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Concerns loom for the mentally ill if Bangkok gets shut down

BANGKOK, 8 January 2014 (NNT) — The Mental Health Department has expressed concerns over the mentally ill patients that would be affected by Bangkok’s shutdown on January 13.


Director-General of the Mental Health Department Jessada Chokdamrongsuk stated that he is worried about the estimated 1 million mentally disordered patients nationwide who must receive their medication - especially those residing in Bangkok.

If Bangkok were to shut down, stated Mr. Jessada, those who are in need of medication will be affected as well. In order to properly disseminate the medicine to patients within Bangkok during the shutdown, 3 mental institutes will be responsible in handling the situation, which will include Rachanukol Hospital, Somdet Chaopraya Institute of Psychiatry, and Ratchanakharin Psychiatric Hospital.

For those who are unable to receive treatment and medication at the sites stated above, other hospitals close to Bangkok in the metropolitan area will be able to dispatch the medication, which include Srithanya Hospital, Yuwaprasart Hospital, and Kalaya Ratchanakharin Institute.

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Would the headline possibly indicate that there are people who are concerned that Jutuorn will not be in a position to actually take his medication due to a possible problem in attending both his psychiatrist and his doctor?

Now the question is.

Will Jutaoporn be able to take that which he should be taking and stop taking that which he shouldn't be taking?

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My son needs meds every month or 2, (they send them from Bumrungrad) do you reckon the postal system will be affected? We are in Surathani province (the place where the black ops are likely to be focussed in the advent of major civil unrest). Great.

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My son needs meds every month or 2, (they send them from Bumrungrad) do you reckon the postal system will be affected? We are in Surathani province (the place where the black ops are likely to be focussed in the advent of major civil unrest). Great.

Surat Thani is a provincial medical hub and the hospital is classified as a strategic hospital. It should already have a stockpile of the most common of medications because of its regional role. You may wish to inquire if the medication is available there. The protests shouldn't be longer than a few days at worst. Perhaps you should make an advance order, or arrange for a courier.

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With all the loud whistle blowing, who wouldn't be mentally ill? Sent from my GT-I9200 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

Apart from loud whistling around BTS SalaDaeng last year I haven't heard much whistling. May be I'm in the wrong parts of Bangkok?

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"Director-General of the Mental Health Department Jessada Chokdamrongsuk stated that he is worried about the estimated 1 million mentally disordered patients nationwide who must receive their medication - especially those residing in Bangkok."

- how many mentally disordered patients in Bangkok (out of those 1 million nationwide) ?

- why would mentally disordered patients outside Bangkok suffer?

- how are medicines normally disseminated in Bangkok?

- are patients allowed to use motorcy services to visit a hospital?

- why would courier services be much effected by the planned Bangkok shutdown?

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The various Ministries, their Department heads and others being paid to do a job and handle the out of the ordinary, need to spend their time preparing for 'maybes' and 'what ifs', instead of holding press conferences to rehash to the public what is a given. "Its going to be inconveint"

Is there no preperation for the unexpected in their thought process? We hear volumes about the why something failed, partially or completely,its late, lost, misplaced, fleeing, etc (excuses) for failure of a job being done as required/planned. About the only group I have noticed who seem to go on their merry way come hell or high warer, is TAT and I would not let them book me into a hospital if iI were on deaths bed. Thailand has two to three times the number on payroll, as needed, as they take turns slapping each on the back, while muttering 'attaboy'.just for gracing the workplace with their occasional presence.

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Judging from his speeches Suthep has been of his meds for some time. wink.png

And looking at the state of the PTP, they've been over medicated, especially The Headless Minister of Labor. Those stocks of Haldol and Cholrpromazine must be running low.

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Director-General of the Mental Health Department Jessada Chokdamrongsuk stated that he is worried about the estimated 1 million mentally disordered patients nationwide who must receive their medication - especially those residing in Bangkok...

in government and presently protesting on the streets of BKK!

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With all the loud whistle blowing, who wouldn't be mentally ill? Sent from my GT-I9200 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

Apart from loud whistling around BTS SalaDaeng last year I haven't heard much whistling. May be I'm in the wrong parts of Bangkok?

there were many whistle blowers blocking the road and pavement around asoke last time - the most severely mentally ill among them had their fingers in the ears while blowing their whistles

it was an experience that challenged my pre-conceived impression that the opposition's supporters although lacking in numbers were intellectually superior to those 15 million savages who voted for the government

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