Chalerm improving after surgery
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Labour Minister Chalerm Ubumrung's health condition has slightly improved following brain surgery and he will be ready for discharge from hospital this week, his doctors have said.
“He now can eat food and respond to other people,” Ramathibodi Hospital director Dr Surasak Leela-udomlipi said.
Chalerm was taken to the hospital on Friday after he complained of problems with his balance. He underwent surgery to drain excess fluid from his brain and has since been transferred to the inpatient ward recovery room.
Surasak said medical teams could not find the real cause of Chalerm’s illness but his condition was not at a critical stage.
Pol Captain Duang Yoobamrung, Chalerm’s youngest son, said his father could talk and walk and even eat food normally. However, doctors wanted him to take more rest and not to work hard.
“Doctors asked me to be careful with the risk of infection that might [hit] my father,” Duang said.
Chalerm’s younger brother, Nawarat Yoobamrung, said his brother had recovered and had a fresh face and could smile and laugh. He said Chalerm wanted to thank people who had called him and worried about him.
Office of the Narcotics Control Board secretary-general Pol Lt-General Pongsapat Pong-charoen said he believed Chalerm would soon be able to work and continue his job overseeing the National Command Centre for Drugs.
Chalerm has designated the Labour Ministry’s former permanent secretary Somkiat Chayasriwong as an adviser to help him run the ministry.
