A blogger has slammed hospital staff in Thailand for “laughing” at him and trying to charge him “constantly” after he contracted food poisoning and had to be put on a drip in the ER.
Influencer Joe Weller, 28, from Brighton, a blogger and YouTube sensation with 4.3 million subscribers, recently documented his trip to Thailand with friends, where he suffered multiple attacks of food poisoning.
in a history Shared on his Snapchat page, @thewellard, on May 6, Weller uploaded a series of photos and videos of his “troubling” experience during his trip.
He ended up leaving hospital because he didn’t want to pay £66 to spend the night in a room without air conditioning, and claimed he was injected with an “unidentified substance” which didn’t make him feel any better.
Joe Weller criticized hospital staff in Thailand for “laughing” at him and trying to charge him “constantly” after he contracted food poisoning and had to be put on a drip in A&E.
Beginning the video with the caption “How I ended up like this in Thailand,” the content creator appeared pale, bleary-eyed and grumpy in a blue hospital bed with a bandage and a drip in his hand.
Going back to moments before ending up in the hospital, Weller wrote: “That same day I felt very weak on the street.
“I didn’t have the strength to move, but I needed a doctor, my mom or a doctor as soon as possible.” Everyone passed by as if I was sick. I was vomiting painfully, fading in and out of consciousness and it seemed like it was because of this…’
He then showed a photograph of an anonymous restaurant with large whole chickens on skewers displayed in the window with a “Halal” sticker attached.
He said: ‘Last night I ate a whole chicken that was at a roadside stall something like this.
Weller added: “It was like accepting that I was going to stay here on the street until I got better.” Then the next thing I know, an ambulance took me to the emergency room and they put me on a drip instantly.
Once inside the unnamed hospital, Weller detailed his experience with staff, who he claimed continued to “laugh” at him and attempted to charge him £66 to spend the night.
He said: “The staff kept laughing at me and it made me feel a bit embarrassed because I didn’t understand what they were laughing about.”
“They kept trying to charge me 3,000 baht (£66) to stay the night, but they didn’t offer me water… I was confused and worried.”
Weller showed a photograph of an unnamed restaurant with large whole chickens on skewers displayed in the window with a “Halal” sticker attached.
Once inside the unnamed hospital, Weller detailed his experience with staff, who he claimed continued to “laugh” at him and attempted to charge him £66 to spend the night.
Weller left hospital with a bill of £11.67 in the end, but claimed it would have been more expensive if he had done “what was required of him”.
Weller alleged that staff members “forced” him to make the decision “right then and there” to stay the night and pay them or leave, which he said made him “greatly appreciate our NHS because it was not a pleasant experience in absolute”. .’
However, the blogger then alleged that nurses began injecting him with “unidentifiable substances” that failed to make him “feel better.”
He said: ‘I decided I had to get out of here. They just laughed, didn’t seem to have a clue and just kept trying to accuse me and inject me with things that didn’t work.’
Weller left hospital with a bill of £11.67 in the end, but claimed it would have been more expensive if he had done “what was required”, which included moving to a “40 degree non-air-conditioned room” for a week. at £66 per night.
After leaving the hospital and returning to his accommodation, the content creator woke up the next day without eating for more than 24 hours, so he made the decision to eat some food that the owner of the accommodation offered him.
Weller ate a “questionable piece of food” that appeared to be minced meat in some kind of bread roll, before setting off on a bike ride after he started to feel “a little better.”
However, after cycling 20 kilometers in 40-degree temperatures, the blogger began to feel unwell once again, but he fought off the nausea by drinking water and continuing his cycling trip around Koh Samui.
After leaving the hospital, Weller ate a “questionable piece of food” that appeared to be minced meat in some kind of bread roll, before setting off on a bike ride.
Weller and his companions were then served a charcuterie board of “hot” cheeses and meats that resulted in his third bout of food poisoning during his trip to Thailand.
Photos shared by the blogger showed beads of sweat running down his flushed and flushed face.
Weller and his companions stopped for another bite to eat and were served a charcuterie board with cheese and meats, including salami, pepperoni and sliced ham, but the content creator claimed that every piece of food was hot to the touch.
Although he ate and seemed to feel fine, Weller woke up the next morning to find that he was once again suffering from food poisoning.
Photos shared by the blogger showed beads of sweat running down his flushed and flushed face.
Weller did not upload the subsequent images for “obvious reasons,” but concluded his story by warning tourists: “The moral of the story is: avoid meat that is not cooked right there in Southeast Asia.”
It comes after another tourist, Shakira, from Brisbane, Australia, He consumed some ice while on vacation in Bali in May 2023 and quickly became ill, fainted and dehydrated before being rushed to hospital.