Thailand suspends 2 doctors over ex-PM Thaksin’s hospital stay
The doctors were involved in issuing medical certificates for Thaksin, with supposed discrepancies between their reports and his condition
Thailand’s Medical Council suspended two doctors on Thursday over alleged ethical violations linked to treatment given to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra following his return from exile.
However, he was transferred almost immediately from a detention centre to a private room in Bangkok’s Police General Hospital for health reasons and never spent a night in a cell.
His transfer, and the timing of his return, which coincided with his Pheu Thai party forming a new government, fuelled public suspicion of a back room deal and allegations of special treatment.
The Medical Council of Thailand said its ethics committee voted to suspend two doctors involved in issuing medical certificates for the former premier, citing discrepancies between their reports and his actual condition.
“It is a consequence of a sub-par professional work,” the council’s vice-president Prasit Watanapa told reporters after the meeting.
