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2 Thai Hospitals Refuse to Admit Suspected MERS

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    Posted: June 25 2015 at 3:20am
Thailand is getting a little confusing.  Starting to remind me of the missing plane fiasco.  Hospitals are currently turning away suspected cases?  Are they about to have a huge outbreak?   In this article it says quarantine was lifted on 176 suspected cases showing suspicious symptoms, which is prior to the 14 day incubation.   This is starting to get a little crazy.




2 Thai Hospitals Refuse to Admit Suspected MERS Patients: Officials


Government officials attend a meeting about efforts to contain a potential MERS outbreak at the Ministry of Public Health in Bangkok, 22 June 2015

BANGKOK — Thai public health officials have reprimanded two private hospitals for refusing to accept patients who were suspected of having Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).

According to Boonrueng Trairuengworarat, director of Thailand’s Department of Health Service Support, staff at the two private hospitals turned away patients from Middle Eastern countries because they were afraid they might be infected with MERS coronavirus. Boonrueng did not identify the two hospitals by name. 

"In the past week, there have been cases of staff at the two private hospitals who have refused to admit patients as soon as they realized that they came from risk-countries. They then called taxis to take those patients to [state-owned] Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute instead," Boonrueng told reporters yesterday.

The director said the practice violates both medical ethics and the laws like the Disease Control Act, which carries a penalty of 6 months in prison and a 10,000 baht fine for rejecting patients with dangerous communicable diseases. 

"Soon there will be a random inspection of private hospitals and clinics to prevent this from happening again," said Boonrueng. "I have already reprimanded the staff in this case." 

Thai public health officials are currently working to contain a potential MERS outbreak after the first case - a 75-year-old man from Oman - was detected in the Kingdom on 18 June. 

The vast majority of MERS infections have originated in Saudi Arabia, but the coronavirus has killed at least 27 people in South Korea in the past month. There is no specific cure or vaccine for the disease. 

Speaking to reporters yesterday, Minister of Public Health Rachata Rachatanawin said he has asked all hospitals to quarantine suspected MERS patients for 14 days, instead of turning them away. He told reporters that the Ministry of Public Health will cover the costs of the quarantine procedures. 

Rachata stressed that Thailand still has only one confirmed case of MERS infection, and that some of the 176 people who have been quarantined for suspicious symptoms have already been released.  

"It won't affect tourism because we won't bar any travel to Thailand,” Rachata said. "We also have a health inspection system for people who travel from South Korea and the Middle East, which are considered risk-countries."

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote cobber Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 25 2015 at 8:01am
This aligns well with my prediction..
I suspected an outbreak has occurred and the medical fraternity know about it. However the press haven't run with the news.

This explains this reaction to turning away patients. (i think)

Just Google their press constraints. It seems Thailand isn't as free as i thought.
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I tend to think Thailand is covering some cases and the news has spread to various hospitals.  Thailand is big on tourism, which equates to money.  Announcing any MERS cases would cost them big time.   The WHO also puts money and economics first so they will stay clear of this one.  

Speaking of the WHO, the WHO again was recently "praising" South Korea in controlling MERS, as cases continue to mount, and after they covered the initial outbreak.   Anytime Chan praises, lookout.    Once the WHO starts condemning these Asian countries and taking charge, we will be a lot better off. 

The WHO has completely gone along with the concealing the Thai family members of the first case and has been dead silent - which is again because of the money involved with the tourism.  Trusting the WHO in the next pandemic, well,  won't be happening with me
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Power is also in play. If the public finds out about their incompetency then they will lose their government jobs.
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Thailand Medical Tourism


Thailand, a popular tourist location in the heart of Southeast Asia, has gained recognition as a credible medical tourism destination as well. Ranked 47th by the World Health Organization, the Thai healthcare system has also been well recognized by the US consular information sheet. No wonder, large numbers of medical tourists head to this country every year, to avail excellent healthcare facilities at highly competitive prices.

http://www.medicaltourismco.com/medical-tourism-in-thailand/


This is big business in Thailand!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote cobber Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2015 at 6:05am
My wife just said lets go there for holidays!!!!
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no joke she spent all day researching places to go and she pick Thailand
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