Where can you vaccinate for free ? Rabies vaccine please, not the flue vaccine

[samtab 377]

hi,

do you know if Thai can vaccinate for free for rabies ? and where ?

is it important when bitten by a street dog ? what is the chance that the dog has rabies in Thailand ?

thank you.

[2 is 1 4794]

Should go to get vaccine (3 pcs of them) as soon as possible IMO.

Goverment hospital or some clinic give that one. I think not get for free, last year my friend get that and was about 1000-1500 bth. But he is farang.

[Robin 1136]

I doubt if you will get much for free in Thailand.  Most hospitals should be able to give you a Rabies vaccine if you pay.  Not too expensive if I remember.  Cheaper than getting Rabies.

Most dogs in Thailand that have owners are vaccinated against Rabies as government vets do this cheaply.  Dog migh have a sting round its neck with a small blue badge attached.  As for Soi Dogs, who knows.  Best avoided.

I have been told that Rabies vac. as given by hospitals is not complete protection againts Rabies, but will give you longer to get to a hospital and start the proper treatment.  Vey unpleasant so I hear.

Thai Red Cross centre in Bangkok, near the snake farm, will give most vaccinations as cheaply as anywhere

[internationalism 8282]

at private I was paying around 400b per shot, and 5 is needed.

At the government hospital, local clinic, probably it would be about half price

[samtab 377]

Anybody knows where to get it cheap around Pattaya/chonburi ? I will pay it for a Thai and would prefer to avoid a big hospital...

[LomSak27 6750]

I do not think you will find it free, but you are going to want to get the set. Note, their is rabies in Thailand, and locals feel it is under reported. As Rabies is 100% fatal, and a horrible way to die, buy the vaccine.

 

11 minutes ago, Robin said:

I have been told that Rabies vac. as given by hospitals is not complete protection againts Rabies, but will give you longer to get to a hospital and start the proper treatment. 

It is more a testing conundrum. A number of medical techs feel the pre vaccine does give complete protection, but there is no way to ethically test for that on a real living subject, so.  

[jak2002003 7439]

Thai health care for Thai people is free at the government hospitals. 

 

If someone is asking you for money so they can get the rabies shots after getting bitten...they are lying to you. 

 

I got them myself as a farang at a government hospital. Only just over 1000 Baht for several injections and antibiotics. 

[maechanman 111]

I got bit by a dog here a few years back and needed a course of 4 injections, went to Pattaya City Hospital in Soi Buakhoa as I live nearby and they cleaned the wound and gave me the first jab.

From memory it was about 500 Baht and so were the two subsequent jabs.

I was in Buriram when the last one was due and the only place that had the vaccine was Buriram Hospital,I had to wait about an hour but the shot was only 20 Baht.

 I highly doubt you'll find anywhere that's free but if you don't mind waiting then use a state hospital.

[KeeTua 810]

2 hours ago, Robin said:

I have been told that Rabies vac. as given by hospitals is not complete protection againts Rabies, but will give you longer to get to a hospital and start the proper treatment.

Preexposure vaccinations don't eliminate the need for post exposure vaccinations. I believe there is no need for preexposure vaccinations in Thailand for the average person because good quality post-exposure vaccinations are readily available.  Based on reading info on this site:

https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/specific_groups/travelers/pre-exposure_vaccinations.html

 

"Preexposure prophylaxis may also protect people whose postexposure therapy is delayed and provide protection to people who are at risk for unapparent exposures to rabies.Although preexposure vaccination does not eliminate the need for additional therapy after a rabies exposure, it simplifies management by eliminating the need for rabies immune globulin and decreasing the number of doses of vaccine needed. This is of particular importance for persons at high risk for exposure to rabies in areas where immunizing products might not be available or where lesser quality biologics might be used which would place the exposed person at increased risk for adverse events."

[1FinickyOne 11797]

2 hours ago, samtab said:

Anybody knows where to get it cheap around Pattaya/chonburi ? I will pay it for a Thai and would prefer to avoid a big hospital...

go to a smaller local clinic hospital... near every place has them... should be close to free.

 

But please get it done now.

[Mutt Daeng 4269]

To be safe, I would get the rabies jabs if bitten by ANY dog including family pets. Better to be safe than sorry. As already stated rabies is a horrible death. Get it done now.

[huangnon 2406]

16 hours ago, internationalism said:

at private I was paying around 400b per shot, and 5 is needed.

At the government hospital, local clinic, probably it would be about half price

Yes, exactly. My son was recently bitten by a stray dog on Ko Samet, and has just undergone the 5-shot vaccine treatment (1st one at Samet hospital) at local clinic in Banchang, Rayong. Price 240 / shot.

