Husband arrested for acid attack, hospital investigated
published : 12 Nov 2018 at 13:14
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
A 50-year-old man was arrested early on Monday morning for allegedly pouring acid over his wife's face and into her mouth. She died after allegedly being denied proper treatment at a hospital in Bangkok.
Kamtan Singhanat was arrested at a friend's house in Nakhon Sawan province on Sunday and taken immediately to Tha Kham police station in Bangkok, Thai media reported.
Police planned a crime scene re-enactment later on Monday.
Mr Kamtam had only recently married the 38-year-old victim, Chorlada Tarawan. He is accused of pouring acid into her mouth and on her face on Saturday in a fit of jealousy.
The woman's 12-year-old daughter rushed her by taxi for treatment, directing the driver to Bangmod Hospital in Chom Thong district. The driver instead took them to Praram 2 Hospital, a private hospital in Bang Khun Thien, saying it was much closer and her condition was clearly dire.
Staff at Praram 2 Hospital later called a taxi to take the victim and her daughter to Bangmod Hospital. Chorlada reportedly died on the way.
Activist lawyer Atchariya Rueangratanapong accompanied two of the dead woman's angry relatives to Praram 2 Hospital on Sunday, where they accused the hospital of failing to help her.
The management replied that the patient wanted treatment at Bang Mod Hospital, where she had medical welfare coverage. Staff of Praram 2 Hospital applied first aid and decided her condition was not critical. A nurse gave the daughter 40 baht to pay for a taxi.
The Department of Health Service Support is investigating the way Praram 2 Hospital treated the woman.
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Vocabulary
- accused: to be said to have done something wrong or committed a crime - ถูกกล่าวหา
- acid: a chemical, usually a liquid, that contains hydrogen and has a pH of less than seven. Acids are usually sour and can often burn holes in or damage things they touch. - กรด, ของเหลวที่มีฤทธิ์เป็นกรด, ของเหลวที่มีสภาพเป็นกรด
- critical: very seriously ill or injured and might die - อย่างรุนแรง อย่างวิกฤต
- dire: very serious or extreme - เลวร้ายมาก
- jealousy: a feeling of unhappiness and anger because someone has something or someone that you want - ความขี้หึง, ความหึงหวง
- pour (verb): to make a liquid or other substance flow from a container in a continuous stream, especially by holding the container at an angle - เท
- re-enactment (of a crime): repeating the actions of a past event, in this case, of a crime - แผนประกอบคำรับสารภาพ
- welfare: help given, especially by the state or an organization, to people who need it; good care and living conditions - สวัสดิการ
- Keywords
- hospital
- pouring acid
- acid attack
- activist lawyer
