UPDATE
Police have launched an investigation into Marichche Clinic in Pak Kret district of Nonthaburi province near Bangkok in central Thailand after a customer lost consciousness and died just six hours after her breast augmentation surgery was completed on March 23.
Chatri Pinyai, a lawyer of the Department of Health’s legal division, says that breast augmentation is considered a major operation but the clinic only holds a license to perform minor surgeries.
The deceased’s family are demanding 10 million baht (US$290,000) in compensation from Marichche clinic, which agreed to pay for the initial 100,000 baht costs of covering 37 year old Kanokwan’s funeral costs.
As soon as Kanokwan’s surgery was complete at 11pm, she began coughing. Upon returning home around midnight, Kanokwan said she suffering from back pain.
At 4am, Kanokwan’s…
