A FOREIGNER has been arrested in a hit-and-run accident on Koh Phangan at around 8.30 p.m. last night (May 23) that left a volunteer doctor in critical condition, TV Channel 7 said today. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Theerasak Kaewamattavong was hit by a foreigner riding a motorcycle while walking along the roadside leading to brain
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Foreigner who assaulted Phuket doctor gets jail
REGION 8 Appeals Court today (May 23) overturned the lower court’s verdict dismissing a case against a Swiss man on charges of having kicked a Thai woman doctor as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Phuket’s Cape Yamu beach in February last year and sentenced him to one month in
Read moreYoung academic doctor loses almost 8.5m baht to scammers
A YOUNG doctor of engineering asked for help from Sai Mai Tong Rod (Sai Mai District Must Survive) community Facebook page after being tricked to transfer 8,465,084 baht to call centre scammers who talked to him over the phone for seven days and nights, Naewna newspaper quoted Thai Rath News Show as saying today
Read moreArrest warrant out for Swiss man charged with ‘kicking’ doctor
AN ARREST warrant has been issued for a Swiss man accused by a Thai woman doctor of having kicked her as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Phuket’s Cape Yamu beach in February last year, TV Channel 7 said today (Apr. 21). Mr. Nipit Intarasombat said although the Court of
Read moreCourt orders detention of Dr. Boon’s ex-wife, daughter
THE CRIMINAL Court on Ratchadapisek road today (Nov. 25) ordered the detention of fraud suspect on the run Dr. Boon Vanasin’s ex-wife and daughter pending consideration of documents after they submitted 2 million baht each for bail, Naewna newspaper said. The next hearing on a bail request by Mrs. Charuwan Vanasin, 79, and their
Read moreDoctor wanted for scamming investors has fled to China
A DOCTOR wanted on charges of defrauding the public and money laundering with there currently being 247 victims and losses totaling 7.5 billion baht has fled to China with police coordinating with the Foreign Ministry to issue an Interpol red notice for him, Naewna newspaper and Sanook.com said today (Nov. 23). Being chased is
Read moreS.Korean doctor nabbed in raid on city-centre clinic
A SOUTH Korean doctor working in Thailand with a proper licence was arrested at a beauty clinic in the heart of Bangkok just as he was treating a patient, TV Channel 7 said this evening (Oct. 11). Dr. Phanuwat Panket, head of Department of Health Services, and representatives from the Medical Council of Thailand
Read moreSky Doctor flies ailing German tourist from Koh Samui to Trang
THE SKY DOCTOR service flew a German tourist who had suffered a stroke on Koh Samui to Trang Hospital and saved his life, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Mar. 15). At 11.15 a.m. yesterday National Institute of Emergency Medicine (NIEM) was asked by the Nerendthorn Centre on Koh Samui to send an aircraft
Read more‘Kicking’ Swiss man hit again for holding registered pistols
THE SWISS man whose visa was revoked after he allegedly kicking a female doctor as she sat on the stairs leading from his villa to Cape Yamu beach in Phuket was hit with another charge of holding two registered pistols because gun ownership is restricted to Thai citizens, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Mar.
Read moreSenior Phuket policeman ‘just a friend of a friend’ of Swiss man facing charges
IN INVESTIGATING whether any policemen in Phuket were involved in the case about a Swiss businessman who allegedly kicked a female doctor Provincial Police Commander Pol. Maj. Gen. Sinlert Sukhum said a senior policeman seen in a couple of photos socialising with him is just a friend of a friend, TV Channel 7 said
Read moreForeigner in hot water over villa staircase row
AFTER a female doctor filed a complaint in Phuket of being attacked by a foreign man, later identified as having come from Switzerland, while watching the moon as she sat on his villa staircase leading to a beach, officials checked this staircase and found that only the first step is private property not the
Read moreAvoid live blood analysis, Panda Lab Doctor warns
THE widely-followed Panda Lab Doctor Facebook page warned people to beware of fake blood test results using live blood analysis, TV Channel 7 said today (Mar. 12). Mr. Pakphum Dejhassadin, a medical technologist who runs the popular Panda Lab Doctor page, said he has come across invitations to undergo live blood analysis (LBA) and
Read moreThai doctor kidnapped in Mali safely back home
A THAI doctor who was kidnapped in Mali and chained by his captors for over 25 days returned home today (Oct. 25) and burst into tears upon meeting his family at Suvarnabhumi airport, Amarin TV said. Dr. Nopparat Ratanawara, or Doctor Song, a well-known surgeon, was released after payment of over 100 million CFA franc
Read moreWisanu: Speeding cop is allowed to ordain as a monk
AMID a storm of criticism that the policeman who rammed his big bike at a female doctor on a zebra crossing killing her has now been allowed to ordain as a monk, Deputy Prime Minister Wisanu Krua-Ngam stepped in to clarify that he is allowed to do so because even the clergy can testify
Read moreSpeeding cop who killed doctor faces seven charges
THE policeman who hit a woman doctor at a Phaya Thai road pedestrian crossing while zooming through on a big bike on Jan. 21 leading to her death faces seven serious charges, police said today (Jan. 24). The charges filed against Pol. L/Col Norawit Buadok are as follows: – Driving recklessly leading to the
Read moreDad heartbroken after speeding cop hit and killed female doctor
THE father of a female doctor who died after being hit by a policeman speeding down a Bangkok road on a big bike is heartbroken at her death as he himself just retired from the medical profession and had big hopes of her following his footsteps in the field, Sanook.com said this afternoon (Jan.
Read moreFake doctor nabbed while hiding at a Pattaya hotel
A WOMAN who assumed the identity of a real doctor who is currently overseas to get a job at a cosmetic clinic in Bangkok owned by a popular YouTuber was arrested today (Dec.19) while hiding at a hotel in Pattaya, Siam Rath newspaper said. Central Investigation Bureau Chief Pol. Lt. Gen. Jirapob Phuridet together with
Read moreSuspect says he killed doctor after hospital made him pay 130 not 30 baht
A YOUNG man who was arrested at a hotel in Samut Songkhram province on the charges of killing the director of King Mongkut Memorial Hospital at his clinic in Phetchaburi city yesterday has confessed that he did so because he was high on drugs and was displeased that the hospital had charged him 130 and
Read moreDoctor in high-speed crash tried to save victim’s life
A DOCTOR who appeared drunk and refused a breath test tried to save the life of a motorcyclist he hit but upon failing to do so, dashed off to his hospital, Sanook.com reported today (Oct. 10, 2020). The chain reaction collision occurred at 3.45 a.m. on the outbound side of Phaholyothin road in front of
Read moreVideo clip of emergency room drama going viral
A SHORT video clip (below) shared by Facebook member Teetach Sirithanyachaikul, a doctor at Don Tan Hospital, Don Tan district, Mukdahan province, showing him and a nurse running away from the emergency room after some rowdy teenagers rode up to attack a patient there is going viral on Thai social media, Sanook.com reported. A
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