Bangkok: Police and the public turn up in droves for Covid tests at Police Hospital

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that a great number of police and the general public turned up for Covid-19 tests at the Police Hospital in Bangkok yesterday. 

 

This followed an outbreak at the RTP HQ in Pathumwan. 

 

Policemen and women and civil servants connected to the force got the tests for free.

 

The general public - 100% in masks - had to pay 2,200 baht with an extra 400 baht on top for a 40 minute express results service. 

 

Floors 17-19 at RTP HQ had been sprayed. 

 

Picture: Daily News

 

Spokesman Pol Maj-Gen Yingyot Thepjamnong expressed concern for the police and the public.

 

He reported 42 cases of police being infected nationwide yesterday. 

 

A Thaivisa reporter said that a large queue of cars formed at Viphavadee Hospital in the northern part of the city as nurses and officials in full protection suits catered to the public at a drive-in testing facility at the hospital. 

 

 

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[Phuketshrew]

10 minutes ago, webfact said:

The general public - 100% in masks - had to pay 2,200 baht with an extra 400 baht on top for a 40 minute express results service. 

Absolutely ridiculous. Testing and Vaccinations should be without charge.

[Bkk Brian]

24 minutes ago, webfact said:

The general public - 100% in masks - had to pay 2,200 baht with an extra 400 baht on top for a 40 minute express results service. 

This is farce, a sick example of the lack of preparation and planning. Some normal hospitals in Bangkok cancelling covid tests, the public pro actively seeks out the Police Hospital and then faces a large fee for a test that in this outbreak needs to be free for all.

 

Makes a complete mockery of the true numbers of infected and a complete disregard for the health of the people.

 

The daily new positive cases being announced daily is completely under reported and without basic stats of the number of people infected will only facilitate its spread further and quicker.

[petermik]

8 hours ago, Phuketshrew said:

Absolutely ridiculous. Testing and Vaccinations should be without charge.

You cannot be serious...TIT and making money is the number one requirement.....

health and welfare of the people are not in the top 10

[pixelaoffy]

Why the suprise? The whole country is a basket case. Miserable failure

[whaleboneman]

I suspect hanging around in that line-up would be a good way to catch a nasty virus.

[Excel]

1 hour ago, Phuketshrew said:

Absolutely ridiculous. Testing and Vaccinations should be without charge.

TIT, scamming is endemic

[richard_smith237]

6 minutes ago, whaleboneman said:

I suspect hanging around in that line-up would be a good way to catch a nasty virus.

 

Exactly that...   The information should have been very clear. 

 

Anyone who thinks they may have been exposed isolate for two weeks. If people are prepared to pay 2,200 baht for a test, they ‘may’ isolate, those who are unable to isolate offer a greater number of test facilities around the capital not just on one ‘nodal hotspot’.

 

All that has been done here is to potentially create a  'super-spreder' event where people ‘may’ come into contact with others who are carrying SARS-CoV-2, and are immediately tested, of course test negative but develop covid-19 after a few days, these people think they are negative because they were tested a few days ago - Bingo, we have swathes of people convinced they are not carriers going on about their daily lives.

 

 

[Excel]

34 minutes ago, pixelaoffy said:

Why the suprise? The whole country is a basket case. Miserable failure

That's not true and quite unfair to the many sensible ordinary Thai people. The real basket cases are those that due to privilege, who they know or money or a combination of all 3 they consider themselves better then others. They are the real baskets cases most of whom have a hand in running, or trying to, running this country for their own benefit.

[pixelaoffy]

28 minutes ago, Excel said:

That's not true and quite unfair to the many sensible ordinary Thai people. The real basket cases are those that due to privilege, who they know or money or a combination of all 3 they consider themselves better then others. They are the real baskets cases most of whom have a hand in running, or trying to, running this country for their own benefit.

The country is defined by its governance .. a basket case is the definition. Not referencing many of the ordinary sensible ..if rather naive Thais 

[Petey11]

40 min rapid result, sounds like cross lateral flow tests been used, free to everyone in the uk now, twice weekly if you want, but a positive still requires a PCR confirmation. 

[RichardColeman]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The general public - 100% in masks - had to pay 2,200 baht with an extra 400 baht on top for a 40 minute express results service. 

What poor Thai in their right mind is going to spend a weeks income on a covid test - or an entire months money for the family ?  This is going to spread like wild fire now due to Thailand's incompetent (and expensive now) testing regime.

 

But hey, I'm sure there'll be people on here saying how well Thailand is doing with covid and testing. 

[hotchilli]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Policemen and women and civil servants connected to the force got the tests for free.

 

The general public - 100% in masks - had to pay 2,200 baht with an extra 400 baht on top for a 40 minute express results service. 

Kinda nice to know where you stand in the status line.

[JamieM]

2200bht is a weeks wages for the working class Thai no wonder such low numbers.

 

They are having to make a decision to eat this week or have a test...

[mancub]

Publishing a timeline of your average positively- tested policeman would be somewhat enlightening.  Imagine a fair number of doughnut joints, karaoke bars and underground lottery operators would be twitching.

[sherwood]

I needed a good laugh today and now I am satisfied. 

Fair dinkum, what a funny place Thailand is.

[hotchilli]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

Policemen and women and civil servants connected to the force got the tests for free.

 

The general public - 100% in masks - had to pay 2,200 baht with an extra 400 baht on top for a 40 minute express results service.

So those who can afford it get it for free, those who might be a bit tight have to pay...

one sure way to discourage those who don't have the spare cash for a test to stay low until symptoms show then go get help... a recipe for another disaster looming.