The hospital director has already provided some initial aid to the family,” she said. Panpimol also said that personnel in hospital emergency units normally screened patients to discern if their condition required emergency treatment or they could be treated as per normal procedures. A doctor diagnosed the girl with ulcerative colitis and provided her appropriate medicine before sending her home, he said. Phusadol said the hospital handled 400 patients daily and when a patient’s high fever has lowered, doctors may recommend that they recover at home. The emergency unit was not closed and verifying the patient’s card and information could have been done after the emergency patient had received needed treatment.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 07, 2018 06:56 UTC