A prominent Hua Hin doctor has been arrested with allegations of performing illegal abortions.
The serving of an arrest warrant on Dr Srisamai Cheuachart, 55, followed the finding of four fetuses dumped in the trash outside a convenience store in February. The foetuses were found in two black plastic bags among the rubbish at Ruam Sook housing estate on Soi Chonlaprathan 68 by garbage collectors during their morning round. A Hua Hin Hospital physician confirmed they had been illegally aborted.
Two of the unborn babies were male and female. The other two were only 3-4 months in development and the gender not clear. Dr Srisamai is the former director of Sam Roi Yot Hospital and has worked in obstetrics and female health at Hua Hin Hospital. She denies the charges. Her house in the Ruam Suk housing estate was searched as police visited the Srisamai clinic at the end of Huay Monkhol Soi 11 on the Hua Hin to Nong Phlub Road. A worker at the clinic was also arrested. That person is believed to have dumped the babies’ bodies in the trash near the doctor’s house. Dr Srisamai has been released on bail by the court.
Daily News