Popular Post webfact Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 Diarrhoea-hit family get Bt40,000 hospital bill after eating at “fine-dining” restaurant By The Nation A family who suffered severe diarrhoea after allegedly eating at a fine-dining restaurant in Bangkok’s Ari neighbourhood had to shell out Bt40,000 for hospital treatment. A Twitter user revealed that her family had eaten dishes, including sea urchin and capelin at the chef’s-table-style restaurant, which has only 10 seats. Her hospital bill came to about Bt20,000, but the family ended up paying another Bt20,000 after her mother, brother and friend were also hit with diarrhoea six hours later. She then contacted the restaurant, They denied it was their fault, claiming if it was because of their food, the family would have experienced diarrhoea in less than six hours. The restaurant flatly refused to take any responsibility. Thai netizens were quick to voice their opinions, and some of them wanted the restaurant’s name to be revealed so they could avoid the same fate. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30392155 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-07-30 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) Nobody forced them to use private hospitals. Would have cost them nothing at the local government hospital. Or they could have purchased a packet of Loperamide (Imodium) for 20bht. Edited July 30, 2020 by BritManToo 30 3 4 8 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pixelaoffy Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 Sea food in Thai restaurants in Bangkok. Leathal 19 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 7 minutes ago, webfact said: severe diarrhoea dirty water for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scammed Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, BritManToo said: Nobody forced them to use private hospitals. Would have cost them nothing at the local government hospital. Or they could have purchased a packet of Loperamide (Immodium) for 20bht. ime, it takes antibiotic to kill off the bacteria, immodium could well make it worse 31 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Sounds like their big turnout was from the urchins at the fine dining restaurant surely ???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thequietman Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 17 minutes ago, webfact said: wanted the restaurant’s name to be revealed so they could avoid the same fate. Cannot. ???? 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nausea Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 Sea food is always a gamble in Thailand; the one time I had food poisoning here was after eating oysters at an open air restaurant in Soi 7, Sukumvit. Steered away from oysters ever since, some kind of Pavlovian response. No 40,000bt bill though, retreated to my hotel room and sent the SO out to pick up some stuff from the local pharmacy - throwing up and <deleted>ting became my lifestyle for a couple of days. It's a good way to bond though, when you're like dependent on another person, kind of reversal of roles, weird as that might seem. Ah, the good old days. 15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 2long Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 The type and strength of the toxin is directly connected to how quickly the body reacts. If one member got it within 12-18 hours, and the others got it as well, then it is for sure from the same source. But yeah, who forced them to go to a private hospital? As for immodium, I feel that it's safer to let things go through (and keep hydrated) than to block bad contents inside. The body knows best! 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CGW Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 6 minutes ago, 2long said: As for immodium, I feel that it's safer to let things go through (and keep hydrated) than to block bad contents inside. The body knows best! 100% agree, on the rare occasion I do get a bug I take a dose of epsom salts to get rid of the <deleted> as quickly as possible and drink lots of water with some minerals. 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluesofa Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 10 minutes ago, CGW said: 100% agree, on the rare occasion I do get a bug I take a dose of epsom salts to get rid of the <deleted> as quickly as possible and drink lots of water with some minerals. 49 minutes ago, webfact said: claiming if it was because of their food, the family would have experienced diarrhoea in less than six hours I suppose they could take the Epsom Salts to pass the time away. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post soi3eddie Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 I live nearby and know this place. It's been on my wish list of places to visit for a while. It looked good and has good reviews (until now). Sea Urchin and Capelin would not be my choice of food but their other stuff looks much safer. I wonder if they'll stay in business much longer as the Ari HiSo's will soon spread word of their sickness. 40,000 Baht for diarrhoea is excessive. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Berkshire Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 This story doesn't make sense. Everyone who's lived in Thailand long enough must have been hit with the diarrhea before, or some manner of food poisoning. I certainly have, one time so severe that I had painful stomach cramps, fatigue, and diarrhea for days. But I never bothered to go to the hospital and recovered. So to pay 40,000 bt for diarrhea....bizarre. 11 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tingtongfarang Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I,m very happy to to be allergic to any sea food, BC i worked at a clinic in HK, more than half the cases were seafood poisoning 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Orton Rd Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 Never happened to me but then not eaten this muck for 48 years, fish belong in the water not in yer guts ???? 