Help was given to blind ex-embassy worker: ministry

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has countered a former embassy worker’s claim she was made blind during her employment and left without adequate assistance.

Kanchana Patarachoke, the ministry’s spokeswoman, responded on Saturday to claims by Rattanaporn Saeng-on, 45, employed as service staff by the Thai embassy in Paris from 2009–2012.

She was rescued by police from a busy traffic intersection on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road trying to get herself hit by a car on Friday.

Ms Rattanaporn said she lost the will to live after she was denied sufficient compensation after permanently losing her eyesight while working with the embassy.

Ms Kanchana said Ms Rattanaporn developed glaucoma, which is a hereditary illness, well before she joined the embassy as temporary staff. Many of her family members have also suffered from the condition.

In 2012, she resigned from the embassy job…