BANGKOK, July 21 (TNA) – Deputy Prime
Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said he wanted fullest
legal action against the people who attacked medical personnel at two hospitals
in Samut Prakan province on Sunday.
He condemned the people for violent reactions on a doctor
and personnel at Vibharam Chaiprakarn Hospital where their friend was
pronounced dead after being stabbed in a brawl in Samut Prakan on Sunday.
“Hospitals were not wrong. Administrators and police must
take the fullest legal action so that the people cannot cause trouble to the
public. The management of the hospitals must file complaints against those
responsible. Do not reach a compromise,” Mr Anutin said.
About a dozen people were arrested for attacking Vibharam
Chaiprakan Hospital and then Muangsamut Hospital where their injured rivals
were being treated.
Mr Anutin said that the director-general of the Health
Support Service Department would follow up the issue at the two hospitals.
“The incident concerned conscience… It is not right to
attack any doctor who cannot save life,” he said. (TNA)
