beowolf2012 Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 maybe Thailand not do this, but all people there are in hospital and is in treatment if they go robed then the hospital have to refund the property. there have been robed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemac Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Why do lots of members believe word for word these news stories ? This is the media we are talking about and anyone that has had close involvement with media will appreciate that there are normally lots of inaccuracies - especially in the headlines - once you read most news stories on this site they are full of holes and counter contradictions................. I was brought up to think "believe nothing of what you hear and half of what you see" but the resident Thai bashers who haunt this site lap these stories up and beg for more. Could not think of anything worse than moving half way around the world and settling in a new country and spending the rest of my life complaining about that country, it's people and culture and it's religion. I am sure in some countries it is actually against the law to do so. Besides that there is TV Forum rule #8, which these seditionists are probably not aware of. I'm not usually either a hater or a "rose tinted glasses" wearer when it comes to Thailand, I try my level best to come down in the middle of these issues, but when they're robbing people in hospital's...I guess that's a step too far for me. I would LITERALLY torture someone to death for doing that to any of my family,call me wrong,tell me two wrongs don't make a right etc,but SOMEONE has to teach a very graphic lesson to Thai people(again,as I said,only the small soulless,demonic minority) that enough is enough,what with the brutal murders for pocket change,and now this new low,there needs to be a backlash. Wow, this is more potent than the drama my wife constantly watches on Thai television. Congratulations on reaching such lofty heights ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coma Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Just when one thinks they have seen and heard it all in this place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1Str8 Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Indeed. It's a new low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeThePoster Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 I always try to get familiar with the nurses before they string up the IV drip. A sponge bath also helps break the ice with strangers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnydrops Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 I have no facts but I was talking to my wife a couple of weeks ago and she told me the robbery's are fairly common outside government hospitals where many people mill around. People are told not to go alone into the parking lots at night. Anyway, it a interesting that this came up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easybullet3 Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 So after get robbed by the doctor and the hospital itself with the huge bills. The small money left in your pocket will be taken also. wonder if they will also rob you of your organs.... dont put ideas in their head bender not that you need to organs have been stolen in india before and sold the india stories were not real. they were email 'chain letter' stories when the internet was just getting popular (20+ years ago). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Cheap Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Who is going to take a drink from a stranger? My thinking is it's an inside job I can see it now. Unscrupulous hospital staff members inventorying new patients carrying iPhones, laptops, iPads, jewelry etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Cheap Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 I always try to get familiar with the nurses before they string up the IV drip. A sponge bath also helps break the ice with strangers. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Songhua Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 I always try to get familiar with the nurses before they string up the IV drip. A sponge bath also helps break the ice with strangers.Soap before the soup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsailor35 Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Does that include all the bottles of water that can be bought in any hospital canteen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawker9000 Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 (edited) Why do lots of members believe word for word these news stories ? This is the media we are talking about and anyone that has had close involvement with media will appreciate that there are normally lots of inaccuracies - especially in the headlines - once you read most news stories on this site they are full of holes and counter contradictions................. I was brought up to think "believe nothing of what you hear and half of what you see" but the resident Thai bashers who haunt this site lap these stories up and beg for more. Could not think of anything worse than moving half way around the world and settling in a new country and spending the rest of my life complaining about that country, it's people and culture and it's religion. I am sure in some countries it is actually against the law to do so. Besides that there is TV Forum rule #8, which these seditionists are probably not aware of. I'm not usually either a hater or a "rose tinted glasses" wearer when it comes to Thailand, I try my level best to come down in the middle of these issues, but when they're robbing people in hospital's...I guess that's a step too far for me. I would LITERALLY torture someone to death for doing that to any of my family,call me wrong,tell me two wrongs don't make a right etc,but SOMEONE has to teach a very graphic lesson to Thai people(again,as I said,only the small soulless,demonic minority) that enough is enough,what with the brutal murders for pocket change,and now this new low,there needs to be a backlash. Wow, this is more potent than the drama my wife constantly watches on Thai television. Congratulations on reaching such lofty heights ! 5555555555555555 You know the old saying, "None so blind as those who will not see." 'Reminds me of that fat old German POW camp guard in the tv series who, upon witnessing POWs up to some mischief or other, would shut his eyes tight and shout, "I zee NUT-TING!!" C'mon all you thai-haters out there! It NEVER happened! You actually see nothing, hear nothing, and most of all KNOW nothing!! Edited October 12, 2013 by hawker9000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepcell Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Carry a gun and keep eyes open! kill if necessary. Thieves burn in hell! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bloggs Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 This is A VERY OLD TRICK so wake up and smell the coffee! The trick is often played on buses and trains in the Far East. Typically an orange or a banana will be injected with the sedative. After a while the passenger sitting next to you will take out an orange and offer one to you as well. The passengers orange is OK but your orange has been drugged. When you wake up you discover that your wallet, phone, passport and money have gone and so has the friendly passenger! I also know of another Far Eastern trick. Its the taxi that has a trap-door boot (trunk in American English) You hire the taxi and the very polite taxi driver insists on putting your luggage in the boot. When the car reaches the place where his accomplices are he releases the trap-door and the luggage falls out. (the spring loaded trap-door then closes itself and locks) At the destination the taxi driver opens the boot for you but whilst you are throwing a fit about your missing luggage he drives off! The trick is allegedly quite common in the Philippines. Take care! