PM Prayut: 'No MERS patient in Thailand yet'

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PM Prayut: 'No MERS patient in Thailand yet'
While a local media report claimed that Thailand's first case of MERS had been detected in the country, the Prime Minister and Public Health Minister said that no case had been confirmed.

BANGKOK: The first case of Middle East Respiratory Disease (MERS) has been detected in Thailand, according to local media reports on Thursday (Jun 18).

However, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told Voice TV that no MERS patient had been diagnosed in Thailand yet, while the Public Health Minister Rajata Rajatanavin said the authorities were still waiting to confirm lab results.

According to the Director-General of the Department of Medical Sciences, Dr Apichai Mongkol, the first lab result was negative, and they were awaiting a second test.

Full story: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/pm-prayut-no-mers-patient/1924032.html

-- CHANNEL NEWSASIA 2015-06-18

RELATED: First MERS case confirmed in Thailand: public health minister

[Chao Lao Beach]

Maybe a good place to start is to put soap into Public Hospitals toilets, shopping centers and schools........ on second thoughts, TIT

[little mary sunshine]

YET!! Hope all Hospitals are doing staff training

For Identifing MERS Patients and have isolation

Facilities ready.

[maidee]

they put my wife's grandmother in a room with 4 people with serious conditions

3 other people are DEAD

grandmother has 3 deadly bacteria now in her body

[HenryB]

they put my wife's grandmother in a room with 4 people with serious conditions

3 other people are DEAD

grandmother has 3 deadly bacteria now in her body

I am sorry you didn't put the grandmother in a Private Hospital

Spring for the mother you part of the family now

[torpedo1970]

Yeah right....

AFP have sent out news to Europe that first case is seen in Thailand..... so European news already publishing it....

But, if one denies it enough, it might never have happened...

TIT

[HooHaa]

he just cant help himself, can he?

[Dibbler]

Aha but we speak too soon

[geriatrickid]

they put my wife's grandmother in a room with 4 people with serious conditions

3 other people are DEAD

grandmother has 3 deadly bacteria now in her body

And you know the cause of death of the 3 other patients because?????????

What were their ages, reasons for hospitalization etc.

Your grandmother most likely has 3 deadly bacteria in and on her body. Try 100+ She also has viruses and retro viruses, mold, mold spores and fungi.

So do you.

So what are these 3 deadly bacteria?

[geriatrickid]

YET!! Hope all Hospitals are doing staff training

For Identifing MERS Patients and have isolation

Facilities ready.

No hospital in the world has the capacity or capability of treating large numbers of patients with contagious respiratory diseases. Not even the USA. Thailand's wards and room set up were initially based on the standard western methods and moved to the US system which focused on cost.

The typical large hospital cardiology floor has 1-3 isolation rooms out of 20-30 rooms. Patients are not always put into isolation because they are contagious. In many cases, it is because they are weak with damaged immune systems or failing hearts. On any given day, most of the isolation rooms are in use at a hospital. If infectious disease patients arrive, the hospitals will have to play lotto on who will be protected and who will not. Non infected patients will die because they will not be protected in the isolation rooms.

The cost of retrofitting hospitals to respond for the threat of pandemics would eat up Thailand's budget for submarines. It would certainly require the sale of a few army golf courses and/or resorts.

[little mary sunshine]

Bangkok Pattaya as well as Pattaya memoeial are all single rooms. They could

Easily,be used As isolation room, especially in an emergency situation

[worgeordie]

Its supposed to be contacted from Camels,not the cigarettes,

who know what these Arabs get up to with there favorite Camel.

regards worgeordie

[phoenixdoglover]

The case is confirmed. A 75 year old guy from Oman traveling with his family. Within a few days, the Thai health authorities should have the family and health care workers isolated or quarantined (if they are doing their job).

If they don't do that, get ready for an outbreak at the hospital, as happened in Korea

Edited June 18, 2015 by phoenixdoglover

[clockman]

They love to make premature statements, And then lose face!

[Jimlove]

Does anyone ever speak the truth here or ...?

[djjamie]

Too late...There is a patient.

Prayut needs to delegate more...He has enough on his plate with the return to democracy....He cannot be a doctor as well.

[Anthony5]

Too late...There is a patient.

Prayut needs to delegate more...He has enough on his plate with the return to democracy....He cannot be a doctor as well.

[DM07]

...and only 8 hours later...

[TheAppletons]

Too late...There is a patient.

Prayut needs to delegate more...He has enough on his plate with the return to democracy....He cannot be a doctor as well.

Yeah that perplexing lottery issue is a real drain on a self-proclaimed leader's schedule.

[NongKhaiKid]

Does anyone ever speak the truth here or ...?

Ah Glasshoppa you have much to learn.

[LannaGuy]

well our Dear General has now deemed Thailand has NO Mers to go with NO prostitution, NO gambling and only 'Happiness'

I'm now waiting for a Press Conference to announce the 'cure' for MERS to go with the Ebola cure they announced with fanfare recently

'Thainess' at it's best and of course it's all Thaksins Fault