Bangkok: Thailand meldete am Dienstag (27. April) 15 neue Todesfälle durch Coronaviren – neuer Tagesrekord

Und hier noch etwas Realitaet aus dem Covid Wunderland:

A lonely death, through the eyes of his friend

Final days of a man health authorities failed to help are terribly sad

published : 28 Apr 2021 at 05:00

For a friend, it was traumatic to learn of Ek's suffering while waiting for the result of a Covid-19 test. But it was heart-breaking to know the wait had killed the man who died a lonely death.

Ek, 45, returned to his home province of Nong Khai where he spent his Songkran holiday with family in the middle of this month.

Sometime after flying back to Bangkok on April 15, Ek was told a relative he met during Songkran had tested positive for the virus.

Ek's close contact with the relative placed him in a high-risk group. He immediately went for a test which revealed he was free of Covid-19 although he would need a second test. He tried, in vain, to book an appointment at a major state-run hospital on April 20.

His friend, Bew, said Ek handed the hospital a doctor's letter he received from the first test which rated his risk of contracting the virus as high.

The hospital told Ek it only had capacity to test 20 people per day and advised him to go early to secure an appointment. The next day, he showed up at the hospital at 5.30am only to learn the appointment slots for that day had already been filled. A nurse said he might have better luck next time.

Ek returned to his condo feeling unwell. He was tired and began to cough. He bought over-the-counter medicine to relieve his condition and went into isolation in his room. Seeing the wait was too long at the hospital, Ek opted to apply online for the test at one of the venues run by the Social Security Office in Bangkok.

Because he registered for his social security in Nong Khai, the provincial security office later called him and promised to arrange for him to be tested at a venue in Bangkok.

On April 24, the office confirmed it had put Ek down for a Covid test appointment on April 27, according to Bew. By this time, Ek's health was deteriorating.

"But he insisted on going for the test on April 27 to avoid a long queue. Ek told me on the phone that he had no fever, only a cough. He said he was still 'hanging in there,' " Bew said.

Ek said he wouldn't be able to answer phone calls too often as he was exhausted. He also rarely replied to messages on his Line chat app.

Bew suggested to Ek he should see the doctor immediately. Ek was hesitant, saying he did not want to be turned away at the hospital again.

During what would be the last phone conversation between two friends, Ek told Bew he had to stay strong as the April 27 test appointment was only a day away. However, Ek's voice was growing weak and his speech disoriented.

Alarmed by his friend's worsening condition, Bew got in touch with a receptionist at Ek's condo who alerted the 1669 Covid-19 hotline.

A hotline officer insisted on talking to the sick person or his immediate family member to decide whether his condition was serious enough to send for an ambulance to pick him up.

Bew then called the Nong Khai social security office which said it could not help because the case was being handled by the Bangkok office. He then contacted the 1330 hotline which said it would serve only confirmed Covid-19 cases. In the meantime, Ek texted Bew, saying he was mustering the energy to stay strong.

Rescuers went to Ek's condo at 10am on Monday and forced their way into his room, where they found him unconscious. Attempts to revive him were futile. He died there soon afterwards.

Die Buerokratie ist in vielen Laendern toedlicher als jedes Virus.

Und Thailand ist dabei wirklich ganz vorn dabei.

Ich war in vielen Diktaturen Afrikas und Suedamerikas und den "realsozialistischen"

Laendern Europas und habe dort viele Absonderheiten menschlichen Geistes erlebt.

Aber das heutige Thailand ist ganz vorne mit dabei.

Wobei es in TH nicht nur die Staatsbuerokratie ist sondern auch Privatfirmen

die angeblich nach marktwirtschaftlich kapitalistischen Kriterien gefuehrt werden.

Buerokratie ist auch meistens unmenschlich weil die Menschen die sie betreiben

keinen vernuenftigen  Job gefunden haben und die Buerokratie ihre letzte Hoffnung ist.

Eines ist wohl allen Buerokraten gemeinsam: Sie verstehen nicht aus welchem Grunde

und mit welchem Ziel Gesetze und Verordnungen erlassen wurden.

Besonders in einem Lande wie Thailand wo die meisten nicht ueber ihren Loeffelrand

hinaussehen koennen und ein Selfie ihr einziges Weltbild ist.

Und um auf diesen Fall zurueckzukommen:

20 Covid Tests pro Tag…… wo bleibt denn da die thailaendische Covid Wunderwaffe CCSA?

Na ja, im Fernsehen um zu erklaeren warum Thailand so viel besser ist als andere Laender.

Obwohl man inzwischen schon vom 145. Platz der Covid Suender auf  Platz 104 gestiegen ist.