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[joy.nucharee]

Hi everyone,

I came across one tread in Health Issues which is talking about To Naturals Thread and found some different opinions about my country. so I would like to share the fact of Thailand a lit bit without hi jacking other member thread.

One of lady member says Afterall people in Tailand dont have medicines like us and live to a ripe old age

I totally disagreed with her, here we have any medicines type that western countries have, what's a matter here is the money. Like any other there are so many social class of people poor, rich , middle, a lit bit poor, slightly rich, very f..k rich, if you have enough money to pay for a world class private hospital than you get the best service ever as one of the member said nurse will show up right away after you rang the emergency bell. Sadly for poor people who has no social security insurance cover, they have no choice but basic care in a public hospital, they do get a proper medication but the cheap one though. For some who does not believe in taking medicines at all, they choose to take herbs as an option for them. Also they (thai people) live literally in rubbish tips too just so you know some of people living like that yes! but not all.

One member says i thought most of the Thai nurse population were over here?? every time i go to hospital most of the ladies are Thai [not that i'm complaining ] He was joking though. I don't know there's a lot of thai nurse over there as I've never been in England, but it understandable though why you see some of thai people in many coutries. There are some people decide to go to work in abroad to get a better life, some goes for studying, some just goes living without working as they have plenty of cash to spend. Talking about getting a better life, I'm not sure about this one, many of them complain all the time that it's hard living their life in abroad as they were treating as a second class people but one thing that good for them for sure is currency exchange cus after converting to thai baht, they get more money for saving and send back home to their family. For studying, I admitted that some of thai people believe to have an education in abroad will get them a better chance to get a good job, better salary than who graduated in Thailand which is very ridiculous, some believe in education system in a country they choose to go or for whatever reason.

Lastly, I do respect people's opinions they can say anythings they think they know, all I want to say is before you say something about anything or any other country, you are better see it yourself instead of buying a story from a few people that you know and I'm not saying they give you a false story only I personally believe what I've seen not what I've have heard.

Joy

[dom]

Hi Joy,
Yes what i said was tongue in cheek but true to a certain extent i have a niece who is a newly qualified nurse she wanted to work near her home in harrow at the middlesex hospital but now has to travel to another hospital further away due to the large influx of foreign nurses taken on,
nothing wrong with that if that is how it works in stoke mandeville a lot of the staff are foreign don't know why but it's a fact.
maybe others know the reason? more power to anyone who has the get up and go to work in another country so as to advance their career i say

[dancin' johnny]

dom, on 15 August 2011 - 09:38 PM, said:

i have a niece who is a newly qualified nurse she wanted to work near her home in harrow at the middlesex hospital but now has to travel to another hospital further away due to the large influx of foreign nurses taken on

Better Dom, but if you remove the word foreign from that sentence it makes a lot more sense. ;}

[MTB John]

dom, on 15 August 2011 - 09:38 PM, said:

Hi Joy,
Yes what i said was tongue in cheek but true to a certain extent i have a niece who is a newly qualified nurse she wanted to work near her home in harrow at the middlesex hospital but now has to travel to another hospital further away due to the large influx of foreign nurses taken on,
nothing wrong with that if that is how it works in stoke mandeville a lot of the staff are foreign don't know why but it's a fact.
maybe others know the reason? more power to anyone who has the get up and go to work in another country so as to advance their career i say

I have your answer Dom.

Half the nurses in New Zealand are English. They go to NZ for the lifestyle/weather. Everyone else goes to the UK for the pound.
Makes the world a more interesting place sez me..

[dom]

Yeah you probably right, but now the pound aint worth zilch though a lot of migrant workers from the expanded EU have moved away and far less have applied for work in the UK there are still a lot of migrant workers here but i have spoken to a few eastern european friends and they say it's not worth migrating to the UK due to the expense living here and when sending back money the euros for pounds is virtually equal?

[edlee]

We get similar stories, here in the US,,, but I find the same things apply when migrating from one part of the country to another. I have friends and relatives who have moved from here ( eastern US) to California ( opposite coast) for the weather and the higher pay,, only to find that the higher cost of living left them even farther behind.

My brother decided to move south,,, took a cut in pay,, but wouldn't move back if you paid him,,, he loves it there (Georgia).

Changing countries is certainly more difficult,, considering the language barrio rs,, not to mention the bigotry and ignorance often encountered. But many similarities still exist.

It is said that 75% of the population,,, wherever you may be,,,, die within 50 miles of their birthplace. I applaud those 25% who don't,,, but I number myself among the former ( unless I die on vacation or something).
ed

[MTB John]

You can put me in that 25%
Left home at 17 and have only been back 4 times.
I've lift in 3 different countries but I've worked in 9.

[dom]

MTB John, on 17 August 2011 - 04:41 AM, said:

You can put me in that 25%
Left home at 17 and have only been back 4 times.
I've lift in 3 different countries but I've worked in 9.

Yes i've worked and lived in three diff coutries but find it's your family and friends are what matters at the end of the day and enough to live on contently not a beautiful view and mega money [nice to have both tho:) imho

[dianna318]

It's kinda funny. After my accident and started coming in and out of the Morphine haze. All the nurses at first were Vietnamese. I had wicked morphine nightmares that I was in a foreign country. Turned out it was just San Jose, Ca. LOL

I spent a month in Thai Land in 2000. I loved the culture and the people and would enjoy going back some day.

Location location location. Here in rural Missouri I could rent a whole house for less than a room in most places in southern California.

[Trinity]

dom, on 15 August 2011 - 09:38 PM, said:

Hi Joy,
Yes what i said was tongue in cheek but true to a certain extent i have a niece who is a newly qualified nurse she wanted to work near her home in harrow at the middlesex hospital but now has to travel to another hospital further away due to the large influx of foreign nurses taken on,
nothing wrong with that if that is how it works in stoke mandeville a lot of the staff are foreign don't know why but it's a fact.
maybe others know the reason? more power to anyone who has the get up and go to work in another country so as to advance their career i say

Yes, there are many nurses from overseas working within our hospitals (although I have actually never met a Thai nurse, most of the nurses from SE Asia here are Filipino) They were originally brought over to the UK around 10 or so years ago to cover the huge deficit in "home grown" nurses. They are highly trained and have often worked in Saudi and USA too. Now there is no longer this deficit and due to the economic climate there are not as many job opportunities now so the competition is fierce. These nurses are now getting jobs on merit.

The best nurse gets the job regardless of the country they originate from.