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemac Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 I also know of another Far Eastern trick. Its the taxi that has a trap-door boot (trunk in American English) You hire the taxi and the very polite taxi driver insists on putting your luggage in the boot. When the car reaches the place where his accomplices are he releases the trap-door and the luggage falls out. (the spring loaded trap-door then closes itself and locks) Thank God for that ! I thought you were going to say if you don't pay the fare a guy dressed as Batman leaps out of the trap door and rogers you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemac Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 I always try to get familiar with the nurses before they string up the IV drip. A sponge bath also helps break the ice with strangers. If I ever meet you it will be a handshake only, no sponge bath for you. And I suppose you are the guy who joins a queue and stands uncomfortably close to person in front of you just to see how long it takes them to leave. My wife is so paranoid about thieves it drives me crazy. She spent 4 days in hospital last month in Chiang Mai and stressed about being robbed the whole time. Every time I came back to the room she asked me if I locked the car to which I replied "No, I left the doors open and the motor running and a large wad of cash in the ashtray"................. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
globin Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 This kind of thing goes on in every nursing home and hospital around the world, so don't be too quick to Thai-ize the problem. Other prestigious places just have more resources to do cover ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benmart Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 So after get robbed by the doctor and the hospital itself with the huge bills. The small money left in your pocket will be taken also. wonder if they will also rob you of your organs.... I wonder why your post is so negative. The organ robbing is also mystifying. Any details on your comment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Off-topic posts removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemac Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 So after get robbed by the doctor and the hospital itself with the huge bills. The small money left in your pocket will be taken also. wonder if they will also rob you of your organs.... Thanks, your post reminded me to put the garbage out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawker9000 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 This kind of thing goes on in every nursing home and hospital around the world, so don't be too quick to Thai-ize the problem. Other prestigious places just have more resources to do cover ups. Every nursing home and hospital in the world? You know there just has to be some prize for this level of impossible exaggeration... It's so ridiculous there's no point in even refuting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemac Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 (edited) This kind of thing goes on in every nursing home and hospital around the world, so don't be too quick to Thai-ize the problem. Other prestigious places just have more resources to do cover ups. Correct, but your comment will probably fall on deaf ears, as will mine. All you compulsive Thai bashers will be saddened to know these crimes are not uniquely Thai. And sometimes it leaks out and makes the news. I just read some stories from around the world including - A woman in Ireland who was robbed while giving birth at University Maternity Hospital Limerick (there were other incidents at this hospital as well) , a woman robbed while staying at the Langley Memorial Hospital in Canada, and a musician who was robbed as he was dying in the waiting room of a Frankford hospital, in Philadelphia. Just Google "robbed while in hospital" So get off your high horses and accept the fact that any low-down crimes committed in Thailand are probably happening in your home country as well. Every nursing home and hospital in the world? You know there just has to be some prize for this level of impossible exaggeration... It's so ridiculous there's no point in even refuting it. Talking about prizes, yours probably deserves a prize as well. The word "ridiculous" comes to mind. Edited October 13, 2013 by mikemac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 So after get robbed by the doctor and the hospital itself with the huge bills. The small money left in your pocket will be taken also. wonder if they will also rob you of your organs.... Generally (genitally) speaking the nurse was not interested in my organs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 This is terrble. Lower than low ! Don't recall which developed country but remember hearing about a comatose woman on a ventilator that was impregnated by a hospital worker. Using veterinary sedative on people is dangerous business. If the criminals really want money why target the public hospital when the private ones have more affluent patients and families? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 The public hospitals are probably a little more crowded and the security is a little more lax. There are a lot of people coming and going. A friend of mine came with me to a private hospital and he was sitting watching the television when one of the nursing staff came up and asked him who he was and why he was there. She had seen that he had not 'checked-in' at the nursing station. He told her he was waiting for me. No problem, but they do tend to notice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silent Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 I wonder if this gets tied in with the gentleman on the bus that lost his 2,500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGIE Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 the best thing to do when you are terribly sick or ill is, don't go to hospitals. You are sure not to be robbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGIE Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 or if there is no choice for you but to go to the hospital because you are terribly ill, then go. Just don't forget, if they offer you water to drink, do not accept. Ask for Pepsi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajarnpot Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 This is quite frankly ridiculous. In 20 years of working in hospitals , and associted setting I have never, ever heard of such stuff. Always been petty theft, etc, but this is a new low. um less experience than that but from the other side I see this as good opportunity, why fight and risk getting hurt, it makes perfect sense if you are into robbing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamahele Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 A sad story of thievery of people already at a low point being ill and hospitalized. When I was in a hospital in Korat in August, my partner did warn me to hide my belongings, I was in a private hospital and felt completely safe. No strangers walking in or out. It wasn't at all like some of the public hospitals where relatives are living in the hospital and strangers are roaming the halls without identification. Is this crime wave happening in private as well as public hospitals to anyone's knowledge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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