A medical student’s help in red shirts’ blood pooling enrages Chula doctors
A group of Chulalongkorn doctors have expressed their disapproval through the Facebook network of medical student Salaktham Tojirakarn, who is from the same institution and is the son of red-shirt leader Dr Weng Tojirakarn, for helping the red shirts in the blood gathering activity on 16 March. They have written a letter to the university’s Faculty of Medicine administration and the Faculty’s Alumni Association to have him investigated for his conduct, and have the case forwarded to the Medical Council to consider in the issuance of his professional medical licence.
A member of www.weareallhuman.net, formerly Fah Diew Kan or Same Sky Books political hardcore web-board, has posted screenshots of the doctors’ Facebook page which shows their conversations about Salaktham’s involvement in the blood-drawing activity.
One doctor, who is a lecturer at the Faculty and a recipient of a King Ananda Mahidol Scholarship, wrote the letter and invited others to sign.
Referring to a television news report which shows Salaktham wearing a gown and holding a blood container, the letter says that it has been widely reported that Salaktham is a medical student of Chulalongkorn University. It raises concerns whether this leads the public to understand that the institution supports the red shirts’ activity.
Salaktham’s involvement in the activity, which did not use the blood for medical purposes, goes against the principles of the International Red Cross, and wearing a gown with the Red Cross emblem is improper. His conduct has damaged the reputation of the Faculty and the Thai Red Cross, the letter says.
The alumni of the Faculty signing the letter urge the Faculty and the Alumni Association to investigate Salaktham and admonish him in the presence of the press, and forward the case to the Medical Council to consider in the issuance of his licence. This is to let the public know that the Faculty of Medicine of Chulalongkorn University does not support this activity, and to preserve the honour of King Chulalongkorn’s name and the image and reputation of the Faculty, as well as the prestige and purity of the medical profession, the letter says.
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fuck chula. the ultimate
fuck chula. the ultimate false university. oops, at least your only redeeming quality is Khun Giles. Who btw, I salute. Reds: there is a great statesman.
Like Father Like Son. Strip
Like Father Like Son. Strip him of his Medical License. Anyone who supports this kind of activity(blood splashing) is insane and ...unintelligent.
where were the howls of
where were the howls of indignation when Chula doctors refused to take care of wounded red supporters during the demo last year? it is clear this institution is supporting the fascist yellow movement (like Thammasat and Rangsit among others) and are quick to respond with ethical indignation to desparate ritual gestures like blood pouring while ignoring the cries from the masses
The problem with many Thai
The problem with many Thai pooyays, including many of those in responsible positions at the universities, is that they take themselves too seriously and are way too obsessed with the idea of punishing their underlings.
Some time ago we saw a student punished by her university for wearing a revealing dress outside of the university, then we had the ludicrous debate over the first year uniform requirement and now this.
The idea that the older you are, the wiser you are and the more you should be respected is as discredited a Confucian notion as it is possible to get. Ultimately, it is discredited because in many cases, the older and more feeble-minded you get, the wiser you assume you are, which is manifestly not always true. As an example, this nonsense about blood-gathering is a classic case (but by far from being the only one), where the Thai pooyay has come to believe his own delusional propaganda. All huffing and puffing and no substance.
The solution here is to assume that thinking you are a pooyay and therefore are entitled to monitor the off-campus non-criminal activities of your students is prima faciae evidence of senility. Round them up, pension them off and put them in an old folks home to die.
That way, the Thai education system might gain some credibility.
It raises concerns whether
It raises concerns whether this leads the public to understand that the institution supports the red shirts’ activity.
Are you kidding me? No one in Thailand, or now the world, would think that fascist Chulalongkorn University, rubber stamp for this or any Thai putsch in power, supports the red shirts' activity!
I agree with the anonymous poster above, although I assume that the 'round up' is called for tongue-in-cheek.
But I urge him to lose his fear, to take responsibility for his own opinions, and to identify himself whenever he speaks out on any issue, rather than to snipe, to run, to cower and hide as though he were guilty of some crime for doing so.
Regardless of my opposition
Regardless of my opposition to the blood-splashing rite, it's very clear that the medical presence was a very responsible one, given the well-known dangers of blood collection. The red cross on the student's gown and the fact that it's now known he is a Chula med student should bring credit to those 2 institutions. I hope the Medical Council gives the blinkered, narrow-minded, irresponsible idiots who are engaging in this spiteful conspiracy a slap on the wrist, and thanks the young man for his responsible & caring action.
Though disagree with your
Though disagree with your interpretation regarding the blood splashing, I do agree with the rest of your comment. I wonder how far all these ridicules will go. Joining the red shirts 'blood drawing' of this med student, refusal to treatment injured red shirts of a Chula doctor last year, are their personal decision and responsibilities. They all never claimed to act on behalf of their institutions. When will these docs come to some sense?
BTW, joining some ritual acts, whatsoever it is, has nothing to do with the professional practice. I hope the medical council is sane enough to drop all these kind of ridiculous complaints, and concentrate more on the realm of professional practice like injecting platelet-rich-plasma for rejuvination. Sigh!
Really! Where can I get that?
Really! Where can I get that?
When under pressure the
When under pressure the yellow shirts come out. Chula is riddled with them and they must all be feeling pretty sick today after the marvelous show of red shirt strength yesterday. All these doctors have bought all the crap about the monarchy and medicine. As ethnic Chinese these doctors need to otherwise they feel culturally lost.
If an operation will be done
If an operation will be done no matter what, wouldn't it be safer to have a professional handle the matter? A doctor should not discriminate..period. The doctors who protests the assistance of the red shirts should be ashamed of themselves for being self-serving, arrogant, and have their own licenses revoked permanently. These doctors who feel they have the right to choose who they help and don't should not forget that they themselves are part of some distinguishing group whether it be white, dark, buddhist, muslim, etc.. If they are advocating that doctors have the right to choose who to help, then lets hope they happen to fall into the same group as the doctor who will one day need to help them. So much education...these doctors...but yet their minds are arrogant and selfish. They are undeserving of the respect they are paid by society.
PPT has interesting comment
PPT has interesting comment on Culture, medicine and politics and the preference for "service" by young doctors in The South (doctor/patient ratio : 1: 3,300) over Isaan (doctor/patient ratio: 1:5,300). The ratio in Bangkok is apparently (1:850). Most of the colonial Thais in the South are Sino-Thai, aren't they?