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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, […]

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Evacuation 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 […]

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Medical 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 […]

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Court 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 […]

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Police 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). […]

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Medical 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 […]

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Suspect 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 […]

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Graft-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 […]

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NACC 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 […]

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PM 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 […]

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