Women’s shocking reports of subpar treatment at the hands of a plastic surgeon previously jailed

[webfact]

On Tuesday, activist lawyer Mr Ronnarong Kaewphet (inset left) introduced two women, 37-year-old Ms Nam (left) and 25-year-old Ms Tao (right) who detailed their nightmare treatments at the hands of a Huai Khwang-based plastic surgeon who was previously jailed for the death of a patient at his clinic in a liposuction procedure.

Bangkok and Thailand have become ‘world headquarters’ for economically priced cosmetic surgery as part of a broader medical tourism boom, which has been tainted in the last decade by disturbing reports of patient deaths at clinics offering substandard and sometimes unregulated care.

A campaigning Thai lawyer, on Tuesday, shone a light on the dark recesses of cheap and dangerous plastic surgery in Bangkok, known to be a world-beating centre for cosmetic procedures at low prices but which, in the last decade, has faced disturbing questions about the regulation of smaller clinics where several fatal cases have been reported in respect of relatively minor procedures.

 

The case in question is one of a doctor previously jailed for the death of a patient who has reopened up and is the subject of harrowing and substantiated claims from two Thai women who brought their story before reporters on Tuesday.

 

Well-known Thai lawyer Ronnarong Kaewphet, an activist against injustice and wrongdoing in the Kingdom, held a press conference on Tuesday and presented two victims of a plastic surgeon operating in the Huai Khwang area of Bangkok who was previously the subject of a police investigation after a death occurred at his surgery of a patient admitted for a liposuction procedure.

 

by Carla Boonkong & Pranee O' Connor

 

Full story: Thai Examiner.com 2023-11-08

 

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[klauskunkel]

What to do when the plastic surgery goes wrong?

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 She said that after the operation, she felt her cheekbones were bulging and not as expected.

You go for something completely different, which also goes wrong,

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She returned to have double eyelid surgery conducted. The result of the plastic surgery was that her face was not more beautiful, indeed; it was visibly scarred. Furthermore, her eyes appeared to be misshaped.

sigh

[hotchilli]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

The case in question is one of a doctor previously jailed for the death of a patient who has reopened up and is the subject of harrowing and substantiated claims from two Thai women who brought their story before reporters on Tuesday.

Of course he, and the establishment have all the relevant licenses to operate?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

And as is typical in such matters here in Thailand, the OP news article here doesn't ever name the doctor or the clinic that these two women claim was responsible for disfiguring them.

 

And beyond that, while we have a news conference on the subject by their lawyer, there's not a whiff of any info in the article on these women's ordeals that it has thus far resulted in any interest or action by the Medical Council of Thailand or the country's Consumer Protection police.

 

It's sad and deplorable on so many levels, including that quacks like the "doctor" involved here are allowed to treat patients in Thailand, especially when according to the article, the same doctor had been jailed in 2021 following the death of one of his liposuction patients, served his time, and was then released to resume practicing, ultimately on the two women in this latest case.

 

And then there's the different past doctor who was named in the article, regarding his prosecution and jailing for a prior case from back in 2014 in which his farang female patient died while under anaesthesia at a clinic that wasn't properly licensed to perform the procedure that was done.

 

Yeesh!!!

 

[Liverpool Lou]

20 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

And as is typical in such matters here in Thailand, the OP news article here doesn't ever name the doctor or the clinic that these two women claim was responsible for disfiguring them.

And, as is typical with so many AN posters they fail to read the full OP which names both the doctor and his clinic at the time.  

Edited November 8, 2023 by Liverpool Lou

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

9 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

And, as is typical with AN posters they fail to read the full OP which names both the doctor and his clinic at the time.  

 

Try again... that reference is to the prior different doctor and case from 2014-2015 -- not the doctor involved here.

 

The article recites a bunch of stuff about the old case involving the prior doctor who IS named in the article... and then moves to the current case.... saying:

 

"On Tuesday, lawyer Ronnarong Kaewphet presented two of the latest victims of another well-known plastic surgeon. This fly-by-night operator fell foul of the law and served time in prison."

 

Admittedly, as if often the case, the Examiner article is somewhat confusingly written with back and forth references that make it hard to follow, especially for the casual/quick read.

 

 

Edited November 8, 2023 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Liverpool Lou]

12 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

15 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

And, as is typical with AN posters they fail to read the full OP which names both the doctor and his clinic at the time.  

 

Try again... that reference is to the prior different doctor and case from 2014-2015 -- not the doctor involved here.

Try again, the article clearly states that the two complainants in this OP are patients of the same doctor who resumed his business after release from prison...

"Thai lawyer Ronnarong Kaewphet, an activist against injustice and wrongdoing in the Kingdom, held a press conference on Tuesday and presented two victims of a plastic surgeon operating in the Huai Khwang area of Bangkok who was previously the subject of a police investigation after a death occurred at his surgery of a patient admitted for a liposuction procedure.

The doctor was subsequently jailed for the incident in 2021, served his time, and was then released but appears to have been able to resume his practice. 

The latest two victims are from his renewed practice, which opened again in the Huai Khwang district".

"She told reporters that around the fifth or sixth time she had returned to correct her nose, she became aware of the doctor’s unfortunate history.

At any rate, she learned he had been held legally responsible for the death of a patient in his care".

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Edited November 8, 2023 by Liverpool Lou

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Yes... the unnamed doctor was supposedly jailed in 2021.

 

"presented two victims of a plastic surgeon operating in the Huai Khwang area of Bangkok who was previously the subject of a police investigation after a death occurred at his surgery of a patient admitted for a liposuction procedure.

 

The doctor was subsequently jailed for the incident in 2021, served his time, and was then released but appears to have been able to resume his practice. 

 

"The doctor was subsequently jailed for the incident in 2021, served his time, and was then released but appears to have been able to resume his practice."

 

The named doctor was one who had a British woman patient die on him in 2014:

 

"However, several fly-by-night operators, particularly in Bangkok, have given the trade a bad name, leading to negative international press coverage, such as that concerning the SP Clinic, which was at the centre of a controversy in October 2014 when police arrested Dr Sompop Sansiri after the death of a 24-year-old British woman, Joy Williams, who had been a patient at his clinic and died subsequently under anaesthetic."

 

The named doctor and his case was 2014.

 

The unnamed doctor and his most recent cases were 2021 involving the other death at that time, and then the past two years with these two women and their news conference.

 

Different doctors, different patient death cases years apart.

 

If it was all the same doctor, the article would not have begun talking about the newest case with the following reference:

 

"On Tuesday, lawyer Ronnarong Kaewphet presented two of the latest victims of another well-known plastic surgeon."

 

"another" as in, in addition to / separate from the prior 2014 one we've just told you about.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 8, 2023 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[newbee2022]

That is indeed a sad story.

When I went for my cataract operation I checked the CV of the doctor and records about the success and numbers of operations.

This these victims did not do but checking the price only.

However, mistakes and failures could happen.

I feel very sorry that the victims will have life time scars.

A court should judge about this case.