Monday, May 16, 2005

Another visit to a Thai emergency room...

Another visit to a Thai emergency room...

This time for a dog bite. There are stray and not-so-stray dogs roaming around Mae Sot, especially at night. Jenny got chased while riding her bike (a booze-run to 7-11) by two vicious hounds, one of whom nicked her leg.
We went to the ER for the rabies vaccine. Tetanus toxoid (I don't know why), amoxicillin, Tylenol, and the rabies series costs 2132 BHT (about $55); compare that to the $1000 it would cost for the vaccine in the States.
It was a Friday night at the ER at 11 pm and the were two other patients there. We didn't have to wait. It took longer to register than to receive the care. The hospital was really clean, but still about the same as the one in Krabi.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dude! whats up? I have been very lazy in keeping up with your travels, but every once i check in... looks like things are going well... despite the vicious dogs... I hardly recognized you with all that hair... I'll shoot you an email on your hotmail account... late dude
TC

Anonymous said...

Great to read you about your travels!! Nice chin piece and hair. Will continue to follow. All the best - KK