The Civil Court on Tuesday ordered a doctor in Chiang Mai province whose liposuction treatment of a 17-year-old Mathayom 5 student led to her death to pay 7.43 million baht compensation to the girl's parents.
The civil suit was brought against Dr Chalee Kanchanarak, the owner of Chalee Clinic, by Kamol Muima and his wife Bang-ern, the parents of Siriporn Muima, the girl student. They sued for 12 million baht compensation.
Siriporn died in 2002. A criminal lawsuit was filed on Dec 6, 2002 against the former doctor.
The Supreme Court in January this year upheld the lower courts' sentencing of Chalee to four years and three months in prison. He is currently serving the sentence in Chiang Mai Prison.
The girl's parents filed a separate civil suit demanding 12 million baht compensation from Chalee.
The Civil Court today ordered Chalee to pay 7.43 million baht compensation, with the annual interest of 7.5%.
Siriporn's death received extensive media coverage highlighting the danger of liposuction - the surgical suctioning of fat deposits from specific parts of the body such as the abdomen, buttocks, hips and thighs.