L&J Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 One of our friends has been working with a group in town that is modifying wheelchairs to better fit the size of the Thais using them (the imported wheelchair seats are generally too large for Thai people). We had a office chair with a wheel broken and decided to see if the seat half of the chair could be used on the wheelchair. To make a long story shorter, they now refer to the wheelchair with that seat as the "Mercedes Chair". If you have a broken or unused office type chair it would be very much appreciated by the people using these chairs. PM me and will arrange to pick it up. Thanks- JOHN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ajarn Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 One of our friends has been working with a group in town that is modifying wheelchairs tobetter fit the size of the Thais using them (the imported wheelchair seats are generally too large for Thai people). We had a office chair with a wheel broken and decided to see if the seat half of the chair could be used on the wheelchair. To make a long story shorter, they now refer to the wheelchair with that seat as the "Mercedes Chair". If you have a broken or unused office type chair it would be very much appreciated by the people using these chairs. PM me and will arrange to pick it up. Thanks- JOHN I have a wheelchair, but I'm not quite ready to give it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 They IMPORT wheel chairs / wheel chair seats for the regular Thai market?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuniorExPat Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 (edited) One of our friends has been working with a group in town that is modifying wheelchairs tobetter fit the size of the Thais using them (the imported wheelchair seats are generally too large for Thai people). We had a office chair with a wheel broken and decided to see if the seat half of the chair could be used on the wheelchair. To make a long story shorter, they now refer to the wheelchair with that seat as the "Mercedes Chair". If you have a broken or unused office type chair it would be very much appreciated by the people using these chairs. PM me and will arrange to pick it up. Thanks- JOHN I have a broken office chair that has been visually berating me from the corner of the room for weeks now - do you have a drop-off address and contact name that you can post here? JxP Edited June 9, 2008 by JuniorExPat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L&J Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 In response to question above. There are not wheelchairs manufactured here, they all come from outside and generally made for larger people. They have been putting plastic seats in them but they are not nearly as comfortable as a office chair. If you send me message I will put you in touch with someone who can give information on where to drop-off your broken chair or arrange to pick it up. Thanks- JOHN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kan Win Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 There are not wheelchairs manufactured here,Thanks- JOHN http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=4680 Please read, Thai hospital unveils 'stand up wheelchair' BANGKOK, June 9 (TNA) – Thailand's state-run Siriraj Hospital unveiled the first locally-developed stand up wheelchair at a cost ten times less than imported models. The hospital said it will initially produce about 100 units for market within three to six months. the rest is in the above link. Hope this helps you. Kan Win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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