 

Please don't hesitate.

[huangnon 2406]

6 minutes ago, trunav said:

do you know which brand ? seems impossible, I know the wholesale price for Thai and it's 333 thb, so how could you pay it 240 ?

 

Add up the bill and divide by 5 (shots).

[huangnon 2406]

^No probs. The clinic is a branch of Bangkok Rayong Hospital, situated in Banchang.

[samtab 377]

1 hour ago, huangnon said:

Add up the bill and divide by 5 (shots).

 

Thank you for posting this, but you did not understand what you are paying.

 

1 shot on your bill is 544, and you also have to pay doctor fee etc...

 

After searching more, it seems that nowhere this vaccine can be found for cheaper thank 600 thb, so I wonder how Thai do ? or maybe with social security they do not have to pay ?1

 

 

[1FinickyOne 11797]

3 hours ago, trunav said:

Nowhere it's free,

Oh sorry. I live in Thailand countryside where the local clinic and small hospital takes care of things for free or 30 baht... 

 

recently I stepped on a scorpion... ER visit, tetanus shot and bandaged.. 90 baht but I am not Thai...

 

my gardener had a recent visit to ER - needed some treatment to take a piece of steel from his leg, pain shot, bandaging... 30 baht

 

I have taken a few family members for rabies shots... I am not fully sure, but I think either 30 baht or free.. but they are Thai..

[1FinickyOne 11797]

1 hour ago, samtab said:

wonder how Thai do ? o

there is a national 30 baht plan for Thai... my father in law had an 8 hr bypass operation, weeks of hospital stay and meds for lifetime... monthly checks too... 30 baht. 

[jackdd 11071]

6 hours ago, samtab said:

After searching more, it seems that nowhere this vaccine can be found for cheaper thank 600 thb, so I wonder how Thai do ? or maybe with social security they do not have to pay ?1

If Thais go to the hospital where they are registered they pay 30THB.

[rott 3452]

7 hours ago, samtab said:

 

Thank you for posting this, but you did not understand what you are paying.

 

1 shot on your bill is 544, and you also have to pay doctor fee etc...

 

After searching more, it seems that nowhere this vaccine can be found for cheaper thank 600 thb, so I wonder how Thai do ? or maybe with social security they do not have to pay ?1

 

 

Why are you worrying over a little bill like that.? If a Thai has the govt card it is free or 30 baht at a govt hospital like Banglamung. Not sure how Pattaya City Hosp works for Thais. 

[chalawaan 3098]

Didn't bother to read anything but the headline, however if you think you have rabies, and you're pissing about asking for a freebie? 555. They're warming the temple furnace as we speak.

Also, you better look into tetanus shots, oh, it just got dearer, but what value do you put on living?

Edited August 20, 2021 by chalawaan

[Sheryl 37176]

Free for a Thai at the government hospital where they are registered and yes, it is important if bitten by a stray dog (or any dog nto known for sure to be fully vaccinated). Rabies is endemic in Thailand.

[huangnon 2406]

16 hours ago, samtab said:

 

Thank you for posting this, but you did not understand what you are paying.

 

1 shot on your bill is 544, and you also have to pay doctor fee etc...

 

After searching more, it seems that nowhere this vaccine can be found for cheaper thank 600 thb, so I wonder how Thai do ? or maybe with social security they do not have to pay ?1

 

 

The bill is for an insurance claim. Requires a doctor's consultation to go through to insurance.

 

The hospital on Ko Samet told us that if you get a bite from a dog, cat, monkey whatever, you need to get treatment immediately, or within 24 hours. So it's probably best not to start fannying around comparing prices, tbh.

[Speedo1968 816]

I would also go to hospital if scratched by a dog. for at least antibiotic jabs.
I was scratched on the ankle by a young playful dog that I knew, no loose skin or blood.
I wiped the scratch with disinfectant and thought nothing more about it.

The next day I went to my local clinic a few hundred metres away as the scratch area was very painful.
I have allergies to many antibiotics even the ones they had that I hadn't used before.
I ended up with a very high level of infection that attacked my Achilles tendon leaving me unable to stand or walk for nearly two months.  It was a double blow as I had just got back to walking following a stroke and complications.    The area of the scratch is still sensitive to this day.
Had I gone to the clinic the same day something may have been done, even to go to hospital for a wider choice  of antibiotics.

I was bitten slightly once by a dog when living elsewhere, a dog I saw and said hello to everyday, I went straight to the hospital for the rabies jabs.   There was no infection.

 

[Denim 20955]

Just bumping this.

