tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943735266880000142.post1129259856577013294..comments2023-11-24T08:25:09.674-05:00Comments on Jungle Jil: The Thomas Hunt Saga Hits A New LowJil Wrinklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289612869693691661noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943735266880000142.post-74308799696128537982010-10-28T05:49:32.138-04:002010-10-28T05:49:32.138-04:00these kind of Filipinos make me ashamed of being o...these kind of Filipinos make me ashamed of being one. i hope the b*tch and her family will get what is due to them. <br /><br />i pray for Mr. Hunt, may the poor man rest in peace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943735266880000142.post-1941852275408387392009-08-27T10:16:14.844-04:002009-08-27T10:16:14.844-04:00these kind of stories give a bad name to the Phili...these kind of stories give a bad name to the Philippines and to the Filipino people, it's good to know for all the foreigners living the dream that even if the Filipinos speak English and sometimes you might be tricked to think that they actually think like westerners, well it's not like this, here in the Phillipines it's all about the food and exploiting a dying foreigner to support the "pamily" is ok, maybe I'm too rough but hey that's reality, open your eyes guys!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943735266880000142.post-6751463622861167052009-05-07T23:49:00.000-04:002009-05-07T23:49:00.000-04:00I have been following Mr. Hunt situations over a m...I have been following Mr. Hunt situations over a month ago when my good friend C. Dunn send me an email about Mr. Hunt and his so called "Wife" JANELAZE DEMON i mean DERMOTT she dont deserve to use the old good man's last name, anyway all i want now is a happy ending that janelaze will be sent back where she belongs, she dont deserve to stay here in america, i just hope and pray that someone will make sure that justice will serve and make her residency be revoke!!<br />for Mr.Thomas Hunt may you rest in peace and for you janelaze and albert dermott may you also REST WITHOUT PEACE!! i mean it from the very bottom of my heart, and for all the people who helped the good old man 'til the day he died, may God Bless you all..<br /><br />shen b.<br />Vallejo, CaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943735266880000142.post-74410398107648503242009-04-30T20:54:00.000-04:002009-04-30T20:54:00.000-04:00One of my best friends, Steve Blumenthal, died in ...One of my best friends, Steve Blumenthal, died in Pattaya Beach 2½ years ago because medical assistance was not available quickly enough... but his heart had stopped and he was 30 minutes from the nearest hospital. He even had a CPR instructor there at his side. If he had collapsed near a defibrilator, or if he had made it to an emergency room within minutes, maybe-maybe-maybe he would have survived.<br /><br />About half of the work I transcribe is emergency room reports. A huge percentage of the people coming in are old folks having chest pain.<br /><br />Very few people coming into the emergency room receive life-saving therapy before they reach triage. Less than 1% by my experience in transcribing the reports. (At least that is the number who arrive alive. Apparently doctors don't dictate the D.O.A. folks.)<br /><br />Time, of course, is of the essence in any emergency situation. However, in most cases, we are talking about the difference between 15 minutes and 30 minutes... and only occasionally 5 minutes versus 8 minutes... and only very, very rarely 2 minutes versus 3 minutes... from on site to an emergency room cot.<br /><br />And, I hate to say it, but if you were to give $100,000 to a hospital in The Philippines for a new state-of-the-art ambulance, that money would either be spent on more important... or misspent on less important things. (Either way, they would forget to change the oil in the thing, and the engine would burn out after a year anyway.)Jil Wrinklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08289612869693691661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1943735266880000142.post-37150211099470060102009-04-30T15:44:00.000-04:002009-04-30T15:44:00.000-04:00Hi Jil. Very sorry to hear about what happened to ...Hi Jil. Very sorry to hear about what happened to Mr Hunt. He's in a better place now, God rest his soul.<br /><br />You did however, touch a subject that concerns all of us expats. <br /><br />I was thinking about Mr Hunt this afternoon while visiting my 89-year old grandfather in hospital here in Western Europe. Last week, he suffered a slap lung at home and was rushed to hospital by a special medical unit called the "Mobile Urgency Group". They have special vans in which they can perform operations while driving at 100 mph if necessary. <br /><br />He's been in hospital for a week now and he's recovering nicely. The first 4 days he was in a special ICU room, hooked up to a whole lot of medical equipment while a nurse in his room kept an eye on him at all times, day and night. The past few days he's been on a regular room.<br /><br />The doctor told me that the first 10 minutes had been crucial for him. They had reached his house and had started operating on him in their van a mere 5 minutes after my grandmother had called hospital.<br /><br />While healthcare here in this part of Europe still is very good, I am convinced his excellent (and also expensive) hospital insurance saved his life, enabling a very fast intervention by the Mobile Urgency Group.<br /><br />Every time we visit him, which is usually twice a day, I cannot help but think what the situation would have been like if this would have happened in Hong Kong (or across the border in Guangzhou, China), where my HK wife and I are planning to move soon(ish).<br /><br />While Hong Kong hospitals are not quite Somali hospitals yet, the situation would have been dire, especially in a public hospital without private insurance. Private hospitals in Hong Kong are an entirely different matter, but so is the price tag obviously.<br /><br />Food for thought. It's all fun and games living in Asia, enjoying the sunshine and at times the anarchy and funny disorganization until something like this happens. At a moment like that, what you really want and need is German organisation and efficiency. <br /><br />I'd be quite happy to contribute a few thousand $ a year or more for the next 25 years of my working life if that would ensure me & my wife & futur kids of first class treament those few precious seconds that make the difference.<br /><br />It'd be interesting if someone took the initiative to collect more info about global hospital insurance and especially to what extent they are usefull those few precious minutes when it <I>really</I> matters. <br /><br />Maybe someone has done so already? Maybe some of your readers know of some website that has this info? Maybe some of them have the time, energy and medical connections to collect all of this info?? <br /><br />I guess since it concerns all of us expats & their families, some initiative in this matter would be very useful & possibly life-saving for all of us.<br /><br />Thank you!Kris Wongnoreply@blogger.com