Photo courtesy of FC Anutin Facebook

 

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul undertook his first volunteer flight as PM to collect donated organs in Loei, Thailand, on September 30. The organs were transported to Bangkok to benefit seven patients. Anutin, a volunteer pilot since 2014, landed at Loei Airport to retrieve a heart, liver, two kidneys, two eyes, and a pancreas from a 19-year-old donor who was brain-dead due to an accident.

 

The young man's family agreed to the donation, making him the 20th organ donor from Loei and the 141st in Thailand. The organs were sent to King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital for life-saving procedures. Officials lauded the act as both a demonstration of public service and a boost for organ donation awareness, emphasizing the importance of civic duty and generosity.

 

“This mission reflects the value of public service and the generosity of organ donors,” officials commented. Similar generosity was shown at Phetchabun Hospital where the family of a 42-year-old programmer decided to donate his organs, aiding four patients in need of transplants. His sister, inspired by his lifelong generosity, has registered as an organ donor as well.

 

Thailand faces a critical shortage of organ donors, with hundreds waiting for transplants. This high-profile mission is expected to raise awareness about the need for donations. Health officials hope that these acts of kindness will inspire more families to consider organ donation to help save lives.

 

Key Takeaways

• PM Anutin piloted a flight for organ donation, aiding seven patients.
• The young donor from Loei is the 141st in Thailand.
• Thailand has a critical shortage of organ donors; awareness efforts continue.

 

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1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

Photo courtesy of FC Anutin Facebook

 

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul undertook his first volunteer flight as PM to collect donated organs in Loei, Thailand, on September 30. The organs were transported to Bangkok to benefit seven patients. Anutin, a volunteer pilot since 2014, landed at Loei Airport to retrieve a heart, liver, two kidneys, two eyes, and a pancreas from a 19-year-old donor who was brain-dead due to an accident.

 

The young man's family agreed to the donation, making him the 20th organ donor from Loei and the 141st in Thailand. The organs were sent to King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital for life-saving procedures. Officials lauded the act as both a demonstration of public service and a boost for organ donation awareness, emphasizing the importance of civic duty and generosity.

 

“This mission reflects the value of public service and the generosity of organ donors,” officials commented. Similar generosity was shown at Phetchabun Hospital where the family of a 42-year-old programmer decided to donate his organs, aiding four patients in need of transplants. His sister, inspired by his lifelong generosity, has registered as an organ donor as well.

 

Thailand faces a critical shortage of organ donors, with hundreds waiting for transplants. This high-profile mission is expected to raise awareness about the need for donations. Health officials hope that these acts of kindness will inspire more families to consider organ donation to help save lives.

 

Key Takeaways

• PM Anutin piloted a flight for organ donation, aiding seven patients.
• The young donor from Loei is the 141st in Thailand.
• Thailand has a critical shortage of organ donors; awareness efforts continue.

 

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My god,  isn't he busy enough already?

Suggest Medical Services make some provision for this work.

Useful photo though. 555

Laudable, however, as speed is very much of the essence in such matters perhaps even the 5 minutes setting up the photo op was a waste.

 

Land, open door, bloke with cool box jumps in, off you go.

Nice airplane. 

Praise where i's due... 

Wooing the populace. 

Hard to believe that in a country of 72 million, only 141 people have ever donated their organs. Just one more example of the selfishness and lack of civic duty and obligations to their communities. It's all about "me, me, me", and to h*ll with you! Really makes me sick!

56 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Praise where i's due... 

Correct and voters will notice this kind act 

Take a close look at the photo. There is a gentleman in a yellow shirt sitting in the left hand seat of the cockpit. His professional pilot, methinks.

4 minutes ago, Grusa said:

Take a close look at the photo. There is a gentleman in a yellow shirt sitting in the left hand seat of the cockpit. His professional pilot, methinks.

Could be, nevertheless, like him or not, Anutin is a man of many talents.

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Photo courtesy of FC Anutin Facebook

 

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul undertook his first volunteer flight as PM to collect donated organs in Loei, Thailand, on September 30. The organs were transported to Bangkok to benefit seven patients. Anutin, a volunteer pilot since 2014, landed at Loei Airport to retrieve a heart, liver, two kidneys, two eyes, and a pancreas from a 19-year-old donor who was brain-dead due to an accident.

 

The young man's family agreed to the donation, making him the 20th organ donor from Loei and the 141st in Thailand. The organs were sent to King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital for life-saving procedures. Officials lauded the act as both a demonstration of public service and a boost for organ donation awareness, emphasizing the importance of civic duty and generosity.

 

“This mission reflects the value of public service and the generosity of organ donors,” officials commented. Similar generosity was shown at Phetchabun Hospital where the family of a 42-year-old programmer decided to donate his organs, aiding four patients in need of transplants. His sister, inspired by his lifelong generosity, has registered as an organ donor as well.

 

Thailand faces a critical shortage of organ donors, with hundreds waiting for transplants. This high-profile mission is expected to raise awareness about the need for donations. Health officials hope that these acts of kindness will inspire more families to consider organ donation to help save lives.

 

Key Takeaways

• PM Anutin piloted a flight for organ donation, aiding seven patients.
• The young donor from Loei is the 141st in Thailand.
• Thailand has a critical shortage of organ donors; awareness efforts continue.

