Michael Hussey tests postive for COVID-19 in India: Reports

I have heard about Thailand for cosmetic surgeries, a combination with tourism, extended stays. Given there is no cost advantage wrt India, I don't think anyone would prefer healthcare in a foreign country - which could require an extended stay, and even after that problems and corrective surgeries could be required. Anyway, the point is yes, I am pretty critical of the govt in this crisis - but the proportions are largely due to the policy and governance and not the lack of quality healthcare. At high points of COVID waves, this was the case with even developed countries including Canada, the US, UK. Just that the huge population means the burden is much more sustained, the infra:population ratio is not as good as developed countries and without proper planning, basic necessities like oxygen have seen demand outstrip supply 5x.

I've lived for extended periods in SE Asia and seen literally thousands of Indian medical tourists in that time. I've even spoken to quite a few. These are people flying to Thailand in particular for treatment. I've no idea if these people were on medical tours but for sure and certain, their main purpose for being there was medical. Thanks for the information about Hussey's likely medical support. Hopefully he won't need it

I don't know where you are reading Indians going to SE Asia. I am part of an online medical consultation service and we get so many queries from SE Asia for serious, medical issues in Oncology, Rheumatology, and others - where one requires super-specialists. Medical tourism to India is huge and there is no dearth of quality private healthcare - on par with developed countries. And one need not be super-rich to get this healthcare. The costs are typically 1/10th of the costs in the US, UK. And often NRIs rather come to India to get such care because it is cheaper (if out of insurance) and the waiting times are days/weeks vs months. Due to to wait times, even those with insurance come to India to get treated quickly and at a relatively cheap rate. The only thing lacking in India say compared to the US is cutting-edge medications, cutting-edge research and ongoing trials - the medication that has not been approved, undergoing trials, or certain therapies that have not gotten mainstream - but that would be the case even with most hospitals in the US. So, nope Hussey won't face any issue. If symptoms are managed right from the start and the oxygen, meds are available (as would be the case with CSK staff, there are doctors and full equipped ambulances on standby), things don't go out of hand and he wouldn't even require hospitalization. Now, why does one have a crisis in India? Primarily because of govt mismanagement and the sudden rise of cases. The Govt ignored the science, the committees and didn't expect this vociferous second wave. The infrastructure is not for such a 5-10 fold increase in demand for oxygen. Things could have been better had the govt taken the steps that were initially planned to set up more oxygen plants but they never materialized thanks to typical bureaucracy.

And in Thailand you'd want to check they were female. :happy:

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You sure that was the hospital

Oh yes. Having been a post-motorbike accident guest of one of those hospitals on an island in southern Thailand, I can confirm this to be true! As soon as I walked in to the reception area and was greeted by three very lovely-looking, blonde female Russian attendants in their late 20s, I knew my credit card was in trouble!!

There's a thriving industry in SE Asia with hospitals in Malaysia & Thailand in particular, making billions from medical tourism. The overwhelming number of people using these services now come from the Gulf States but especially India. I gather the uber wealthy from these places don't have a lot of faith in local doctoring, hence the trips to get all manner of medical treatments completed. "2,000 people in the world had more wealth than 4.6 billion combined." and the gap gets wider daily.

Apparently there are over 100 billionaires in India. Another useless stat: In 2019, 2,000 people in the world had more wealth than 4.6 billion combined.

that's true. Hope his contract with the Super Kings includes medical insurance.

If he needs it he'll find it as there are enough set ups to cater for the ridiculously rich In India (of which there are many), but it will cost him that's for sure!

If he does have this virus, I truly hope the symptoms are not severe. He will seriously struggle to obtain proper medical care if he needs hospitalisation. Touch wood, the news will be more positive in a day or two.