Somsak wades into Thaksin doctor saga

Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin has submitted his opinions to the Medical Council of Thailand (MCT), indicating he partially disagrees with its decision involving three doctors connected to former premier Thaksin Shinwatra’s out-of-prison medical treatment, according to his aide.

- APINYA WIPATAYOTIN

Thanakrit Jitareerat, an adviser to Mr Somsak, said the minister’s response follows a series of meetings by a panel appointed by Mr Somsak to vet the MCT’s resolution, which on May 8 suspended two senior doctors of the Police General Hospital (PGH) and warned a third at the Department of Corrections Hospital about their role in the case.

The MCT concluded that their certificates exaggerated Thaksin’s medical condition, enabling his prolonged stay at PGH for six months in lieu of serving time in prison.