Thai patient seeks HIV prevention after alleged syringe attack in Bangkok mall

[snoop1130]

 

A Thai doctor shared that one of her patients sought post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP), for possible exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), after she was stabbed with a syringe when walking in a shopping mall in Bangkok.

 

The doctor posted the story of her patient on her Twitter account, @VorachatMD, on February 3.

 

“#Warning! A patient requested PEP (a medicine to prevent HIV) from me today after getting stabbed by a syringe when walking in the shopping mall in Bangkok. The attacker immediately escaped, and the patient could not follow the person in time. A similar incident happened in Thailand a few years ago, and it is coming back! Very scary!”

 

The post gained attention on social media, sparking a debate about the authenticity of the patient’s account. Many users encouraged the victim to report the incident to the police and suggested checking CCTV footage within the shopping mall to identify the attacker.

 

Some speculated that the patient might have been exposed to HIV in different ways but made up the story due to embarrassment or other reasons.

 

By Petch Petpailin

Caption: Photo by Jair Lázaro via Unsplash

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2024-02-07

 

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[hotchilli]

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“#Warning! A patient requested PEP (a medicine to prevent HIV) from me today after getting stabbed by a syringe when walking in the shopping mall in Bangkok. The attacker immediately escaped

Some very sick minded people in the world

[tomazbodner]

It seems plausible the patient made this up, but the bad part is that this was published in media, and it is to be expected that some HIV infected sicko will now really go out with a syringe filled with his or her blood and start attacking people blamed for his/her condition...

[zhounan]

So did the alleged assailant have such precise aim that he was able to stab the syringe into the victim's cardiovascular system?

 

I am amazed that a professional doctor could believe such a fiction.

[brianthainess]

16 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Some speculated that the patient might have been exposed to HIV in different ways but made up the story due to embarrassment or other reasons.

So the patient did not call police or call security at the supermarket, most supermarkets if not all have CCTV. Did she even go in the supermarket?  I think her pants are on fire, in more ways than one.