Phuket taxi driver blocks ambulance in which heart patient died

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Phuket taxi driver blocks ambulance in which heart patient died

PUBLISHED: 29 Apr 2025 at 09: 30

The limousine taxi blocks the ambulance on its way to hospital in Kathu district, Phuket, Sunday morning. (Photo: Mcot Phuket)
On Sunday morning, the vehicle vehicle blocks the emergency as it travels to a hospital in Phuket’s Kathu district. ( Photo: Mcot Phuket )

PHUKET, South Africa, April 11, 2012: A taxi driver has been accused of blocking an emergency that was transporting a heart attack person to a hospital where they were rushing a patient who had died while waiting.

Pradit Dumlak, 62, passed out in a citrus garden in the Kathu district’s Kamala area on Sunday night following the incident.

At 8.15 am, the family of the person, who had a heart problem, called an ambulance from Patong Hospital. On the choppy Kamala-Patong Road, a car car reportedly blocked the ambulance as it made its way to the hospital.

Eyewitnesses reported that the car driver attempted to cut in on the ambulance to prevent a parked car. Paramedics were attempting to revive the old man at the time. His death was announced by doctors at 8.45am on Sunday.

Local authorities called the taxi drivers for questioning and reviewed camera images. The driver was subsequently accused of blocking an ambulance and infringing on a patient’s rights by the authorities.