Stories tagged with death
-
Suandok Hospital in Chiang Mai needs doctors
Suandok Hospital in Chiang Mai needs doctors The Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital, today called the Suandok Hospital, is swamped with heart and brain patients. The medical center, founded in 1959, has grown into the major medical hub of Northern Thailand serving over ten million people from the 17 northern provinces. The hospital is considered one of the best in Thailand, specializing in heart and brain diseases.
Unfortunately, the Suandok hospital is short on doctors who can treat patients with common heart and brain diseases. In Thailand, problems involving the heart and brain account for a large majority of deaths each year. Heart disease is the second leading cause of death, while brain diseases are the third leading cause.
"A very long queue of patients is a common sight, and many of them go home disappointed. Some have to wait so long that they are almost in despair," Asst Prof Dr Siwaporn Chankrachang, chief of the Northern Neuroscience Centre, said.
The hospital is looking for more doctors to fill the high demand. Suandok Hospital currently has eight heart specialists and five brain specialists. The doctors are in increasingly high demand, serving more than 5,000 heart disease patients and 3,000 brain disorder patients each year.
Posted by: Andrew on 21 Nov 2008, 11:09 -
16 year-old student dies in hazing
A freshman student at the Polytechnic Krungthep Commercial School has died from injuries obtained during a hazing ritual. Nirojsak Inthachote was 16 years old and a freshman at the school.
Her Majesty the Queen had donated 100,000 baht to assist the family for medical expenses after the boy did not regain consciousness after the hazing incident. Emergency brain surgery could not save the boy.
A fellow senior student reportedly told the boy to reputedly fall head-first on the sand floor as part of the initiation process. The trauma from the repeated blows to the head killed the freshman student.
One student has been arrested, and additional arrest warrants are out for others involved in the incident. Police are suspected to charge the perpetrators with reckless action causing another persons death.
The Plolytechnic Krungthep Commercial School director said that they did not know that these hazing rituals were taking place at the technical school. A school investigation is still underway concerning this incident.
The school has offered their condolences to the family of the tragic incident. A teacher from the school will accompanied Nirojsak’s body during the transport to the family in Bangkok.
Posted by: Andrew on 05 Nov 2008, 10:25 -
Scottish Woman Killed in Pattaya Hit and Run Accident
A young woman from Scotland visit Thailand on holiday has been killed in a hit-and-run accident in Pattaya.
Jennifer Burden, 26, died from injuries suffered after being struck down by a car in the popular Gulf of Thailand resort of Pattaya.
Police continue to search for the driver of the car.
The tourist’s grieving mother was too upset to speak with reporters at the family’s home, located in Airth, near Falkirk, in Scotland.
A spokesperson from the Foreign Office indicated that an investigation was under way.
She commented: "We can confirm a British national died on June 16 in a car accident while on holiday in Pattaya.
"We are providing consular assistance and there is still an ongoing investigation to trace the driver."
Details surrounding the accident remain unclear.
Former co-workers paid tribute to Ms Burden, who has been employed in Nottingham as a procurement analyst for an IT firm.
Karl Dukes, her former boss, said: "Jennifer was always very lively. She was the life and soul of the party. She was just a typical vibrant young woman who got on well with her clients and colleagues.
"I know that she and her boyfriend had been together for a good few years. They had a very strong relationship. They were always on the phone together."
In a recent email to friends back in the UK, Jennifer wrote that her favourite places in south-east Asia were Vang Vieng, in Laos, and Kanchananburi, in Thailand, which is known to most Westerners as the site of the Bridge on the River Kwai.
Posted by: Andrew on 08 Jul 2008, 17:00