British Family Seeks Aid to Bring Injured Traveller Home from Thailand

[ChipButty]

3 minutes ago, arick said:

He has a Nigerian name.

Then it's all a Scam, 

[RJRS1301]

17 hours ago, steve187 said:

£144,000 as opposed to a check £100 ish insurance policy, and on top of that riding a motorcycle on Koh Samui, death island for bike riders

Motor cycle riding is often not covered in travel insurance, also mainly excluded are things like white water rafting, paragliding, rock climbing (in some circumstances) 

[Kinok Farang]

Well at least he got a good tan whilst he was here.

[Kenny Boy]

15 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Always Brits no insurance. 

Nigerian man living in Britain.

As British as an Isan farmer.

Donations up to £37.000 btw.

[NorthernRyland]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

Eyewitnesses report that Sule's motorbike collided with a car, leaving him with a severe brain haemorrhage. Following emergency brain surgery, Sule remains in a comatose state.

 

Facing soaring costs totalling £144,000 (roughly 6.2 million baht) for Sule's medical repatriation to the UK

 

how much does it costs to do brain surgery in Thailand? Surely not 6.2 million baht. If he's desperate he should find the best hospital he can afford and do the surgery in Thailand, a country well known for medical tourism anyways.

[J Branche]

Yawn. Another day, another beg page.  Thailand is very economical to enjoy, spend the extra 40 or 50 pounds on a Medical Only policy from reputable company and not have to worry.

 

Most have repatriation clauses.

[NorthernRyland]

17 hours ago, khunPer said:

Samui's traffic is among the most dangerous in Thailand – if not the most dangerous – many tourists have accidents, and it seems like insurance is a returning subject. I have stopped counting the number of dead victims I've seen in the streets, some days up to three bodies. In average I see one or two traffic accidents per week, and I'm not driving that much on the island.

 

I went to Samui for the first time last year during January and stayed on some beach villa on the north/west corner. Got a motorbike and explored around the north and western side of the island trying to get up all the steep little concrete roads I could find. The island has some shockingly steep roads I had fun with but would be deadly during the rainy season.

 

Otherwise I didn't experience dangerous traffic or anything out of the ordinary for Thailand down there. I think I may have been on the wrong side of the island though where it's not very dense. There was some tension on the narrow roads in a few places and it picked up once you get in to the city.

 

The most noteworthy thing about Samui is how non-Thai it is. 100% dominated by tourism. Even the staff at restaurants was Burmese often. There wasn't a single Thai person on the flight to or back from Chiang Mai. Fake Thailand to say the least.

 

If tourists are crashing often they're probably just doing it to themselves is my guess and doesn't even have much to do with Thailand per se.

[8OA8]

Says they can't find his passport, perhaps worth asking the motorcycle rental shops if they have it

[ronster]

Guessing the car he hit wasn't insured or was it his fault ?

[ChipButty]

16 minutes ago, NorthernRyland said:

 

how much does it costs to do brain surgery in Thailand? Surely not 6.2 million baht. If he's desperate he should find the best hospital he can afford and do the surgery in Thailand, a country well known for medical tourism anyways.

Brain surgery is not required in Thailand, 

[twizzian]

Many first time tourists are unaware of all the dangers and don’t do’s.

Any risks they do know of fly out the window due to excitement 

[Kinok Farang]

16 hours ago, JoePai said:

Yea, take it off and feel the wind.........

Yes but with open legs the headwind would really slow them down.

[NorthernRyland]

9 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Brain surgery is not required in Thailand, 

 

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Eyewitnesses report that Sule's motorbike collided with a car, leaving him with a severe brain haemorrhage. Following emergency brain surgery, Sule remains in a comatose state.

 

Oops re-read again. So he already had brain surgery in Thailand and now needs medical reparation for 6 million baht and wants others to pay for him. How about he just stay in Thailand until he recovers. If he's brain dead then have the family come for the funeral in Thailand.

 

This guy is probably the kid of some Nigerians that made it to England in the late 80s or 90s and now he's traveled to Thailand and smashed his brain. This story has nothing to do with the English, Europeans or even Thai's for that matter. It's just some African with a British passport.

 

If I have any money to donate it will go towards my own family or locals in my Thai community, not some random Nigerian that wants to vacation in Thailand and do dangerous things.

 

Stop feeding the bears, give these people ZERO baht every time.

[Robert_Smith]

20 hours ago, webfact said:

A British family is urgently seeking financial support to bring their loved one back home after a tragic motorcycle accident in Thailand. In a desperate bid, they aim to raise £100,000 to cover theA British family is urgently seeking financial support to bring their loved one back home after a tragic motorcycle accident in Thailand. In a desperate bid, they aim to raise £100,000 to cover the costs of repatriation and medical expenses.contri costs of repatriation and medical expenses.

christ alive.

 

so many idiots coming here without insurance and relying on gofundme's

 

I for one wont be contributing a single cent.

stupid is as stupid does, i'm afraid..

