Six bogus doctors arrested in clinic raids

Five websites were discovered in Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi that provided health and aesthetic care.

Six bogus doctors arrested in clinic raids
In a raid on one of Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi, where six incompetent physicians were detained, a police officer asks a person to mark a document. ( Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham )

Six fictitious doctors have been detained in authorities searches of cosmetic and medical centers in Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi regions.

According to Pol Maj Gen Witthaya Sriprasertparb, commander of the Consumer Protection Police Division ( CPPD), officers raided clinics in five locations in the two central provinces after receiving complaints from public health officials and local residents that unqualified people were performing cosmetic and medical treatments.

According to Pol Col Veeraphong Khlaithon, director of CPPD sub-division 4, “investigators immediately verified the claims about five areas.”

At the first center, located at Talaad Thai in Khlong Luang city of Pathum Thani, a person identified as Supakjira Thammachan, 53, told police she was a dentist providing care.

Yet, she did not possess a clinical patient’s permission. She later acknowledged that Mathayom Suksa 6 ( Grade 12 ) was still in her final year.

A spa store in Pathum Thani, a cosmetic treatment facility on Rangsit-Nakhon Nayok Road, a medical facility in tambon Ban Mai, both of Pathum Than, a medical facility in tambon Bang Yai of Nonthaburi, and a health facility in tambon Lam Pak Kud in Pathum Thani were also targeted. 29 objects of facts were seized, including a man and four women, and 29 people were apprehended.

The soldiers examined the suspects ‘ educational records and discovered that one person had a diploma in care, one had graduated from a non-formal learning institution, and one had a diploma in medical technology. The previous candidate even studied computer science and had an interest in becoming a medical assistant.

Mr Supakjira and the other five suspects — Sonthaya Tangprasert, 54, Ekkaphop Thamthinno, 63, Romchalee Nakham, 40, Oraphin Pinjai, 33, and Jintana Prahusri, 39 — were charged with working as specialists without licensing. Some organizations were subject to additional costs for operating health clinics without authorization.

In Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi, authorities arrested another person during searches for health and cosmetic facilities. ( Photo supplied/Wassayos Ngamkham )