Former Brit boxer slept next to dead body on first night in brutal Thai prison
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Billy Moore (right),speaking inside HM Prison Liverpool (Image: LIVERPOOL ECHO)
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1,243 new prison Covid infections, 3 deaths
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published : 26 May 2021 at 17:52 A patients ward at the Medical Correctional Institution in Bangkok. (File photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)
A total of 1,243 new coronavirus infections and three deaths were reported to the Corrections Department s Covid-19 situation committee on Wednesday, raising the cumulative number of prison cases to 17,138, according to department deputy director-general Weerakit Hanpariphan.
Dr Weerakit, the committee spokesman, said the new infections were reported from 13 prisons.
Of the three fatalities, the first was a 62-year-old male detainee from Chiang Mai Central Prison. He was admitted to Nakornping Hospital on May 11 with symptoms of exhaustion. He died on Tuesday at 12.48pm.
Chiang Mai Central Prison in Mae Taeng district, Chiang Mai. (Photo from the prison s Facebook page)
A male inmate died of Covid-19 in Chiang Mai province as the Corrections Department confirmed 1,429 more inmates contracted the disease over the past 24 hours.
Dr Weerakit Hanpariphan, deputy director-general of the department, said on Tuesday that the late 52-year-old inmate was at the Chiang Mai Central Prison. He had been diagnosed with Covid-19 on May 8 and received medical treatment since then.
Last Friday, the inmate was sent to Nakornping Hospital but his conditions did not improve.
He had suffered from diabetes, hypertension, renal failure and high cholesterol. Personnel of the hospital had taken the best care of the inmate he had been given antiviral medicines and put on a ventilator. The prisoner died at 5am on Tuesday, Dr Weerakit said.
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