
The Public Health Ministry's disciplinary probe against Dr Supat Hasuwannakit, director of Songkhla's Saba Yoi Hospital and president of the Rural Doctors Society (RDS), heightens suspicions about whether the move is politically motivated.
The ministry accused the doctor -- known for his environmental activism against state projects and criticism of the military government -- of violating purchasing norms when buying Covid-19 ATK test kits as director of Chana Hospital in Songkhla and also for his purchasing of elevators for a new hospital building that was then under construction.