Minister takes flak for veto decision

Chanchai warns of legal consequences

- AEKARACH SATTABURUTH

Former Democrat MP Chanchai Issarasenarak slammed Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin’s decision to veto the Medical Council of Thailand’s (MCT) resolution to punish three doctors for their role in Thaksin Shinawatra’s controversial stay at the Police General Hospital, warning he will face legal action for abusing his authority to protect the former prime minister.

Early last month, the council resolved to suspend the licences of two senior doctors at Police General Hospital (PGH) for exaggerating Thaksin’s medical condition, paving the way for him to serve his prison sentence at the hospital.

Another doctor at the Corrections Department Hospital was served with a formal warning for abusing her position to facilitate Thaksin’s transfer out of prison.