Four Bangkok hospitals assigned to treat Ebola patients

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Four Bangkok hospitals assigned to treat Ebola patients
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BANGKOK, Aug 22 -- Four state-run hospitals in Bangkok were assigned today to provide treatment to Ebola patients as well as those suspected of carrying the deadly virus, officials said.

An agreement allowing the four hospitals including the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Nopparat Rajathanee Hospital, Rajavithi Hospital and the Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health to provide full treatment to Ebola patients followed a meeting earlier in the day, officials said.

The meeting was attended by senior Public Health Ministry officials, doctors, nurses and scientists.

In upcountry, both state and private-run hospitals would be responsible in providing treatment to Ebola patients while the Ministry officials would transfer knowledge to medical staff at provincial hospitals, officials said.

In another development, a 48-year-old woman suspected of contracting the disease after returning from a visit to Liberia was found to have her condition improve while it is also found scientifically that her condition is ‘negative.’

Officials said doctors are still closely monitoring 13 others suspected of contracting the disease.

To date, the UN World Health Organisation has reported that Ebola patients are still mainly found in three countries--Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. It said cumulative number of patients totaled 2,473 while 1,145 persons have died. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2014-08-22

[BigBadGeordie]

In other words "up country" same as ever, you take your chances.

[Thai at Heart]

Do they really have containment capable of this?

[worgeordie]

Everything is Ebola now, its only natures way of thinning

out the population,when ,like now there are too many of

us.not that i would like to contract it .

regards Worgeordie

[MobileContent]

In upcountry, both state and private-run hospitals would be responsible in providing treatment to Ebola patients while the Ministry officials would transfer knowledge to medical staff at provincial hospitals, officials said.

I doubt any upcountry government or private hospital has any facilities for treating Ebola victims.

[NZ1325]

Here we go, god only knows this will go 'viral' here

[GaryB1263]

Any hospital with an ICU can contain and treat Ebola. Treating it effectively is the problem in any hospital.

[ersl]

Ebola is hoax! Google is your well informed friend.

[Mudcrab]

Ebola is hoax! Google is your well informed Tell

Tell that to the to 1000 + dead

[NativeSon360]

Ebola is hoax! Google is your well informed Tell

Tell that to the to 1000 + dead

Pay attention to what ersl wrote. Investigate the facts yourself, instead of believing any information conveyed by the broadcast news media

[BillyBobThai]

I hope that these containment units have air conditioning. It would be a bitch, to have to spend two weeks, in a room here in Thailand, with no A/C.

[champers]

We're all gonna die!!! Of Ebola, that is.

[BuddhistVirus]

We're all gonna die!!! Of Ebola, that is.

Calm down, champers...

[cup-O-coffee]

COuld we get these photos sized down so I don't have to scroll right for 5 kilometers just to read each line. My neck is sore.

[Strangebrew]

Thailand get a clue a person is more likely to die from a common infection here And you think you can treat ebola? No thanks I'll take my chance in the US.

[Carl64]

It's great to see that Thailand is being pro active instead or reactive. It makes a nice change.

[stoli]

Do they really have containment capable of this?

Excellent question.

[atyclb]

Why would the medical authorites be concerned as TAT already stated no infected people have entered thailand?

[Payboy]

Sounds like a case of "build it and they will come".

[belg]

ebola is like a red flag right now ... and how many ebola patients in thailand or even SEA ?

what is next ? another mexian flu soon, asian flu ?

[WAERTH]

Pay attention to what ersl wrote. Investigate the facts yourself, instead of believing any information conveyed by the broadcast news media

Ebola is hoax! Google is your well informed Tell

LADIES and GENTLEMAN we have 2 new contenders for the 2014 Darwin awards .....

The two of you do realize that ebola containment in Africa is threatened by people saying this kind of nonsense ....

[Pistol101]

i found this article very interesting... definitely food for thought....

http://whitewraithe.wordpress.com/2014/08/04/breaking-news-anonymous-doctor-releases-treatment-for-the-ebola-virus/

what do people make of this??

[tomyummer]

The photo says it all. The doctors and directors do not look happy with the decision of authorities in choosing their hospitals. Like receiving a death sentence.