binjalin Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 It happens that I know of a Thai nurse that works in a government hospital in Issan. She is 41 years old and she has been working from the age of 20. The last 10 years she has been working as an Emergency room nurse. She usually works for 56 hours a week, sometimes more, on 8 hour shifts and that includes the night shift from 12 midnight to 8 in the morning about 3 times a week. That does not include when she is on call and that means than she can be called at any time to accompany a patient to Khon Kaen hospital with the ambulance. Sleeping for her consists of about 5 hours a day. On top of that she has to care for her husband, a demanding awkward farang. Her basic salary is 30,000 Baht a month, before tax, plus overtime. When this nurse go home she is totally exhausted after working all these hours and having to deal with uneducated people demanding for her services because as they usually state it's them paying for her and she has to serve them and attend to their headache immediately, doesn't matter if at the moment she is sewing the wounds of another patient that has been on an accident. I have heard many times the doctors asking her opinion on diagnosis of certain patients conditions as she's got a vast experience. That's a little I know about that nurse, that happens to be my wife. you are so poor that you cannot support her without her working 56 hours a week? she could work in a private hospital which is FAR less stressful if she has to work at all! a demanding, awkward farang i do believe! sleeping 5 hours a day? wow look to yourself costas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binjalin Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I have the highest respect for all medical- and care- staff, all over the world! They work hard, are mostly grossly underpaid...you name it. Bad apples here and there. Having said that, mark my words "all over the world", because I don't think they are stressed out more here, than anywhere else. that is true but you take my point that 99% of farang on TVF would go to private hospitals? only costas's wife, I read, works in a government hospital and comes home exhausted and only get's 5 hours sleep a night (she has my genuine sympathy). Private hospitals are far less stressful and the doctors and nurses have more time (because we pay). You would not catch me in a Thai government hospital unless I was poor AND desperate (most farangs, I suspect, are neither). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41krille Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Such sympathy shown by some. Hope some nurse has read them and knows who you are when giving you a jab.You don't even know about medical care in thailand do you. To make such a comment. The nurses never give injections he The nurses never give injections in Thailand, you are so wrong, my wife is a nurse so I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Such sympathy shown by some. Hope some nurse has read them and knows who you are when giving you a jab.You don't even know about medical care in thailand do you. To make such a comment. The nurses never give injections he The nurses never give injections in Thailand, you are so wrong, my wife is a nurse so I know. And yet........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Such sympathy shown by some. Hope some nurse has read them and knows who you are when giving you a jab.You don't even know about medical care in thailand do you. To make such a comment. The nurses never give injections here. You have just shown yourself to be a fool 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobz Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 My gf is a nurse, this article seems to be pretty spot on including the sleeping pills and the stress related teeth grinding in her sleep. Not to mention crazy schedule with two 8 hour shifts in the same day with only 6 hours off between them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hawthorne Posted February 6, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2015 Well obviously too many people on Thai Visa love to show their stupidity on many subjects posted. Maybe it is to incite others, gain another post score or you are just too arrogant and feel your skin color or birth country some how elevates yourself in the chain importance over others. Simple truths in Thailand, the govt hospitals do not have a revenue stream that allows them to pay decent wages to most of its staff nor proper equipment. In the older education selection for state universities people were selected based scores as to the degree they could major from the list 1-5 off personal choices. Many nurses started out at 9,000 baht and after 10 years may reach 20,000 baht but not much higher. With OT they do get close to 30k. When working in the provinces at the smaller hospitals nurses have to ride with the ambulances to take critical patients to other province bigger hospitals. Many nurses die in crashes during this transporting. Many nurses when on standby for these trips pay other more needy nurses to go in their place. My wife who worked in state hospital and Bumrungrad was in ICU and you better hope you have someone as dedicated, caring and as good at CPR. She never lost a patient on her shift. She need give injects, the trachea tubes, stitch up patients and install diapers. So she did it all. When families stopped coming to visit patients after extended stays in ICU the nurses buy diapers for their patients themselves. We no longer live in Thailand but she keeps her license current and plans to return not because she was so well paid but she loves her job. Like all professions there are the more and less capable workers. