Bangkok: Hope the Prime Minister will keep his word and accept the Medical Council's investigation results. Lisa Phakamon, deputy spokesperson of the Prachachon Party, has taken back what the Prime Minister once said in the parliament to accept the results of the Medical Council investigation into 'Thaksin' being treated on the 14th floor of the Police General Hospital. She hopes that the Prime Minister will keep his word and not use his power to interfere with the Minister of Public Health to stop the matter.
According to Thai News Agency, Ms. Phakamon Nunanan, deputy spokesperson of the Prachachon Party, commented on the Medical Council's announcement regarding the investigation results into the medical ethics of doctors at the Prison Hospital and the Police Hospital regarding Thaksin Shinawatra's stay on the 14th floor of the Police Hospital. The resolution was to punish three doctors for providing information or medical documents that were not true. From now on, according to the Medical Profession Act of 1982, the Medical Council has a duty to propose a resolution to the special president chaired by Mr. Somsak Thepsuthin, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health, for approval before implementing the resolution.
Ms. Pakamon said that she had to go back and recall verbatim in case the Prime Minister could not remember. The Prime Minister once said in the House of Representatives meeting on March 25, 2025, after the opposition debated the no-confidence motion regarding her father's treatment on the 14th floor of the Police General Hospital. The Prime Minister said, 'If we are going to talk about him being really sick or pretending to be sick, when the doctor diagnosed that my father was sick and had to be treated at the Police General Hospital, that would be clear. If I were to tell him, oh! My father is over 70 years old and sick, would you believe me? I don't believe you.'
The Prime Minister continued, 'Really sick, over 70, had to undergo surgery. During the COVID period, I had severe COVID, lost over 10 kilograms, caused hair loss, and scars on my lungs. Do you believe it or not? Is it true that if I say that people over 70 need surgery and that surgery is not as easy as for people in their 20s, 30s, or 40s? Do you believe it or not?'
The deputy spokesperson of the People's Party continued, "Well, today the results of the medical ethics investigation are out. The conclusion is that one doctor was warned for issuing a referral, and two other doctors had their medical licenses suspended for providing information in medical documents that were not true. This is because the information received did not have clear evidence that a crisis had occurred. "In simple terms, from the evidence, the Prime Minister's father is not critically ill, as he has tried to find an illness to explain," Ms. Pakamon stated.
Ms. Pakamon said that they accepted the results as the Prime Minister had previously stated. They hoped that the Prime Minister would accept the results of the ethics investigation by the Medical Council as he had previously stated. They also hoped that the next steps would be straightforward, without any interference from agencies as previously confirmed. There would be no order for the Minister of Public Health to disagree with the resolution. From now on, Thai society will keep a close eye on the test of courage to see what the Minister of Public Health will do.