survival for her father or maybe a good place for him to die was at the Wat.

[nahkit]

8 hours ago, timmyp said:

He sure seems a long way from death if he was sprawled out on the ground for so long and then crawled to the temple the next day.

I think you need to read the op again, carefully.

[greenmonkey]

very sad story. I hope the daughter is okay - she could have been in an extremely desperate state to do this.

[Bangkok Barry]

2 hours ago, KeeTua said:

Mental age of a child? How would you cope with the challenge of a dying loved one that still has a chance to survive but the government hospital can't accept them because they're full and a private hospital won't accept them because you can't afford it? Without knowing all the details it appears this woman may have made a calculated decision, right or wrong, that the best chance of survival for her father or maybe a good place for him to die was at the Wat.

You are assuming that she couldn't find any hospital to take him, which I think is extremely unlikely as she drove nearly 200kms before overloading him at a temple where, she says, he knew someone. Taking him to a place where he was guaranteed not to receive treatment and placing the burden of him on others isn't the action of a responsible adult.

Edited July 28, 2021 by Bangkok Barry

[RichardColeman]

I kinda hope that Dad owns the house and once he's better the daughter is homeless

[DJ54]

This Monster Covid is reeking havoc all over the world. Read a article earlier

today a mother with two daughters 7-9 was dying at home or ? Not in a 

hospital. She told the two girls to go to an orphanage... The mother passed away.

 

Both children have Covid are be treated at hospital. It’s tragic all the destruction that’s happening...

[sammieuk1]

LOLS land of lost smiles shocking dereliction of care and wellbeing hang her ????  

[MayBeNow]

9 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Thailand is starting to reach meltdown point.... people dying on the street, people being dumped.

The health system is breaking under the immense pressure, families cannot cope with infected family members and all the while the government officials in charge travel around doing photo shoots saying everything is in hand.

So what will happen at 'meltdown point'? Please elaborate.

[hotchilli]

4 hours ago, MayBeNow said:

So what will happen at 'meltdown point'? Please elaborate.

The daily infection rates surpass what the health system can cope with, more people will be treated at home instead of in hospital where they should be cared for by professionals, not family members.

And isolated where they cannot infect more people.

My friend on Sunday felt unwell, went for a test on Monday> positive result.
Told to go home with some medication return Wednesday afternoon for a re-test.

[They have symptoms headache, sore throat, coughing, aches and pains, breathing restricted and painful].

Wednesdays test> answer, wait 2-3 days for a result at home, more medication.

If positive treatment at home will continue.

Can you imagine what this strategy will achieve if rolled out nationwide?