 

regards,

bob.

 

 

[thasoss]

Samui again....no surprise.

Why should others pay..  ?

Up to the family....to fund....but today there is no shame.

[giddyup]

Isn't there a limit to the generosity of GoFundMe donors? Surely people must be getting sick of these cries for help for people who were too stupid to take responsibility for their own welfare. I assume that these beggars are not only from Thailand but also from the other many holiday resorts around the world. Is GoFundMe a bottomless pit?

[giddyup]

 Double post.

[Tropicalevo]

1 hour ago, 8OA8 said:

Says they can't find his passport, perhaps worth asking the motorcycle rental shops if they have it

 

Good point.

If the rental people have it, I am sure that they will have thrown it away by now.

It is illegal to keep the passports.

 

The proposed 300 baht tourist tax is 'supposed' to provide insurance for visitors.

I bet that in this poor lad's case, they would not cover him either.

[geisha]

20 hours ago, happysoul said:

So since the beginning of the year we had 36k then 24k and now 100k... Keep coming on !

 

I have a friend (real person, real experience) that got rapatriated in a hospitalized private jet (Embraer Phenom 300) from Thailand (local airport) to a local airport in EU. He paid.... 0.- (his insurance did). So, yes, it is possible to get rapatriated for free when <deleted> hits the fan but you need some work upfront.

 

Obviously you don’t know much about travel insurance companies. Yes, some are better than others. A friend of mine had to fight hand and foot to get reimbursed, it took over a year , and the same  documents asked for  over and over again, although they had the complete dossier from the Hospital concerned. He had this insurance for 15 years , everything was in order, even the small print. This was a huge European insurance company . 
I honestly believe , for every TOURIST , there should be a choice of viable insurance companies that are required to enter Thailand, included in the ETA that is coming soon. 
Something must be done, this situation with bikes and the crazy roads here ,plus all the other dangers, tour boats sinking , and general accidents, even falling down a hole in the pavement ( every day in Pattaya and Phuket) , merit some sort of emergency action.

[Ralf001]

1 hour ago, NorthernRyland said:

 

 If he's desperate he should find the best hospital he can afford and do the surgery in Thailand,

 

 

Would threy tickle his feet to get him to wake from the coma so he can go round shopping hospitals ?

[IvorBiggun2]

,,,

[NorthernRyland]

28 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

Would threy tickle his feet to get him to wake from the coma so he can go round shopping hospitals ?

 

seems like he got brain surgery already somehow and now he simply wants to get back home and that's where the costs are coming from. He could do worse than being in Thailand but he needs to find a cheaper hospital, which probably does't' exist on that island.

[tmd5855]

20 hours ago, happysoul said:

So since the beginning of the year we had 36k then 24k and now 100k... Keep coming on !

 

I have a friend (real person, real experience) that got rapatriated in a hospitalized private jet (Embraer Phenom 300) from Thailand (local airport) to a local airport in EU. He paid.... 0.- (his insurance did). So, yes, it is possible to get rapatriated for free when <deleted> hits the fan but you need some work upfront.

 

4 years ago a friend married to a Thai Lady in the UK decided to bring Mum, himself and wife with her grandchildren.  He took out cover that included medical flight back to the UK after mum had tests/passed a test.

While out here mum suffered a stroke (Blamed on heat), no airline would fly her as a passenger, so insurance cover stepped in flown home on a small plane, wife flew back with children, he were allowed to accompany mum who were awake.

 

A lot of these guys/girls backpacking/travelling do not look poor, maybe spending another couple of hundred pounds on cover and not designer shades.

 

Lived Thailand since 2004 working offshore.  First visit via Merchant Navy 1983 and I got travel insurance even though company had me in BUPA.

 

Very little sympathy, play with petrol and matches......................................

[Nick Carter icp]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

Facing soaring costs totalling £144,000 (roughly 6.2 million baht) for Sule's medical repatriation to the UK,

 

   Can they rebuild the Worlds first six million Baht man .

He will need a bionic eye , a new arm and both legs 

[Jim Blue]

1 hour ago, giddyup said:

Isn't there a limit to the generosity of GoFundMe donors? Surely people must be getting sick of these cries for help for people who were too stupid .....

Wonder if the new 300 baht tourist travel fee will cover these cases? 

[Kinok Farang]

3 hours ago, 8OA8 said:

Says they can't find his passport, perhaps worth asking the motorcycle rental shops if they have it

Intriguing to know which country his passport was issued?

[arick]

4 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Then it's all a Scam, 

Mini Nigerians have great jobs and are tribal members and even chiefs. Many of them work in the UK some of them can even be your boss. All I know is you don't want them as your boss especially if you're working with the Ugandan.

[happysoul]

1 hour ago, geisha said:

Obviously you don’t know much about travel insurance companies. 

Obviously you are not well-mannered. Please restrain from judging people you never met and never will.