Missing Bhutanese man found in Samut Prakan hospital
A 39-year-old Bhutanese man who has been missing in Bangkok since January 23 has been found being admitted to the Samut Prakan Provincial Hospital, the hospital and Samut Prakan police chief confirmed.
Samut Prakan police chief Pol Maj Gen Thammannoon said police were informed by the hospital at 8 pm Wednesday that Harka Bahadur Subba, a single father of four, was being treated in an in-patient ward. At that time, the hospital did not know who he is and police confirmed his identity Thursday morning, the provincial police chief said.
Thammanoon said he had informed the Bhutanese embassy and the police commissioner general of the finding of the man. The police commissioner general in return ordered the transfer of the Bhutanese man to the Police General Hospital to provide him better care under close watch by all agencies concerned.
According to Thammanoon, Harka Bahadur was found lying unconsciously in front of JR sukiyaki shop on Sai Luad road in Tambon Paknam of Samut Prakan’s Muean district.
The man appeared like a vagabond si the person, who spotted him, called the hospital Wednesday evening and the hospital sent an ambulance to take him and admitted him to the male in-patient ward on the fifth floor without knowing his identity because he cannot speak Thai. The hospital alerted police and police checked his identity at the hospital Thursday morning and confirmed that he is the missing Bhutanese man.
The Bhutanese embassy said the man disappeared from the Sena Place Hotel on Phaholyothin Road in Phya Thai district at about 6am on January 23.
He came to Bangkok to attend a training session and may have been lost and could not find a way to return to his hotel, according to a Facebook post by Mirror Foundation.
The embassy said Harka Bahadur is a cook in Damphu Central School and came to Thailand with nine other teachers and cooks for training in natural farming in Saraburi province.