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrtoad Posted February 6, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 6, 2015 For good Nurses its never just been a job 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby nz Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Such sympathy shown by some. Hope some nurse has read them and knows who you are when giving you a jab.You don't even know about medical care in thailand do you. To make such a comment. The nurses never give injections here. You obviously know absolutely nothing, I have spent a fair bit of time in hospitals in Thailand and can tell you that nurses do indeed give injections, even emergency response ambulance staff give injections I know this as I have had injections from them. And yes nurses are great in this country from ward nurses through registration nurses to specialist nurses such as OR and recovery nurses. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1Str8 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Ah. Now i understand why they are so keen on meeting up from time to time to release that stress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longstaff Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 My only experience here is of my wife being at the Bangkok Hosp in Hua Hin for 4 days. Every time I walked past the nurses station there was a large group all chattering away or playing on their phones; no sign of any work being done. For a private hospital the standard of care was poor compared to private hospitals back in N.Z. They were not attentive, did not anticipate needs, had to be asked to give my wife a wash and change the sheets, had to be repeatedly asked for pain medication. I've never pressed a call button so many times...back in N.Z. I've never pressed a call button once. If those nurses are stressed it sure aint work related! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Viking Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Thai nurses are terrific. Always professional and caring and certainly appear to be highly skilled. I have no experience in other asian countries but the Japanese nurses I've seen on video seem a little bit too familiar and are always taking their uniforms off. Why do they take the uniforms off, do they provide special services? Please provide me the link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Viking Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 It happens that I know of a Thai nurse that works in a government hospital in Issan. She is 41 years old and she has been working from the age of 20. The last 10 years she has been working as an Emergency room nurse. She usually works for 56 hours a week, sometimes more, on 8 hour shifts and that includes the night shift from 12 midnight to 8 in the morning about 3 times a week. That does not include when she is on call and that means than she can be called at any time to accompany a patient to Khon Kaen hospital with the ambulance. Sleeping for her consists of about 5 hours a day. On top of that she has to care for her husband, a demanding awkward farang. Her basic salary is 30,000 Baht a month, before tax, plus overtime. When this nurse go home she is totally exhausted after working all these hours and having to deal with uneducated people demanding for her services because as they usually state it's them paying for her and she has to serve them and attend to their headache immediately, doesn't matter if at the moment she is sewing the wounds of another patient that has been on an accident. I have heard many times the doctors asking her opinion on diagnosis of certain patients conditions as she's got a vast experience. That's a little I know about that nurse, that happens to be my wife. A serious question how old have to be a nurse in government hospital until she can getting a pension and how much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German Viking Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I have the highest respect for all medical- and care- staff, all over the world! They work hard, are mostly grossly underpaid...you name it. Bad apples here and there. Having said that, mark my words "all over the world", because I don't think they are stressed out more here, than anywhere else. IMO is this a question of individuals as you said, the are idiots on all sites patients, relatives, nurses and doctors. "If you shouting into the woods, then you will getting an echo probably louder". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costas2008 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 It happens that I know of a Thai nurse that works in a government hospital in Issan. She is 41 years old and she has been working from the age of 20. The last 10 years she has been working as an Emergency room nurse. She usually works for 56 hours a week, sometimes more, on 8 hour shifts and that includes the night shift from 12 midnight to 8 in the morning about 3 times a week. That does not include when she is on call and that means than she can be called at any time to accompany a patient to Khon Kaen hospital with the ambulance. Sleeping for her consists of about 5 hours a day. On top of that she has to care for her husband, a demanding awkward farang. Her basic salary is 30,000 Baht a month, before tax, plus overtime. When this nurse go home she is totally exhausted after working all these hours and having to deal with uneducated people demanding for her services because as they usually state it's them paying for her and she has to serve them and attend to their headache immediately, doesn't matter if at the moment she is sewing the wounds of another patient that has been on an accident. I have heard many times the doctors asking her opinion on diagnosis of certain patients