Often times, compassion is shown towards stray dogs, horses, cats, cows and other animals, therefore it’s extremely rare that a person is concerned about insects like cockroaches.
Although, well-known pests, cockroaches are met with disgust or even horror, especially when they start flying, that was not the case of a kind man in Thailand who brought a cockroach to a veterinary doctor for treatment.
A Facebook post by a Thailand doctor has raised many eyebrows after he shared details about his unusual patient, Dr Thanu Limpapattanawanich is a veterinarian hailing from Krathum Baen in Thailand, who was visited by a man carrying a cockroach to the hospital for emergency care.
Two photographs attached with the post-show an unidentified man wearing a black shirt, who brought it in and the hurt roach.
As per the post, the man had witnessed someone stepping on the poor insect on the roadside and instead of leaving it there to die; he brought it to avail medical care at Sai Rak Animal Hospital.
Dr. Limpapattanawanich then placed the insect in an oxygenated container to increase its chances of survival.
In his Facebook post which has been translated from Thai to English, he stated;
Emergency case last night Someone stepped on a cockroach lying on the side of the road. Just then, a kind man walked past and saw it, so he rushed to take him to the veterinary hospital urgently. Survival chances are now 50/50.
Fearing some of his followers might not take him seriously, Dr. Limpapattanawanich emphasized that he was not joking at all.
He expressed;
This is not a joke. This indicates compassion and pity towards every creature Every life is precious… I wish there were more people like this in the world…Kindness supports the world. I allowed the man to bring the cockroach back to take care of it. No treatment fee was charged at all.
He however did not disclose whether or not he succeeded in saving the life of the cockroach.
The doctor didn’t charge the man any fee for consultation and allowed him to take the insect with him. The unique story has garnered more than 1,500 shares and won hundreds of netizens’ hearts who praised the said man for his goodwill action.
