Dr. Suphat urges the government to let the people. Self-test for COVID by doing home isolation to help without a big lockdown.
Dr. Suphat Hasuwanakij, President of the Rural Medical Club Doctor, activist and community rights activist Post messages via facebook Dr. Suphat Hasuwanakij The message says
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It’s time for people to have access to self-testing for COVID.
Vaccines are few. The queue for COVID testing is very long. Will there be a way to survive? News that people who feel that they are at risk of contracting COVID-19 Had to line up to sleep on Tak Yung Road to reserve the queue from dusk. To get a covid check swap queue that morning is very depressing. This phenomenon indicates the suffering of Thai people. Suffering from concerns that he has been infected with Covid and is already serious Still suffering from queuing and waiting in line to get tested for covids again Do we have a better solution? It’s 2021 already.
In foreign countries where he had encountered a large outbreak before such as in England. He used that method Anyone who suspects that they are infected with covid can be reported to the health department He will then send a self rapid Ag test for COVID to be tested by himself. By taking the stick that is in the nose prick test kit and inserting it into the test kit. will result in positive or negative Although there may be some discrepancies in the results But it makes people know the results of self-management better. That is, if it gives a positive result, you will be able to seriously detain yourself. Observe if symptoms worsen so you can try to contact the hospital. If the result is negative, then you will feel better. but still have to keep distance from others
Most rt-PCR tests take 24-48 hours to know the results, and the cost is high. The market price is 3,000 baht. The cost of the lab examination, excluding swap charges, is about 1,000 baht. Suitable for situations that require precision in diagnosis such as intensive care, surgery patients. Patients who need to be hospitalized
As for the self swab rapid test, the self-testing kit for COVID The nasal passage is also a more accurate alternative to the saliva test. and suitable for use in high-risk groups and want to know if they are infected with COVID or not The cost price is about 300-400 baht per test, which this technology is sold in many brands. But in Thailand, because the Department of Medical Sciences does not endorse this type of test kit. Therefore, it has not been sold or used in Thailand.
The current covid epidemic is severe and widespread. Only having a testing site in a hospital or a mobile testing unit is not enough. We should all have access to self-testing kits for COVID. Likewise, you can buy a pregnancy test kit yourself from a drugstore and check it yourself. Once the results are known, they will be able to act properly. Self-testing for COVID is not difficult. The monopoly of COVID testing to hospitals is causing great suffering to the people.
Importantly, if people can test for COVID by themselves The number of infected people per day is sure to increase by more than 2-3 times. and when such a large number of positive There would be no way that a hospital or a field hospital would be enough. Home quarantine or Home Isolation will definitely be a system that must follow.
It is time for Thailand to accept the fact that The outbreak was very heavy and out of control. and must give the people Able to self-test for COVID and have a home quarantine system. To have hospital dependency only for moderately symptomatic illnesses and above.
There are few vaccines. Covid testing had to wait in line overnight. Like this, Thailand will not survive, Mr. Prayut. must be open to the public to be able to self-test for COVID And this will help eliminate the need for a big lockdown. Because if people who are at risk groups can easily test for COVID by themselves He would quarantine himself at home. do not spread the infection The spread of the disease will gradually decrease. Without the lockdown for the economy to collapse
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