Turf wars: One dead three injured as rescue foundations mount pitch battle in downtown Bangkok

[webfact]

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Police in Bangkok were called to the the area in front of Lotus Rama IV after two Thai rescue foundations fought in a continuing turf war.

 

Officials from Poh Teck Tung claimed that those from Siam Ruamjai had ambushed them after saying they wanted to talk about their differences.

 

Thong Lo police found bricks and bottles littering the area.

 

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Chusana Chotiphrom, 25, died in Chulalongkorn Hospital after being shot in the chest. 

 

Three others were treated for injuries in other hospitals, reported Thai Rath. 

 

One man was arrested in the Klong Toei area. 

 

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[Excel]

And these people are entrusted with saving others ?

[JoePai]

Who rescues the rescuers ?

[ezzra]

The term "rescue foundation" just got a new meanings...

[BritManToo]

Gang warfare between two rival ambulance services or something else?

[kotsak]

That's what happens when you "rescue" others for money.

[edwinchester]

52 minutes ago, Excel said:

And these people are entrusted with saving others ?

Thai rescues are different.

[Gottfrid]

I can hear the boss in the back room: "Slow day, guys! Go create some work!"

[ChrisY1]

1 hour ago, Excel said:

And these people are entrusted with saving others ?

There are "body snatchers"....a bigger fee for dead men!

[VocalNeal]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Chusana Chotiphrom, 25, died in Chulalongkorn Hospital after being shot in the chest. 

 

Three others were treated for injuries in other hospitals, reported

How did there get to hospital?

[Enoon]

5 hours ago, kotsak said:

That's what happens when you "rescue" others for money.

Which they don't.

 

This is but one of the many journalistic accounts that details how, and why, they really function and are funded:

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2014/4/26/in-pictures-thailands-emergency-volunteers

 

The don't get paid by hospitals.........just as the St. Johns Ambulance Brigade don't.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_Ambulance

 

There was a television news item some years ago, I am unable to find it, in which a Thai pop celebrity explained why he, by no means short of money, felt compelled to be an active foundation responder.

 

It was/is for the same reason that others are................"merit".

 

 

 

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Chusana Chotiphrom, 25, died in Chulalongkorn Hospital after being shot in the chest. 

 

Three others were treated for injuries in other hospitals, reported Thai

Two rescue foundations fighting in a street battle....

Amazing safe trusted Thailand... 

does it get any lower?

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Gang warfare between two rival ambulance services or something else?

Ohhhh the image!!!!!

[Aussieroaming]

A totally ludicrous situation assaulting and killing each other in order to reign supreme in the "rescue" business.

[Captain Monday]

I just got a great idea for a movie. "Meat Wagon". Watch rival ambulances services fight over turf while selling drugs on the side and chasing love interests with emergency room nurses. Maybe Tarentino can direct. If I can pitch it to Hollywood I will quit my day job.

[Harveyboy]

9 minutes ago, Captain Monday said:

I just got a great idea for a movie. "Meat Wagon". Watch rival ambulances services fight over turf while selling drugs on the side and chasing love interests with emergency room nurses. Maybe Tarentino can direct. If I can pitch it to Hollywood I will quit my day job.

could it be shot in soi 7  really missing the place ive seen a few girls in nurses uniforms outside the bars there over the years  

[JeffersLos]

If it isn't the taxi drivers it's the ambulance guys.

 

 

Thank heavens the police and army are morally wholesome or the country would be in tatters. 

[JohnBetong]

1 hour ago, Captain Monday said:

I just got a great idea for a movie. "Meat Wagon". Watch rival ambulances services fight over turf while selling drugs on the side and chasing love interests with emergency room nurses. Maybe Tarentino can direct. If I can pitch it to Hollywood I will quit my day job.

Did you not watch the recent Bangkok Breaking Series?
 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14202282/

[LukKrueng]

7 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

There are "body snatchers"....a bigger fee for dead men!

Different foundations for injured and for dead. Those who handle dead bodies never take injured and those who take injured never take dead.

 

 

3 hours ago, Enoon said:

Which they don't.

 

This is but one of the many journalistic accounts that details how, and why, they really function and are funded:

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2014/4/26/in-pictures-thailands-emergency-volunteers

 

The don't get paid by hospitals.........just as the St. Johns Ambulance Brigade don't.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_Ambulance

 

There was a television news item some years ago, I am unable to find it, in which a Thai pop celebrity explained why he, by no means short of money, felt compelled to be an active foundation responder.

 

It was/is for the same reason that others are................"merit".

 

 

 

They do get money for each injured person they deliver to a hospital, and that's why they only deliver to private hospitals. Used to be 300/person about 10 years ago, no idea how much it is now.

A foundation I was involved with tried to initiate a fight with another foundation once when I was on duty and they were very upset with me after I successfully managed to stop it before it begun. We all went to the nearest police station and had the police officers mitigate between the 2 foundations. A short while after that the smaller foundation stopped operating and the members joined the rival foundation as per the recommendation of the police.

[cncltd1973]

6 hours ago, Enoon said:

This is but one of the many journalistic accounts that details how, and why, they really function and are funded:

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2014/4/26/in-pictures-thailands-emergency-volunteers

 

The don't get paid by hospitals.........just as the St. Johns Ambulance Brigade don't.

thanks for that, I was assuming money and business was the point of contention - but volunteer medics are killing each other in the streets?! that's some desperate merit making

[spidermike007]

What kind of rescue are these guys involved in? The article says nothing about it. Seems they took this a bit far. How competitive is the "rescue business" anyway? 

[spermwhale]

Pretty scary that the country has to rely on gangsters to save people after accidents. I've seen them cram people who should have been stabilized and put onto a stretcher into the back of their pickup trucks as the injured grimace in pain. These people have ZERO medical or emergency training and they have ZERO education in rescue services. These turf wars have gone on for years. 

[Meat Pie 47]

7 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Two rescue foundations fighting in a street battle....

Amazing safe trusted Thailand... 

does it get any lower?

You know the answer

[Mr Meeseeks]

22 hours ago, Enoon said:

The don't get paid by hospitals.........

File under no prostitution in Pattaya and there will be no coup. 

[fondue zoo]

13 hours ago, spermwhale said:

Pretty scary that the country has to rely on gangsters to save people after accidents. I've seen them cram people who should have been stabilized and put onto a stretcher into the back of their pickup trucks as the injured grimace in pain. These people have ZERO medical or emergency training and they have ZERO education in rescue services. These turf wars have gone on for years. 

 

Hasn't something like this happened in other countries, rival services vying for contracts etc... without the street fighting element though.

 

[justaphase]

They get money for delivery at the hospital dead or alive. Fighting over money.