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Health Ministry to probe RDS leader

Supat: Hit with graft claims

The Public Health Ministry has formed an investigation committee against Dr Supat Hasuwannakit, the Rural Doctors Society (RDS) president, for alleged purchasing irregularities when he was the director of Chana Hospital in Songkhla from 1999-2022.

Dr Rungrueng Kitphati, a ministry spokesman, said on Wednesday the ministry set up the committee after finding grounds to the accusation that Dr Supat, now a director of Saba Yoi Hospital in Songkhla, did not follow procurement guidelines.

Dr Rungrueng said the order was signed by Pongkasem Kaimook, the ministry’s deputy permanent secretary, and the committee is led by Dr Kittisak Aksornwong, the ministry inspector, and six other officials.

He said that in…

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