 

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every Thi should carry a card' opting out ' of being a donor,that should solve the problem

What a kind wonderful man.

16 hours ago, JAG said:

Laudable, however, as speed is very much of the essence in such matters perhaps even the 5 minutes setting up the photo op was a waste.

 

Land, open door, bloke with cool box jumps in, off you go.

It was always about the photo, not the mission.

Anutin is one of the most corrupt politicians in Thailand. His Blue Party is guilty of money laundering concerning the last Senate election. The Thai news has been heavily covering this corrupt politician the last few days. 

I wonder why they need 4 nurses. The donor is beyond help now.

1 hour ago, Grusa said:

Take a close look at the photo. There is a gentleman in a yellow shirt sitting in the left hand seat of the cockpit. His professional pilot, methinks.

Agree. It's a real handful of a sophisticated turboprop requiring recent proficiency and single pilot IFR skills.

Not for your "weekend aviator".

 

At least, it seems, that he has the sense to utilise a current and (hopefully)well qualified pilot to be be PIC while he continues to gain experience from the right hand seat.

 

Nonetheless, a worthwhile and applaudable mission.

Typical for Thailand, if you go to the Red Cross webpage about organ donation https://english.redcross.or.th/aboutus/department/organdonate/  

There is a link to the donation page http://www.organdonate.redcross.or.th   which is 404 (a dead link)

Makes it kind of hard to register if the registration page can't be reached.

Organ donation should be mandatory for everyone.

54 minutes ago, loong said:

I wonder why they need 4 nurses. The donor is beyond help now.

Maybe they act as stewardesses on the flight?  Reminds me of this scene from Airplane...

 

 

6 hours ago, kiwikeith said:

Correct and voters will notice this kind act 

No doubt some will... each have their ardent followers

6 hours ago, Grusa said:

Take a close look at the photo. There is a gentleman in a yellow shirt sitting in the left hand seat of the cockpit. His professional pilot, methinks.

I actually think the chap in the yellow shirt is sitting on the right-hand side, and even skilled pilots (which Anutin is) find it helpful to have a second pair of hands in the cockpit to assist with navigation, communication and other sundry duties required when flying a complex turboprop like the TBM800...

Given that Anutin is head of gub'ment, I'd hope he has a significant security detail accompanying any flight he'd be on.  Meaning military aircraft flying along side.

 

In which case, his presence was surplus to the needs of the medical mission, and probably slowed things down.

 

But I'm cynical like that. 

 

Maybe people will see the photos and think now about being organ donors...

 

1 minute ago, impulse said:

Given that Anutin is head of gub'ment, I'd hope he has a significant security detail accompanying any flight he'd be on.  Meaning military aircraft flying along side.

 

This is not the US 

1 minute ago, CallumWK said:

This is not the US 

 

How many coups have they had in the USA? 

 

Aside from the Dem campaign in the 2024 election, I mean.

 

1 minute ago, impulse said:

 

How many coups have they had in the USA? 

 

Aside from the Dem campaign in the 2024 election, I mean.

 

 

What this has to do with coups or the US democrats? They must live in your head rent free.

 

As for your question, the US had a failed coup 6 January 2021, and a new one is being planned as of this writing.

5 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

What this has to do with coups or the US democrats? They must live in your head rent free.

 

With 12 coups in recent history and hot wars on 2 of their borders, I'd hope the Thai PM is getting good security. 

 

And I question the wisdom of him flying missions like this.

 

 

What is in his esky? In flight Heineckens?

7 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Praise where i's due... 

yes 100% agree and even more praise should be given to those brave people who give permission for organ harvesting of lost love one’s especially that out of 70+ million Thais and hundreds who die on the roads every year this was only the 20th donation from Loei and only 141 for the whole country.

The 20 people from Loei should be lauded for their bravery in this respect.

There are 7,000 + people in Thailand suffering kidney failure and require transplants and cannot work yet if the government and medical profession came together over transplant surgery and reduced the cost most of these sufferers could very quickly be returned to the overall workforce and of benefit to the economy and community.

 

One can only hope that daylight will dawn in the not too distant future and offerings of organs and subsequent transplants will increase in every aspect 🤞🤞

 

 

The aircraft is his personal Socata TBM - a 930 if I remember correctly.

 

Thailand has similar regs to those in Canada and many other countries of the world - the pilot/owner must stay current.  Hence his willingness (even eagerness) to undertake flights like this.  He has an IFR rating and that really must be coddled carefully and regularly.

 

14 minutes ago, Rotweiler said:

The aircraft is his personal Socata TBM - a 930 if I remember correctly.

 

You do recall correctly, but given that it was in the picture in the OP there was no need.

 

40 minutes ago, Jimjim1 said:

yes 100% agree and even more praise should be given to those brave people who give permission for organ harvesting of lost love one’s especially that out of 70+ million Thais and hundreds who die on the roads every year this was only the 20th donation from Loei and only 141 for the whole country.

The 20 people from Loei should be lauded for their bravery in this respect.

There are 7,000 + people in Thailand suffering kidney failure and require transplants and cannot work yet if the government and medical profession came together over transplant surgery and reduced the cost most of these sufferers could very quickly be returned to the overall workforce and of benefit to the economy and community.

 

One can only hope that daylight will dawn in the not too distant future and offerings of organs and subsequent transplants will increase in every aspect 🤞🤞

 

 

Well said..