Pathum Thani, Central Investigation Police joins with S.S.O., Pathum Thani Provincial Public Health Office. Announcing the arrest of a person who was not a doctor who performed a procedure on a citizen in the case of his younger sister’s laser being the cause.
Central Investigation Bureau by Consumer Protection Crime Suppression Division (Consumer Protection Crime Suppression Division) together with the Department of Health Service Support, Pathum Thani Provincial Public Health Office jointly announced the results of the arrest of a person who was not a doctor providing medical treatment to the public. From cases in the news of people having laser hair on their genitals causing burns and infected wounds. which involves performing procedures such as lasers or injecting various substances into the body This must be done by a doctor who has a valid medical license.
Magic Dentist Praditsuwan Deputy Director-General of the Department of Health Service Support (Department of Health Service Support) revealed that
the Department of Health Services together with officials from Subdistrict 4, Department of Health Services, inspected beauty clinics in the area of ??Thanyaburi District. Pathum Thani Province and met Ms. Sathita, age 38, doing laser body hair removal on clients. When the inspection officer found that the said hospital had a valid business license and license to operate a hospital, but Ms. Sathita did not have a license. Practicing medicine, claiming to have completed a nursing assistant course for 1 year, the police arrested him and seized modern medicine. Drugs registered on the drug formula and medical records of service recipients Including equipment for treatment Send investigators to proceed with the case.
Pol. Maj. Gen. Witthaya Sriprasertphap, commander of the Crime Suppression Division, said that such offenses Both are guilty Medical Profession Act Base of practicing medicine without permission / Drug Act, base of selling modern medicine without permission. and drug sales bases that have not yet re
gistered drug formulas Upon further investigation, it was discovered that an employee within the clinic performed the laser procedure. The investigating officers of Division 4 of the Narcotics Control Board will collect evidence and issue a summons to come and acknowledge the allegations.
which allows a person who is not a doctor to provide treatment The operator of the health care facility will be considered guilty according to Hospital Act of 1998: ‘The bases for neglecting someone who is not a professional to practice their profession in a hospital. Imprisonment not exceeding 2 years or a fine not exceeding 40,000 baht, or both. And there may be an administrative order to temporarily close the hospital or may even revoke the license.
Remind the public before undergoing treatment or cosmetic procedures, they should check the permission of the clinic and doctor first. And warn those who illegally commit crimes, whether they are people posing as doctors, quack doctors, or quack clinics, to stop such behavio
r. Because the police continue to make arrests. The public can report information about illegal clinics. Illegal doctors can be contacted at the hotline of the Crime Suppression Division, 1135.
Source: Thai News Agency
