THE director of a health promoting hospital in Pathum Thani was immediately transferred after viral exposé by “STRONG Anti-Corruption Club Thailand” webpage that he was inviting subordinates to play cards in the examination room every evening and also implicated him in a ghost-shifting scandal, Amarin TV said today (Sep. 21). Pol. Lt. Gen. Kamronwit
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Former chief doctor linked to Thaksin case could be promoted before retirement
A FORMER chief doctor at Police Hospital linked to de facto Pheu Thai boss/inmate Thaksin Shinawatra’s six-month fake-out at this hospital until his parole early 2024 is poised for a promotion to the rank of general before his retirement in October this year according to a memorandum signed by Police Chief Gen. Kitrat Phanphet,
Read moreEvacuation ordered as huge sinkhole appears in front of hospital
A ROAD in front of Vajira Hospital caved in at approximately 6.30 a.m. this morning (Sep. 24) and as the huge sinkhole is expanding evacuation of patients and nearby residents has been ordered, Naewna newspaper said. Fortunately there were no casualties as this stretch of the road collapsed causing two power poles and a
Read moreMedical Council’s action against 3 Thaksin doctors can be appealed: Somchai
THE Medical Council’s vote yesterday (June 12) upholding a decision to warn one doctor and suspend the licence of two others for allowing de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra to stay at Police Hospital rather than prison for six months until he was paroled can be appealed but there is also criminal penalty
Read moreCourt trial over Thaksin’s Police Hospital fake-out case delayed
By Thai Newsroom Reporters IN WHAT WAS SEEN as a technical respite quietly provided for de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra, a court trial on the Police Hospital fake-out case against him has been put off until after the next couple of weeks. The Supreme Court judges in charge of criminal lawsuits against
Read morePolice Hospital’s chief doctor asks for fairness in Thaksin case
POLICE Hospital’s chief doctor sent his lawyer to the Ministry of Public Health to appeal for fairness after the Medical Council punished three doctors for admitting de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra for treatment there for around six months until his released on parole early last year, Amarin TV said yesterday (May 13).
Read moreMedical Council finds Thaksin’s ‘critical illnesses’ untrue
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE MEDICAL COUNCIL of Thailand today (May 8) concluded that the unprecedented event in which de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatr had fallen “critically ill” was definitely untrue whilst it had been earlier claimed otherwise without factual evidence. Medical Council vice-president Prasit Watanapa announced that today’s meeting of about
Read moreSuspect slapped with serious charges after setting fire to hospital ward
A STRESSED-OUT MAN who set fire to a hospital ward in Ubon Ratchathani province yesterday (Jan. 31) is not mentally ill but wanted to vent his anger after being cheated in the sale of a land plot, Thai Rath newspaper and TV Channel 7 said today. Staff at Det Udom Royal Crown Prince Hospital’s
Read moreGraft-busters setting up panel to probe Thaksin’s alleged fake-out at Police Hospital
By Thai Newsroom Reporters AN AD HOC COMMITTEE under the National Anti-Corruption Commission will be set up shortly to investigate allegations that a dozen government officials had unduly helped de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra stage a fake-out as a patient with “critical illnesses” at Police Hospital. The anti-graft agency has finally resolved
Read moreNACC urged to stop wasting time trying to find Thaksin’s medical records
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission and a court of justice were today (Nov. 26) advised to stop wasting time fruitlessly searching for de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s medical records at Police Hospital. Former senator Direkrit Jenkhrongtham posted on his Facebook page to suggest the NACC and the court simply
Read morePM offers to ‘cooperate’ over dad’s stay at Police Hospital
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra today (Nov. 5) offered to “cooperate” with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) in search of information pertaining to her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s previous, contentious stay at Police Hospital. Though the prime minister-cum-Pheu Thai leader yesterday declined to comment on the controversy surrounding
Read morePaetongtarn suspected of trying to destroy evidence of dad’s alleged hospital fake-out
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PAETONGTARN Shinawatra was yesterday (Sep. 7) suspected of looking to have any evidence pertaining to her father/de facto Pheu Thai boss Thaksin Shinawatra’s fake-out allegedly earlier staged at Police Hospital completely destroyed. Pichit Chaimongkol, leader of the Students & People Network for Thailand Reform, charged that the woman
Read moreUpdate: Policeman admits he killed a Myanmar man at hospital
A POLICEMAN has surrendered and confessed to killing a Myanmar man who was waiting to undergo surgery at Khon Kaen Hospital where his father was also recuperating from an illness and had complained of being disturbed by him, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (June 8). Pol. Maj. Gen. Anuwat Suvarnabhumi, commander of Khon Kaen
Read morePolice up reward to catch killer who gunned down Myanmar worker at hospital
POLICE increased the reward for information leading to the capture of a man who shot dead a young Myanmar worker at Khon Kaen Hospital to 50,000 baht while confident he will be arrested soon, Thai Rath newspaper said last evening (June 7). At 5.30 p.m. Pol. Maj. Gen. Noppakao Somanus, commander of Provincial Police
Read moreDeceased activist’s lawyer sets 4-day deadline to hand over video clips
THE LAWYER for woman activist Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom who died while holding a hunger strike during detention at a Bangkok prison said this afternoon (May 20) that he has received a report on her medical treatment at the Corrections Department hospital five days before she passed away but as video clips have not been
Read moreHouse committee members barred from visiting Thaksin in person
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NO MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE on Police Affairs are being allowed to visit de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict Thaksin Shinawatra at Police Hospital as planned for tomorrow (Jan.12). Police Hospital spokesperson Sirikul Srisanga said today no members of the House panel, headed by Democrat MP Chaichana Dejdecho, are being
Read moreHouse committee chair shrugs off warning against visiting Thaksin
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HOUSE COMMITTEE ON POLICE Affairs chair Chaichana Dejdecho today (Dec.23) snubbed a stern warning from Deputy Prime Minister Somsak Thepsuthin against his planned visit to de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra at Police Hospital. Chaichana, concurrently a Democrat MP of Nakhon Sri Thammarat, maintained that he and
Read moreNobody can visit Thaksin at hospital if he says no: Somsak
By Thai Newsroom Reporters NOBODY CAN VISIT the “sickly” de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra at Police Hospital if he refuses to be visited, according to Deputy Prime Minister Somsak Thepsuthin. Somsak said today (Dec.22) the patient is “legally privileged” to maintain ultimate privacy and decide for himself whether he may
Read moreThaksin likely allowed to stay on at Police Hospital
WITH de facto Pheu Thai boss/convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra’s stay at Police Hospital having reached 120 days today (Dec. 21) rumours have spread that the Corrections Department has approved his continued stay there with there being no official announcement on this issue, Matichon newspaper said this evening. According to procedures, Mr. Nassathee Thongplad,
Read moreCorrections Dept told to transfer Thaksin from Police Hospital to army barracks
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT was today (Dec.13) suggested to transfer de facto Pheu Thai boss-cum-convict at large Thaksin Shinawatra from Police Hospital to army barracks. House Committee on Police Affairs chair Chaichana Dejdecho advised the Corrections Department to find army barracks somewhere to detain Thaksin in lieu of Police Hospital, given
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