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Hospitals 'supplying traffickers'



Anti-drug agents took down a suspected five-member Chiang Rai methamphetamine gang and 200,000 pills as the Anti-Money Laundering Office seized hospital records over suspicion pharmacists and staff are funneling drug-making materials to Myanmar factories

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Cold pill scandal widens
Hospital chiefs shifted in drug factory probe


Two hospital directors and three pharmacists from hospitals in the North and Northeast have been transferred as the investigation into cold pill smuggling widens.

The Public Health Ministry believes the five accused may have been involved in diverting cold medicines from hospitals in a trans-border smuggling scheme.

Police believe the cold pills are used to make methamphetamines at border drug factories in Myanmar and Laos.

The ministry's order came as the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) announced its intention yesterday to take over the investigation.

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More than 200,000 cold-treatment pills containing the stimulant pseudoephedrine, a precursor in making methamphetamines, have been reported missing from a hospital in Si Sa Ket, as the public hospital scandal spreads.

Phu Sing Hospital director Kitiphoom Juthasamit said on Thursday he had filed a complaint with Phu Sing Police Station on Thursday officially reporting the tablets were missing.

This followed a visit by Department of Special Investigation (DSI) officials, he said.

DSI officials inspected the hospital's records on Wednesday and found the amount the pseudoephedrine pills in the drug distribution records did not match those shown in the hospital’s TAK order reports. More than 200,000 pills were missing, Dr Kithiphoom said.

The discovery is a result of the DSI's ongoing probe into the smuggling of pseudoephedrine-based cold and allergy tablets stolen from local hospitals to Myanmar, where drug makers use them in the production of methamphetamine.


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Si Sa Ket health official Dr Prawi Aumpan said he had reported the issue to governor Prateep Kiratirekha today and proposed an inspection panel be set up to investigate the alleged drug irregularities at the hospital.

DSI officials say an organised pseudoephedrine trafficking network is collecting cold pills in large quantities and smuggle them into Myanmar and as many as 30 public and private hospitals may be linked with the gang.

Si Sa Ket is the latest province involved in the cold pill trafficking scandal, following Udon Thani, Uttaradit, Chiang Mai and Kalasin.

Udon Thani Hospital director Pichart Dolchalermyutthana last week admitted more than 4,800,0000 pills had gone missing from his hospital alone over the past three years.

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Udon Thani Hospital director Pichart Dolchalermyutthana last week admitted more than 4,800,0000 pills had gone missing from his hospital alone over the past three years.

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