3 2 3 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 hour ago, webfact said: claiming if it was because of their food, the family would have experienced diarrhoea in less than six hours Restaurant must have a lot of experience with diarrhoea to give out medical advice. 3 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cardinalblue Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 Why the attack on private hospital usage? If they can afford it, why go to a low level gov hospital with the commoners, long waits and stingy farangs... and yes, those hospitals wrongly treat this illness with expensive drugs for profit when all what is needed is hydration... diarrhea is a natural body response mechanism to rid the bug asap...proper and correct treatment is hydration and no expensive IV antibiotics needed for simple diarrhea... county PH should follow up with an investigation of the restaurant....that’s their job and responsibility.. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post richard_smith237 Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, RichardColeman said: 1 hour ago, webfact said: claiming if it was because of their food, the family would have experienced diarrhoea in less than six hours Restaurant must have a lot of experience with diarrhoea to give out medical advice. Most people know that acute food poisoning has a relatively quick lag time (less than 6 hours). The restaurant may well be correct. Additionally, if the restaurant was to blame, would other diners have become unwell (there were 10 seats at the chefs table) - unless the family ate one dish the other diners didn’t, i.e. sea urchin. If the restaurant was prepared to be responsible it could isolate what the family at which no one else ate and have samples tested (it’s of course too late now, a few days after the event). The food poisoning could well have come from the families own home. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunFred Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 Thai defamation laws insure that the restaurant will not be identified. That would be legally actionable. Amazing Thailand. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steven100 Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 hour ago, webfact said: including sea urchin and capelin anyone dinning on those is asking for trouble. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scammed Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 22 minutes ago, Berkshire said: This story doesn't make sense. Everyone who's lived in Thailand long enough must have been hit with the diarrhea before, or some manner of food poisoning. I certainly have, one time so severe that I had painful stomach cramps, fatigue, and diarrhea for days. But I never bothered to go to the hospital and recovered. So to pay 40,000 bt for diarrhea....bizarre. i was once so weakened that i got rolled into the hospital in a wheelchair, you really should get on antibiotic on 2nd day at the latest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven100 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 how was dinner dear ! lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 hour ago, webfact said: which has only 10 seats. half of which are out of action after this .. 1 hour ago, webfact said: had to shell out groan .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, steven100 said: how was dinner dear ! lol Or to rephrase that: How dear was dinner? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 maybe the family went 'private' under the assumption the huge Bill would be forced down the Restaurants throats - a sort of 'punishment' that has now backfired 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toofarnorth Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 57 minutes ago, 2long said: The type and strength of the toxin is directly connected to how quickly the body reacts. If one member got it within 12-18 hours, and the others got it as well, then it is for sure from the same source. But yeah, who forced them to go to a private hospital? As for immodium, I feel that it's safer to let things go through (and keep hydrated) than to block bad contents inside. The body knows best! I think your last para. is right. If you have to go out take immodium if staying in just sit on the crapper till it passes ( no pun intended ). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Justgrazing Posted July 30, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2020 13 minutes ago, steven100 said: anyone dinning on those is asking for trouble. Indeed can make you quite eel those .. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, tifino said: maybe the family went 'private' under the assumption the huge Bill would be forced down the Restaurants throats - a sort of 'punishment' that has now backfired 'the huge Bill would be forced down the Restaurants throats' It was all seafood, no pelicans on the menu at all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Justgrazing said: 15 minutes ago, steven100 said: anyone dinning on those is asking for trouble. Indeed can make you quite eel those .. Oh do just be quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansnl Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 hour ago, BritManToo said: Nobody forced them to use private hospitals. Would have cost them nothing at the local government hospital. Or they could have purchased a packet of Loperamide (Imodium) for 20bht. I agree about the choice of hospital. But imodium might help. Or not. And then you need something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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