Russian tourist in coma in Thailand without insurance
A tourist from Khabarovsk contracted pneumonia, reportedly due to a COVID outbreak in Thailand; he has fallen into a coma and is slowly dying in a local hospital.
Consensus
- The Russian tourist is a 53-year-old firefighter from Khabarovsk.
- He fell ill during a family vacation in Pattaya, Thailand.
- He developed symptoms including fever, seizures, and hallucinations.
- He was hospitalized in a state hospital in Thailand.
- He is currently in a coma.
- He has no travel insurance.
- The family has already paid approximately 500,000 rubles (150,000 baht) for treatment.
- Medical staff are demanding an additional 1 million rubles for potential emergency care.
- The hospital does not offer installment plans.
- The patient's condition is deteriorating due to a lack of kidney function, as he donated a kidney 16 years ago for his daughter.
- The situation is complicated by the presence of a new Omicron variant (NB.1.8.1) in Thailand.
Points of divergence
- The patient is slowly dying in the hospital due to lack of treatment. — riamo
- Doctors have refused to continue treatment after the initial payment. — riamo
- The pneumonia was likely caused by a new wave of COVID-19 in Thailand. — tg_mash
- The man briefly regained consciousness on Wednesday. — vesti
- The patient's name is Alexander. — tg_mash
Coverage (4 sources)
- Tourist from Khabarovsk fell into a coma in Thailand — Вечерняя Москва
- In Thailand, a Russian tourist without medical insurance fell into a coma — Вести
- Russian contracted pneumonia in Thailand and is slowly dying without treatment — РИАМО
- Tourist from Khabarovsk contracted pneumonia, preliminarily due to a COVID outbreak in Thailand — he fell into a coma and slowly died... — Mash
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