On August 7, 2012 Ms. Ratiwan Soontara, Minister Counsellor for Labour Affairs, and Mrs. Pimpaporn Thitayanan, Counsellor for Labour Affairs, traveled to Min-Sheng General Hospital in Taipei and visited Somporn Sornchai, a worker who accidentally slipped in a bathroom and suffered from a damage in the brain blood vessel. The doctor had operated his brain while the patient was unconscious in an intensive care unit room of the hospital. The two offered cash from the fund for workers in the overseas to relatives of the patient.
On August 7, 2012 Ms. Ratiwan Soontara, Minister Counsellor for Labour Affairs, and Mrs. Pimpaporn Thitayanan, Counsellor for Labour Affairs, traveled to Min-Sheng General Hospital in Taipei and visited Somporn Sornchai, a worker who accidentally slipped in a bathroom and suffered from a damage in the brain blood vessel. The doctor had operated his brain while the patient was unconscious in an intensive care unit room of the hospital. The two offered cash from the fund for workers in the overseas to relatives of the patient.
Mr. Somporn is a Thai worker who has been working with Hou Chang Engineering Enterprise which is located in Luzhu city in Taoyuan area since November 2010. He felt unconscious after slipping in the bathroom on June 23, 2012 and was found by his Thai friends who also worked at the same plant about three hours after his accident. He was then sent to Min-Sheng General Hospital. Doctors had operated on him twice but he is still unconscious. The manpower firm has brought his uncle and younger brother to help look after him.
Office of Labour Affairs in Taipei