conditions as she's got a vast experience. That's a little I know about that nurse, that happens to be my wife. A serious question how old have to be a nurse in government hospital until she can getting a pension and how much? According to my wife, she can get her pension after 25 years of working as a nurse. Pension is calculated according to her last salary but she is not sure what the percentage is. Sorry can't help you more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinneil Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 More than most posters on TV, i am in a position to speak about nurses in Thailand. As many posters know , because of a post made my my friend Costas, i had a serious accident in 2013. Ispent 7 very long months in Khonkaen hospital, was cared for by many different nurses some good, some exellent, some down right lazy( small minority). Posters on here who have not experienced what i have and who say some stupid comments about Thai nurses like nurses in Manchester in my book stupid useless comments comparing Thai nurse to UK nurses should SHUT UP. I have had nurses taking care of me in KK, who are nearly dead on there feet, due to the crazy shifts they are expected to work. Also comments made by Costas about his wifes shifts i know to be correct. I know her, Costas and his wife visited me 1 afternoon she had finished work 8am they had to leave (time 17.45) so she could catch a few hours sleep before starting work again at 00..00. Thai nurses work harder longer than UK nurses for a pittance, UK nurse earns in 3 days what a Thai nurse earns in a month. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemac Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Such sympathy shown by some. Hope some nurse has read them and knows who you are when giving you a jab.You don't even know about medical care in thailand do you. To make such a comment. The nurses never give injections here. I'll have to find out who inserted my IV lines (painlessly) and gave me jabs throughout the night. Looked like a nurse, talked like a nurse and even walked like a nurse in ridiculous white high heel clomping shoes. If the person "looked like a nurse, talked like a nurse and even walked like a nurse in ridiculous white high heel clomping shoes", then it probably was a nurse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mikemac Posted February 7, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2015 I have to laugh at some of the negative comments regarding Thai nurses, how desperate some posters are to ridicule, insult and denigrate anything and anyone "Thai'. Get a life you people, turn your computers off and go for a walk and actually interact with some of the locals, you may even meet some who you don't need to look down your noses at. I have has a few encounters with Thai nurses, in both medical and dental situations, and found them to be very caring and dedicated people. The nurses at McCormick Hospital in Chiang Mai, where our son was born, were amazing and looked after us like family. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo860 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Such sympathy shown by some. Hope some nurse has read them and knows who you are when giving you a jab.You don't even know about medical care in thailand do you. To make such a comment. The nurses never give injections here. I'll have to find out who inserted my IV lines (painlessly) and gave me jabs throughout the night. Looked like a nurse, talked like a nurse and even walked like a nurse in ridiculous white high heel clomping shoes. If the person "looked like a nurse, talked like a nurse and even walked like a nurse in ridiculous white high heel clomping shoes", then it probably was a nurse. Oh Matron!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo860 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Nurses like they used to be!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemac Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 It happens that I know of a Thai nurse that works in a government hospital in Issan. She is 41 years old and she has been working from the age of 20. The last 10 years she has been working as an Emergency room nurse. She usually works for 56 hours a week, sometimes more, on 8 hour shifts and that includes the night shift from 12 midnight to 8 in the morning about 3 times a week. That does not include when she is on call and that means than she can be called at any time to accompany a patient to Khon Kaen hospital with the ambulance. Sleeping for her consists of about 5 hours a day. On top of that she has to care for her husband, a demanding awkward farang. Her basic salary is 30,000 Baht a month, before tax, plus overtime. When this nurse go home she is totally exhausted after working all these hours and having to deal with uneducated people demanding for her services because as they usually state it's them paying for her and she has to serve them and attend to their headache immediately, doesn't matter if at the moment she is sewing the wounds of another patient that has been on an accident. I have heard many times the doctors asking her opinion on diagnosis of certain patients conditions as she's got a vast experience. That's a little I know about that nurse, that happens to be my wife. you are so poor that you cannot support her without her working 56 hours a week? she could work in a private hospital which is FAR less stressful if she has to work at all! a demanding, awkward farang i do believe! sleeping 5 hours a day? wow look to yourself costas Your ridiculous comment has confirmed what I have thought for while now, binjalin. Thanks for that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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