 

Back in mid December we acquired a puppy that somebody had dumped in the fields nearby and had wandered into our garden crying. Our other dogs are all vaccinated but we have not got around to giving him the vaccine yet ( doing it tomorrow )

 

This morning I was painting when he playfully bit my arm to get attention. Not aggressive but he has sharp little teeth and caused a blood flow. I immediately washed the wound with water, alcohol and hydrogen peroxide . Deciding to err on the side of safety , I went to our local hospital 2 hours later for a post exposure vaccine. I was given 2 shots, one in each arm . I have to go back in 4 weeks time then again in August for final shot.

 

They then sent me home. No other medication , and no fee paid.

 

Is this pretty normal procedure in rural Thailand ? Am I now ' good to go ' ?

[Lorry 779]

Have you ever been vaccinated against rabies? If yes, when?

[Denim 20955]

17 minutes ago, Lorry said:

Have you ever been vaccinated against rabies? If yes, when?

Nope. 

[Lorry 779]

Are you sure,  what you got was rabies vaccine?

Did you get the sticker? 

Are you sure you understood what they told you?

You should have gotten a handout with a schedule. 

 

Your schedule is very unusual. If there are no recent scientific breakthroughs that I am not aware of, it's completely wrong.

 

There are many vaccination schedules.  

The Zagreb-schedule goes like this: 2 injections, intramuscular, on day 0 (ie today) (were your injections intramuscular, long needle, into the muscle? or just into the skin with a short needle?), one more on day 7 (ie next week), one more on day 21 (in 3 weeks).

 

Try to find out what they gave you,  and go to a bigger hospital asap.

 

You also should get RIG rabies immunoglobulin asap, expensive and only available in bigger or private hospitals. 

 

 

Edited January 29 by Lorry

[riclag 7844]

37 minutes ago, Lorry said:

Are you sure,  what you got was rabies vaccine?

Did you get the sticker? 

Are you sure you understood what they told you?

You should have gotten a handout with a schedule. 

 

Your schedule is very unusual. If there are no recent scientific breakthroughs that I am not aware of, it's completely wrong.

 

There are many vaccination schedules.  

The Zagreb-schedule goes like this: 2 injections, intramuscular, on day 0 (ie today) (were your injections intramuscular, long needle, into the muscle? or just into the skin with a short needle?), one more on day 7 (ie next week), one more on day 21 (in 3 weeks).

 

Try to find out what they gave you,  and go to a bigger hospital asap.

 

You also should get RIG rabies immunoglobulin asap, expensive and only available in bigger or private hospitals. 

 

 

Wow Lorry, ( no sarcasm)I hope he follows your advice .

Hearing this makes me want to demand all dogs in my moo baan ma ( dog village)I reside in get vaccinated!

 

Im thinking if all the dogs have a vax it would be less likely that humans would suffer!

Edited January 29 by riclag

[Denim 20955]

29 minutes ago, Lorry said:

Are you sure,  what you got was rabies vaccine?

Did you get the sticker? 

Are you sure you understood what they told you?

You should have gotten a handout with a schedule. 

 

Your schedule is very unusual. If there are no recent scientific breakthroughs that I am not aware of, it's completely wrong.

 

There are many vaccination schedules.  

The Zagreb-schedule goes like this: 2 injections, intramuscular, on day 0 (ie today) (were your injections intramuscular, long needle, into the muscle? or just into the skin with a short needle?), one more on day 7 (ie next week), one more on day 21 (in 3 weeks).

 

Try to find out what they gave you,  and go to a bigger hospital asap.

 

You also should get RIG rabies immunoglobulin asap, expensive and only available in bigger or private hospitals. 

 

 

Well....I'll try to find out what exactly they gave me but they understood perfectly that it was because I was bitten by a dog and they re cleaned the wound.

 

I agree....I thought it unusual compared to I read about it before going to the hospital.

 

The needle seemed long enough to me, about 3 inches.

 

Thanks for advice. I don't usually use government hospitals but there are no private ones nearby and I thought speed was of the essence.

 

I am pretty sure this puppy doesn't have rabies but obviously , I can't be sure. I'll take your advice.

 

I have just translated the card they gave me and it is a tetanus jab !!!  You were right....Back to hospital now !!

[Lorry 779]

Just now, Denim said:

 

The needle seemed long enough to me, about 3 inches.

That's intramuscular.

 

1 minute ago, Denim said:

it is a tetanus jab !!! 

I suspected this

 

1 minute ago, Denim said:

Back to hospital now

Yes, but I wouldn't go to the same one. 

It is very,  very substandard in Thailand not to  give rabies injection.