“Every second counts” was probably at the forefront of Pol Sub-lt Sakchai Krasaeyan’s mind as he raced against time, despite rain and heavy traffic, to bring a donor heart from Samut Sakhon provincial hospital to Siriraj hospital in Bangkok for transplant.
The heart was sealed an in ice box and hand-carried by a doctor throughout the 4-hour motorcycle dash on Monday evening. Thanks to coordination by traffic police along the route, the heart arrived at Siriraj hospital in good condition for the transplant.
The story of this life-saving mission was revealed yesterday by Pol Lt-Gen Nithithorn Chintakanon, the commissioner attached to the Royal Thai Police, in his capacity as the head of a working committee to promote the image of traffic police.
He said that his office received an urgent call at about 5.35pm, from traffic police under the Royally-sponsored traffic police…
