It's happening again! No room at hospitals for Covid patient - desperate husband appeals for help

[webfact]

Picture: Siam Rath

 

Siam Rath reported on a story that harked back to the dark days of the pandemic when there were no beds for Covid patients. 

 

In their report they said it was happening all over again.

 

The husband of a woman aged 36 named only as "A" said that his wife had an underlying lung infection and had had Covid for four days. 

 

She had had difficulty breathing and he had taken her to several hospitals but all Covid wards were full and he couldn't get her admitted. 

 

So he turned to the community help organisation in northern Bangkok called "Sai Mai Tong Rort" run by Ekkaphop Leuangprasert who helped by contacing a local rescue organistaion.

 

However, they too failed to get the woman into hospital instead providing medication and an oxygen bottle to help her breathing in the meantime. 

 

If things got worse they would return and have her admitted as an emergency case. 

 

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[billsmart]

Yes, unfortunately, the struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic are not going to just dissappear because we want them to. ????

[vivananahuahin]

how is it possible, the health spokeman says everything under control, i don't understand any more of am i stupid go believe the newspapers??

[jak2002003]

Says she was not admitted as it's not an emergency. .....so it's like us trying to force a hospital to take us in when it's busy and our problem is not serious.

[Kinnock]

A hospital admission system based on ability to pay does not help.  Even some of the 'Government' hospital expect some payments.

 

Wards fill up wih people who have mild sysmptoms just because they have the funds.

 

Symptoms of the latest variants are generally like flu, so people should treat at home unless they have underlying conditions.

 

[300sd]

The private hospital crime.

Sorry no beds available for you poor Thai people. Go wait at the gov't hospital and hope you don't die first.

 

I think these hospitals who turn away Thai people  because they can not afford their exorbitant prices are helping to ruin this country. I don't believe they have no beds. Only no beds for the poor. It's a disgusting situation.

[ifmu]

3 hours ago, vivananahuahin said:

how is it possible, the health spokeman says everything under control, i don't understand any more of am i stupid go believe the newspapers??

but all Covid wards were full and he couldn't get her admitted

 

yup here we go again   

as i posted before       ............... no testing is being done ......... no records are being kept..... and this is thailand  ... the rest of the world is also in denial 

 

the only ones doing anything are the chinese .. and you see what a mess that is 

 

[zzaa09]

3 hours ago, Kinnock said:

A hospital admission system based on ability to pay does not help.  Even some of the 'Government' hospital expect some payments.

 

Wards fill up wih people who have mild sysmptoms just because they have the funds.

 

Symptoms of the latest variants are generally like flu, so people should treat at home unless they have underlying conditions.

 

Gonna guess that the overwhelming percentage are being hospitalized when they truly don't have to be - this has always been the case of the last couple of years.......regardless of generation of strain. 

[Purdey]

This will continue to happen in Thailand. Too poor for the expensive US insurance system and too corrupt for governments to plan for a European style universal healthcare scheme.

 The much derided PM Thaksin Shinawatra introduced the 30 baht health scheme but as others mentioned, doctors want money to provide a decent service.

[Chris.B]

2 hours ago, 300sd said:

The private hospital crime.

Sorry no beds available for you poor Thai people. Go wait at the gov't hospital and hope you don't die first.

 

I think these hospitals who turn away Thai people  because they can not afford their exorbitant prices are helping to ruin this country. I don't believe they have no beds. Only no beds for the poor. It's a disgusting situation.

Where does the Op say he went to private hospitals?

 

[internationalism]

according to the health ministry the majority of provinces don't have a single infection detected.

Just move patients to the provinces, where there are empty wards.

Just a week ago the covid wards were filled only in 10%.

How is possible that within such short time they are full.

[twix38]

indeed. i tested positive for covid 7 days ago and went to Memorial Hospital, Pattaya.

 

have to say the experience was poor. i wanted to get an antiviral but of course told i needed tons of paperwork passort and pcr test even though i tested positive with 3 LFT's that i showed them and needed and chest x-ray and to see doctor and IF approved then given antiviral medication. total cost between 25,000 and 30,000 baht.

 

Nurse was surley and dissmissive and i decided as had 2 vaccines and 2 boosters from uk i would tell them to stick it. now all recovered fortnately.

 

its ALL about money at these hospitals and my past experience of treatment leaves much room for improvement. 

Edited July 14, 2022 by twix38

[hotchilli]

21 hours ago, webfact said:

She had had difficulty breathing and he had taken her to several hospitals but all Covid wards were full and he couldn't get her admitted. 

The truth is infection levels are at an all time high.. but hushed up by the government who want to paint a different story.

Not saying it's a killer for the average person, but if you have underlying health issues then that might have a different outcome.

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, 300sd said:

The private hospital crime.

Sorry no beds available for you poor Thai people. Go wait at the gov't hospital and hope you don't die first.

 

I think these hospitals who turn away Thai people  because they can not afford their exorbitant prices are helping to ruin this country. I don't believe they have no beds. Only no beds for the poor. It's a disgusting situation.

Keeping beds available for the rich medical tourism industry.

[superal]

Since the government have endorsed dual pricing , some hospital are charging 10 x times the normal Thai price for basic treatment and are billing the farang patient daily . If hospital are reserving beds for farangs at the expense of Thai patients , that is shameful and bordering on crime . I would not like to stay in a basic ward because of the lack of air-con , so have always opted for a v.i.p. room which I think most foreigners would do . 

[Lacrimas]

She is simply not that serious to be considered an emergency it's not that the wards are full

[internationalism]

9 hours ago, Lacrimas said:

She is simply not that serious to be considered an emergency it's not that the wards are full

" he had taken her to several hospitals but all Covid wards were full and he couldn't get her admitted."

[Daithi85]

On 7/14/2022 at 5:03 PM, 300sd said:

The private hospital crime.

Sorry no beds available for you poor Thai people. Go wait at the gov't hospital and hope you don't die first.

 

I think these hospitals who turn away Thai people  because they can not afford their exorbitant prices are helping to ruin this country. I don't believe they have no beds. Only no beds for the poor. It's a disgusting situation.

You seemed to have made up the part that it was private hospitals turning them away. 

[300sd]

11 hours ago, Daithi85 said:

You seemed to have made up the part that it was private hospitals turning them away. 

If the gov't hospitals are full and the private ones are not, then why can't they go to the private ones? Let me answer that for you. It costs too much for a Thai. In other words it is the private hospital crime. They have room but poor Thais can not enter! I hope this clarifies my first post for you.