Possible Ebola patient disappears in Bangkok

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Possible Ebola patient disappears in Bangkok
By Coconuts Bangkok



BANGKOK: -- Authorities are searching for an African man suspected of having Ebola who has failed to report himself and shut off contact with the officials since Nov. 16.

Samuel Ceesay, 31 of Sierra Leone entered Thailand via Suvarnabhumi Airport on Nov. 13 with about 10 friends. The airport's disease control officers suspected Ceesay of having Ebola and detained him for examination at the Department of Disease Control.

Ceesay was then released on Nov. 15 and told to report to department every day. Officials escorted him to the Mode Sathorn Hotel in Bang Rak district where he had planned to stay. He refused to check in and left, according to the hotel staff.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co//2014/11/24/possible-ebola-patient-disappears-bangkok


-- Coconuts Bangkok 2014-11-24

[Bluespunk]

So did he actually have any symptoms? If so, why was he released?

[Thai at Heart]

So the plan falls down instantly.

[NextStationBangkok]

How come suspected Ebola patient allowed to check-in in a hotel ? Patient slipped now, sounds like all slippery Massage Parlors need a thorough investigations.

[siampolee]

Now if the character was a suspected Ebola victim he should have been put into an isolation ward situation until such time as any infection would show if it was a positive matter.

Yet we see a total indifference to the reality of the situation situation and now we have the possible chance of an Ebola victim roaming around Thailand and possibly infecting others.

Ah well the Thai's state they have a cure for Ebola so one must suppose there is no need for concern is there?]

Perhaps if the Thai's could ''discover '' a cure for ineptness we all might feel a little happier.

[CobraSnakeNecktie]

They are just warming us up.

Let's say your looking after your neighbors house while they are away.

Their cat wanders out into the street and is flattened by a pickup truck

When they call to check in you don't tell them straight away that Fluffy is a pancake.

You start to with Fluffy climbed a big tree and won't come down.

Next day you say some neighbors are trying to help coax fluffy down.

Just get them used to the idea that fluffy is .......

[shirtless]

I am glad to see they have a plan yet disappointed they failed to implement it, So what happens next is any ones guess.

[Prbkk]

Did his 10 friends stay there as well or did they just put that hotel on the immigration form? A group arrival from Sierra Leone, possibly suspicious in and of itself. i guess they might have some legitimate purpose for a visit but ....?

The hotel is next door to Surasak BTS, so he could be anywhere, quickly.

[zaphod reborn]

Shouldn't the 10 friends be in quarantine until he is cleared?

[uptheos]

You couldn't make it up.

[BKKSnowBird]

Well he checked in somewhere and I thought all hotels report that to imigration?

[siampolee]

uptheos post # 11

You couldn't make it up.

Certainly true Thailand is the hub of crass stupidity with a worldwide copyright on that matter.

[bubba]

According to the story:

1. He arrived at Suvarnabhumi and Disease Control Authorities suspected him of being infected with Ebola.

2. Immigration allowed him to enter

3. Officers escorted him to the hotel he reserved (Mode Sathorn).

4. He refused to check in to said hotel

5. Officers released him and let him go free.

Am I missing something here???

[sungod]

This is more than likely a case of inaccurate reporting, I would bet he was identified at the airport as someone who has come from an ebola area, therefore the health services would keep in contact with him for 21 days to see if he actually developed symptoms. He has most likely failed to keep contact

[BritTim]

Unlike most here, it is my suspicion that the only symptoms of Ebola that he exhibited were the words "Sierra Leone" in his passport. Under those circumstances, asking him to stay in a hotel with daily checks for any real symptoms would be appropriate. Who knows why the guy wanted to leave. Maybe, he has a girlfriend somewhere else and/or did not like the prices at the hotel the authorities selected for him.

Edited November 24, 2014 by BritTim

[Briggsy]

Unlike most here, it is my suspicion that the only symptoms of Ebola that he exhibited were the words "Sierra Leone" in his passport. Under those circumstances, asking him to stay in a hotel with daily checks for any real symptoms would be appropriate. Who knows why the guy wanted to leave. Maybe, he has a girlfriend somewhere else and/or did not like the prices at the hotel the authorities selected for him.

Indeed and I would add a second symptom, being black.

I cannot believe for a moment that the authorities would detain a Thai coming back from West Africa.

[bubba]

From the looks of Mode Sathorn hotel's website, I sort of doubt that immigration selected what appears to be a rather high-end hotel for him.

Once this story gets around, I wonder how Mode Sathorn's bookings will be looking.

[noitom]

Leave it to the Thais to stumble, bumble and fumble an Ebola case. He "just walked out" and refused to follow orders. The Thais lost him.

[lemonjelly]

Check possible E-Bola patient in at a hotel and tell him to report to local hospital on a daily basis........ shambolic response to say the least. One worries that an outbreak would be covered up to save embarrassment etc..... sooooo Thai.

[larsjohnsson]

Only in Thailand

[bubba]

You don't suppose this could be the subject's Facebook page, do you? Apparently a Christian missionary working with Ebola patients in Sierra Leone:

https://www.facebook.com/samuel.sesay.33?fref=browse_search

[harada]

I think that this calls for getting his face in the media pronto.

[sungod]

It must be true, its in Coconuts Bangkok.

[kannot]

Unlike most here, it is my suspicion that the only symptoms of Ebola that he exhibited were the words "Sierra Leone" in his passport. Under those circumstances, asking him to stay in a hotel with daily checks for any real symptoms would be appropriate. Who knows why the guy wanted to leave. Maybe, he has a girlfriend somewhere else and/or did not like the prices at the hotel the authorities selected for him.

Indeed and I would add a second symptom, being black.

I cannot believe for a moment that the authorities would detain a Thai coming back from West Africa.

Known facts

1. Thai electrics dont need earth

2 Thai water goes uphill

3 Thais cant catch Ebola

Next time pls check the "Thai book of Known Facts" before posting

[Tatsujin]

<slaps forehead> ...when dealing with something so potentially serious and life threatening, why are people given a choice about whether they are detained?

Mind you, I guess the Thai's aren't so worried considering they have a cure for Ebola now. Not sure if it's actually been tested yet however or whether they just made it up.

[Jack Mountain]

Have came to the right country then, Thailand has found a cure against Ebola i read recently ... maybe they have to check out that research center ...

[Borzandy]

Now, I understand why authorities said previously they are ready for Ebola: only let disappear the suspects....

[simondan]

He's got Ebola and he hasnt reported?

He's probably dead guys.

D'oh!!

[chotthee]

If he infected someone, he should be trial for man slaughter.

[Bluespunk]

He's got Ebola and he hasnt reported?

He's probably dead guys.

D'oh!!

Or

he never had it in the first place,

knows he has no symptoms

suspects the reason for the concern around him is his nationality............... and the hue of his skin.