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11-09-2023, 12:31 PM
Rebecca Ratcliffe in Bangkok
Mon 11 Sep 2023 00.24 BST
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According to reports in Thai media, Thaksin was moved to the wing of a hospital with private rooms fitted with air conditioning and a TV, fridge, sofa and dining table, while under 24-hour care by nurses. Officials have denied he’s been the recipient of any special treatment, saying the former prime minister needed urgent care as he was experiencing insomnia, chest tightness and high blood pressure and the oxygen levels in his fingertips were low.
However, activists and lawyers have pointed to conditions inside Thailand’s jails, where cells are overcrowded and lacking in hygiene and medical care is limited. They say the same standard of care should be afforded to all prisoners.
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Activists and lawyers say that when inmates do become ill, accessing medical care is a drawn-out process.
“There may be certain facts or circumstances in Mr Thaksin’s case that required such expedited procedure,” Poonsuk Poonsukcharoen, a lawyer at TLHR, says of Thaksin’s overnight transfer. “But from our experiences in working with other prisoners, that’s an unusually quick timeframe.”
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Poonsuk says it is possible Thaksin has been treated differently from her clients because of his advanced age. If he is ill, TLHR has no complaints about his treatment, she says, but adds: “We would hope that other prisoners would be afforded the same standard as well.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/s...n-thailand
Mon 11 Sep 2023 00.24 BST
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According to reports in Thai media, Thaksin was moved to the wing of a hospital with private rooms fitted with air conditioning and a TV, fridge, sofa and dining table, while under 24-hour care by nurses. Officials have denied he’s been the recipient of any special treatment, saying the former prime minister needed urgent care as he was experiencing insomnia, chest tightness and high blood pressure and the oxygen levels in his fingertips were low.
However, activists and lawyers have pointed to conditions inside Thailand’s jails, where cells are overcrowded and lacking in hygiene and medical care is limited. They say the same standard of care should be afforded to all prisoners.
......
Activists and lawyers say that when inmates do become ill, accessing medical care is a drawn-out process.
“There may be certain facts or circumstances in Mr Thaksin’s case that required such expedited procedure,” Poonsuk Poonsukcharoen, a lawyer at TLHR, says of Thaksin’s overnight transfer. “But from our experiences in working with other prisoners, that’s an unusually quick timeframe.”
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Poonsuk says it is possible Thaksin has been treated differently from her clients because of his advanced age. If he is ill, TLHR has no complaints about his treatment, she says, but adds: “We would hope that other prisoners would be afforded the same standard as well.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/s...n-thailand
