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Dedicated teacher pays a fatal price
- Published: 20 Feb 2013 at 14.25
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A dedicated teacher has died after he refused further hospital treatment for his illness because he was worried his students would fall behind in their studies as the exams approached if he was not there to help them.
Pichai Phanjiriyakul, 54, a teacher at the Agricultural and Technology College in Buri Ram province, forced his doctor to sign his discharge papers so that he could return to classes and teach his students.
He was worried that his students would fall behind with the examinations approaching, according to his wife, Phosit Phanjiriyakul.
She told police her husband had been admitted to hospital several times for treatment for diabetes and heart disease.
On Feb 18, Pichai instructed his doctor to discharge him, a week after he was admitted, despite still being seriously ill and in need of medical attention.
“He would not take no for an answer,” his wife told police.
"The doctor warned him it would be dangerous for him to leave the hospital, but he insisted that his students needed him, especially during exam time.”
He refused to go home after being discharged fro hospital and requested a room at the teachers’ living quarters, because he was too sick to travel to and from home.
He was found dead on his bed in the teachers’ living quarters on Feb 19.