Thai Activists Threaten to Invade Thaksin’s Hospital Room if Health Details Not Relea

A group of activists, who refer to themselves as the “Network of Students and People Reforming Thailand,” threatened to storm the hospital room of Thailand’s former Prime Minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, to verify if he is genuinely sick.


Despite the doubtful legality of this move, the group led by Mr. Phichit Chaimongkol submitted a petition to the Ministry of Justice on Wednesday, October 18th, urging the ministry to cease granting alleged privileges to the incarcerated premier.


Mr. Phichit claimed that the justice ministry is allegedly providing Thaksin with preferential treatment by allowing him to stay in the Police General Hospital’s Premium Ward for an unusually long period when he should be serving time in prison.


According to Mr. Phichit, this action has undermined Thailand’s judicial system. He added that if the ministry does not respond to his group’s demands, which include Thaksin returning to prison immediately, not extending his treatment outside of prison, and allowing a human rights organization to monitor Thaksin’s health, his group will go to the premium ward where the former PM is believed to be staying to verify if he is ill enough to justify his stay there.

Thaksin, 74, is said to be in the Premium Ward on the 14th floor of the Police General Hospital, due to alleged health conditions. His stay at the hospital was also recently extended due to a recent surgery related to an undisclosed health condition.


Nevertheless, Thaksin’s external treatment at the hospital is set to expire today. The Ministry of Justice is responsible for considering another extension.


A recent photo of Thaksin being taken to medical treatment was highly scrutinized on Thai social media as we covered here.


Meanwhile, Thai prison authorities have continually stated that revealing Thaksin’s medical conditions or allowing activists to confirm his status violate Thai medical privacy laws as we covered here.

Thai Activists Threaten to Invade Thaksin's Hospital Room if Health Details Not Released - The Phuket Express

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Meanwhile, Thai prison authorities have continually stated that revealing Thaksin’s medical conditions or allowing activists to confirm his status violate Thai medical privacy laws as we covered here.

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As in the US……..

Only you or your personal representative has the right to access your health records.

• Thaksin's stay at police hospital extended by Corrections Department

The Thai Corrections Department’s director-general has agreed to allow convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to remain at the Police General Hospital for medical treatment, as recommended by his doctors.

The extension order was signed 24 hours before Thaksin’s stay at the hospital reaches its 60th day tomorrow (Sunday).

It was not specified in the order how long Thaksin will stay at the hospital, as the decision rests with the doctors in charge of treating him.

Anti-Thaksin groups and activists have described the treatment of the convicted former prime minster as an example of double-standards, noting that, since his arrival in Thailand on August 22nd, after his 15-year self-imposed exile abroad to avoid incarceration, he has not spent a day behind bars.

They also demand an explanation from the doctors about the actual illnesses, which necessitates his treatment at the Police General Hospital, instead of in the hospital of the Corrections Department.

On the day he arrived back in Thailand, he was taken to prison to serve his 8-year term on three convictions. He was, however, transferred to the Corrections Department’s hospital before being moved to the Police General Hospital.

In September, His Majesty the King granted a Royal commutation, reducing the prison time to be served from eight years to one.

Truth in this shitty little country?

Anyone that believes for one second old squarehead is sick is probably without brain.

Will the doctors being getting thank you notes from his grateful family for treatment above and beyond normal .....or will they be other notes in a brown envelope?

From a pig in a poke to a peek at a pig, what's it got , it's got the lot.

Red bs and Toxin mass murder planner Toxin walk as money talks

With this I am entirely with SA

Lovely People, Lovely scenery , chitty leaders

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Will the doctors being getting thank you notes from his grateful family for treatment above and beyond normal .....or will they be other notes in a brown envelope?

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Doctors, nurses, staff and prison officials should appreciate what they will be receiving.

All he's got to do is say he has a highly infectious case of knobrot.

Let's see them charge into his room then.

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This story is 3 days old. You playing catch up,…………again.

Srisuwan petitions for ethics probe of Thaksin s doctors

Political activist Srisuwan Janya is planning to ask the Medical Council of Thailand (TMC) to launch an ethics investigation into the Police General Hospital (PGH) doctor who is responsible for jailed former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

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In September, His Majesty the King granted a Royal commutation, reducing the prison time to be served from eight years to one.

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Must admit did not really understand that. A small message being sent maybe?

^Payback.......

Exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has made clear that the Pheu Thai party, his family and himself are loyal to and have respect for the monarchy and he hopes that the Move Forward party will not do anything which may adversely affect the revered institution.

“Assuming that the Pheu Thai party is to join in a coalition with Move Forward party, whatever the Move Forward does, I hope it will not do anything which will affect the monarchy, we would not agree with that. This is normal, we are not extreme conservatives, but we are Thai people, we respect the monarchy. This is it.” said Thaksin.

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Must admit did not really understand that. A small message being sent maybe?

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I thought it was a rather obvious statement.

• Former PM Thaksin undergoes orthopaedic surgery

The Department of Corrections announced on Monday (October 23) that former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra underwent orthopaedic surgery yesterday morning and is currently recovering in the neurosurgical intensive care unit at the Police Hospital.

Department of Corrections director-general Sahakarn Phetnarin has ordered the superintendent of Bangkok Remand Prison to inspect the proceedings and ensure continuing care for Thaksin.

The department stressed that in the past, detainees have been sent out for external medical treatment, either commuting between prison and hospital or requiring extended stays due to various medical conditions. The number of cases where detainees were sent out for medical treatment for more than 30 days between October 1 and today (October 24) totals 149. Among these, 115 cases exceeded 30 days, 30 cases exceeded 60 days, and 4 cases exceeded 120 days.

Thaksin has been in the Bangkok Remand Prison’s custody since August 22 of this year, when he returned to Thailand after 15 years on the run to face several charges. He was transferred on the first night of his incarceration and admitted to the Police Hospital for medical treatment for various illnesses.

Anti-Thaksin groups have regularly demanded a probe into whether Thaksin is really ill.