The former PM’s health condition is not enough to support a hospital stay for the duration of a prison sentence.
PUBLISHED: 8 May 2025 at 17: 48
After concluding that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was never thoroughly poor, which had been cited as the justification for him to serve out his jail sentence in a hospital, the Medical Council of Thailand has decided to suspend two doctors and issue a warning to a second.
The vice-president of the committee, Prof. Dr. Prasit Watanapa, stated in a press conference on Thursday evening that the resolution, which was approved by a majority vote, would need the public health minister’s approval before being implemented.
Somsak Thepsutin of the ruling Pheu Thai Party, led by Thaksin’s girl, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, is the public health secretary.
According to Dr. Prasit, the three doctors in query worked at the Correctional Hospital and Police General Hospital.
In terms of a physician observe, the doctor who will get the warning failed to adhere to professional standards. Files from the two other physicians that contained fake health data were released. All three of them are musculoskeletal experts.
When asked to expound on the false information, Dr. Prasit said,” The knowledge that we received does not clearly demonstrate that there was any important issue as earlier announced.
The two physicians ‘ length of the two doctors ‘ license suspensions has not been decided. According to Dr. Prasit, suspending a medical license is regarded as a serious consequence for any medical specialist.
Clear information
He also urged against assuming that all of Thaksin’s conditions were real. He emphasized that the government came to the conclusion that the evidence did not consistently help claims that a critical condition existed.
After 15 years of self-imposed exile, Thaksin, who graduated from the authorities university and worked for the Metropolitan Police Bureau before moving to business and finally elections, made his return to the nation on August 22, 2023.
He was taken to the Supreme Court that evening, where he received a sentence of 8 years in prison for violating the constitution and having conflicts of interest while serving as prime minister earlier to 2006. The word was afterwards reduced to 1 year by royal mercy.
Due to his neck pain, hypertension, and lower blood oxygen levels, doctors decided to transfer him to Police General Hospital on his first day at Bangkok Remand Prison. According to some, the jail medical lacked the tools and training needed to care for patients who were in critical condition.
Thaksin, who turns 76 in July, was legally permitted to spend 120 days receiving treatment outside of prison, but the Department of Corrections authorized him to be there for 180 days because his life-threatening circumstances.
A parliamentary committee was informed last November that Thaksin had paid all the expenses for his six-month remain, including a VIP room on the patient’s 14th surface, which cost 8,500 baht per evening.
Rope and throat prepare
He was arrested, released from the hospital on February 18, 2024, on the grounds that he was elderly and critically poor. When he arrived house, and on a couple times over the course of the following month, he was seen wearing a neck prepare and a strap on one shoulder.
However, he has since been very lively, campaigning eagerly for the Pheu Thai Party and traveling extensively throughout the nation.
On August 31, 2024, the previous prime minister’s one-year prison term was officially over.
Or did he? The Supreme Court just made a surprise discovery when it decided to examine whether Thaksin’s jail sentence was carried out just right. It did this after rejecting a former MP’s request for an inspection because he was not a directly impacted party.  ,
On June 13, the Supreme Court’s Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions will question the daughter of Thaksin in relation to her father’s health condition. Thaksin won’t show up, but he will make a written display, according to his attorney.