Health concerns boil over French passenger at Phuket airport

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Health concerns boil over French passenger at Phuket airport
Phuket Gazette


Frenchman Michel Godfroy was removed from the international departure lounge after passengers noticed yellow pus seeping from the his neck. Photo: Thawit Bilabdullar

PHUKET: -- A French tourist leaching yellow pus from the back of his neck prompted fears that he might infect other passengers at Phuket International Airport on Friday.

Airport authorities removed Michel Dominique Godfroy, 56, from the international departure lounge a little after 11:30pm.

“We were called to the airport at 11:45pm,” a Kusoldharm Foundation rescue worker told the Phuket Gazette.

The rescue workers took Mr Godfroy to Thalang Hospital, where the Frenchman at first resisted nurses’ attempts to clean and dress the wound.

“He refused any treatment for over an hour. Each time a nurse dressed the wound, he pulled it off,” the rescue worker said. “All the while, the Frenchman kept singing.”

Hospital staff called the Tourist Police, whose presence convinced Mr Godfroy to accept the medical assistance being administered.

“Over the weekend, doctors had Mr Godfroy transferred to Vachira Hospital Phuket, where he is still receiving treatment for the wound on his neck,” Capt Akachai Siri of the Tourist Police in Phuket Town told the Gazette today.

“Doctors have performed some basic tests, and are concerned for Mr Godfroy’s current mental state. They have contacted the French embassy so officials can get in touch with his relatives and make appropriate arrangements for getting Mr Godfroy safely home,” he said.

Source: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket_news/2013/Health-concerns-boil-over-French-passenger-at-Phuket-airport-22817.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2013-11-18

[noikrit]

Brain Leak ....

[draftvader]

I'm British....and I'm restraining myself. Seriously, this is too easy..........

[JackieMager]

What can i say. Sounds like one of these really nasty boils that he should have had it attended to back home. As far as the singing goes, either he is extremely happy or a complete nut case. Id say go back home and CHANT all he likes.

[Thai at Heart]

This is news?

Nurses force patient to dress wound?

My lord

[harrry]

No reason he could not have had it fixed after he had left the Departure Lounge and gone home.

[Eddy B]

From the angle of the picture taken, the guy looks asian not european. Anyway, I hope they treat his leaking boil. Maybe he was on some kind of meds that made him happy to be singing. I hope he gets home safe and leak-free.

[Suradit69]

No reason he could not have had it fixed after he had left the Departure Lounge and gone home.

If you ended up the airplane next to someone leaking pus and acting oddly (taking into account he's French) you might think otherwise.

[mickyboy]

maybe he got one those magott things growing in his body eating his brain away but being honest here sounds a bit sad he been to thailand and lost his brain like many other do

[joefromdc]

Click the link and look at the other pictures. It doesn't look like a "little" pus, it looks like a ton.

[CLUBBER]

I Know what this is , its the beginning of the Zombie apocalypse he will turn soon in the hospitable and start the whole thing !

[pitchag]

Click the link and look at the other pictures. It doesn't look like a "little" pus, it looks like a ton.

I would not like to be sitting next to that pus factory for twelve hours imagine the smell after a couple of hours phew that mixed with the garlic breath

[Skint]

Hermaphrodite blocked from Thai monkhood, was a better story to put up

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[chooka]

I agree with them for removing him and not allowing him to board the plane in that condition. Yes they have the authority to remove a person from an airport but what authority do they have to forcefully give a person medical treatment against their will. If he didn't want his wound treated then so be it and he doesn't get on a plane.

[Valentine]

Frenchman walks into a bar with a large , horrible, slimy frog on his head. Barman asks "what is that ugly, horrible slimy thing?" The frog replies "well it started off as a wart on my a....e."

[laurentbkk]

so after the Russian bashing ... here comes the French Bashing ...... how nice !!

[laurentbkk]

Anyway I agree with the airport people that guy needs treatment ...

[Spare]

This is exactly why Thailand want to charge 500 Baht for each Farang entering Thailand. To help such poor French soul.

[boisian]

Ice Bugs under the skin

Very Phillip K Dick meets contemporary meth-head

[Gonzo the Face]

All the reports, and all the replying informative reports and no one asked the most important and missing question......

What was the song he kept on singing????

[Docno]

so after the Russian bashing ... here comes the French Bashing ...... how nice !!

It's actually a bit heart-warming. I sometimes get tired of all the Thai-bashing that goes on around here... nice to see 'farangs' dishing it at 'farangs' as well. Even application...

[seriously, it just goes to show how small our tribes are. As a group of TV readers, we all seem to get offended when a 'generic farang' is given a hard time of it here, but it doesn't take much to get us to go after each other ... gotta love human nature].

[Always18]

so after the Russian bashing ... here comes the French Bashing ...... how nice !!

.................everyone should have a use in life..............

[Cantankerous]

Click the link and look at the other pictures. It doesn't look like a "little" pus, it looks like a ton.

There goes my breakfast...

[jacko45k]

Click the link and look at the other pictures. It doesn't look like a "little" pus, it looks like a ton.

I did, and now wish I hadn't.

[Suradit69]

I agree with them for removing him and not allowing him to board the plane in that condition. Yes they have the authority to remove a person from an airport but what authority do they have to forcefully give a person medical treatment against their will. If he didn't want his wound treated then so be it and he doesn't get on a plane.

"...but what authority do they have to forcefully give a person medical treatment against [their] his/her will.

Since he potentially presents a health hazard to others and his behavior seems to be abnormal and a possible threat to his own safety and that of others, they would seem to have both the right and the responsibility.

Can you imagine the righteous indignation here at TV, the hub of all sorts of indignation both righteous and otherwise, if they had removed him from the airport and dumped him on the street to stagger about in a stupor?

If you were delirious from a fever as a consequence of an infection and not acting rationally, wouldn't you expect the authorities to act in your best interest at least until you regained your senses?

Edited November 19, 2013 by Suradit69

[jpduggan]

I wonder would a 500 bht entry fee cover these medical expences or did he have travel insurance.

[oldsailor35]

Just saw the pic on the link phewwwwwwwww ! no wonder he is holding his nose. If any airline put me alongside that, i would demand another seat and just imagine the mess he would make on the seat headrest for the next passenger.

[tomross46]

From the angle of the picture taken, the guy looks asian not european. Anyway, I hope they treat his leaking boil. Maybe he was on some kind of meds that made him happy to be singing. I hope he gets home safe and leak-free.

There are many Asians in France. Look at how many countries these Imperialistic Colonials occupied.

[Baerboxer]

so after the Russian bashing ... here comes the French Bashing ...... how nice !!

Diddums, no sense of humor.

Of course your many attempts at British bashing on other threads in response to your perceived Russian bashing is acceptable?

[rickirs]

" the guy looks asian not european" Since when is being European-looking a requirement to be a French citizen?