MEDICAL COUNCIL
APIRADEE TREERUTKUARKUL
The right kidney of a 43-year-old woman, which she suspected had been stolen, was not missing but shrinking, the Medical Council said yesterday.
Sampan Komrit, the secretary-general of the Medical Council, said an MRI scan showed Gasorn Pumcham's right kidney was still in place, but was unusually small, only 28 millimetres by 56 millimetres.
Doctors suspect the woman had a problem with her right kidney from birth.
Tests also showed she was suffering kidney failure, and needed urgent treatment.
However, after the tests Mrs Gasorn was still not convinced she was born with a kidney problem. She asked for a thorough check and demanded the Medical Council find what caused the disuse atrophy, or shrinking, of her kidney.
''My health has been perfectly fine during the past 40 years. But it has been deteriorating since I underwent surgery. I need a better explanation of why my kidney is damaged,'' she said.
Mrs Gasorn, who works in a factory in Samut Prakan, lodged a complaint with police on Tuesday over suspicions her right kidney had been stolen during surgery two years ago.
She said she was admitted to the Bangkok Hospital in Phra Pradaeng in 2005 after a road accident. Eight months later she was admitted to a private hospital in the Thon Buri area, where she underwent surgery to treat endometriosis.
She said her health deteriorated after the surgery and last month a medical check found she only had a left kidney.
However, a 2005 report from Bangkok Hospital showed the patient had both kidneys, and her right kidney was 99 millimetres by 51 millimetres.
Somsak Lohlekha, the president of the Medical Council, said Mrs Gasorn's case would be taken to the council committee in a bid to find the cause of her kidney problems.
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