Summer breeze Inn and Hotel
Ok, there are two! The SB HOtel is in Patong and obvsiously girl friendly. The Inn is in Phuket town. ANy info? How far is phuket town from Patong? Thinking of a late night taxi/moto ride.
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Patong Masseuse Survives Fire Attack, Needs to Sell Massage Futures.
Buy Burn Victim’s Massage Futures!
Preface: Patong beach masseuse survives firebombing by crazed man last week with 2-3rd degree burns. Now the entire family is out of work and need support.
Charity not asked for, but investment in massage futures available. Read on.
Link to Phuket Gazette story is [url]http://phuketgazette.com/news/index.asp?id=5519[/url]
Here’s the latest: I went to Vachira Hospital in Phuket town (the place where many of the ferang tsunami victims were treated for free, remember?) to see Khun (= Ms) Saijai (21) and her family. She was a disturbingly sorry sight, covered in bandages with her face a mess of burned and re-growing skin, still making it impossible for her to speak. Her family was there with her helping with the care. The little girl Sairung (2) is actually still too scared to look at her own mom (no wonder: she looks like the “Mummy” from the horror movie). The husband was there too and seems to be an OK guy, but who knows what the future will hold for their marriage now that his young wife is scarred for life.
The good news is that Khun Saijai has been moved to a clean private room downstairs that has bug screens (no a/c). Tomorrow they’ll begin with skin grafts. The room is FREE as the head nurse Khun Ni Lobon tells me, and so are the treatments. All hospital expenses are covered by the Thai national health system. They have plenty of anaesthetic and antibiotic cream in their refrigerator and seem very concerned and not too busy. In my estimation the treatment Khun Saijai getting is no worse than what my sister got at Scripps Memorial Hosp in California at the expense of UCSD’s HMO before she died.
The bad news however is that Khun Saijai will be in the hospital for a whole month and the family has no income right now, as mother and daughter cannot work. Only the father/grandfather is now working the beach as a vendor. Khun Saijai just has bought a new moped and needs to make payments of THB 3000 every month to keep it. They own their own little house in Chalong all paid for, but utilities, food and water need to be paid for. Probably some property taxes too. They seemed to be really pleased about the humble cakes and drinking yoghurts I had brought for them and the modest toys (coloring books and pencils) to keep the little girl busy.
I offered THB 4000 (about ~ EUR/USD 120) to cover their immediate needs. Khun Pennee hesitantly accepted it, but not as a gift but an advance on future massage services!
Hope this is only the beginning of more donations to come. I’ll be happy to handle the details. Anybody local wishing to help can take the cash directly to Khuns Pennee and Saijai at Vachira Hospital. Just ask at the information window where to go (the directions published here are still valid, except she’s now on the ground floor, room 3).
People overseas or out of town can send any amount of money, large or small, to SaijaiAid[at] yahoo.com (remove [at] replace with @) securely and discreetly via [url]https://www.moneybookers.com/app/?rid=2206130[/url] by credit/debit card, bank transfer, cash deposit and even mobile phone. Moneybookers operates worldwide, practically without fees (unlike PayPal and Western Union who’s fees are prohibitive) and actually pays “brownie points” for each transaction which also will go to the beneficiaries 100%. They are based in London and Munich (a branch of Commerzbank).
So, you’re cynical/sceptical? Trust me, this is not another “sick buffalo” story. I enclose evidence pictures (tried to make them look as non-graphic as possible, which was not easy). If I abscond even with one baht of the donation money, you’re welcome to send a goon squad to smash my knees.
Everybody who sends THB 400 (about EUR/USD 12.- ) gets a free 4-handed one hour Thai Nuad massage (aka Thai Yoga) on Patong beach as soon as Khun Saijai has recovered! How’s that for a deal? (Sorry, the airfare is on you…;-)
My plan is to move Khun Saijai into an air-conditioned, clean maid-serviced apartment when she’s released from the hospital. This will cost THB 15000/month (~EUR/USD 370.-) until the high season ends April 1st, and THB 10, 000 (~EUR/USD 250.-) thereafter. Hope we’ll get the funds together.
Reference: Link to Phuket Gazette story is [url]http://phuketgazette.com/news/index.asp?id=5519[/url] (they misspelled the name Saijai and "misdiagnosed" the burns a 1st degree (that would be a like a bad sunburn), they are actually 2nd to 3rd degree.
Donations: via Moneybookers [url]https://www.moneybookers.com/app/?rid=2206130[/url] to SaijaiAid[at] yahoo.com (remove [at] replace with @)