The five-year-old boy, Thanakorn Wanwichit, was diagnosed with three heart chambers, causing abnormally low heartbeats. In the latest development, the hospital has performed an operation to install a heart pacer to help increase his heartrate to some 70-100 beats per minute. The plight of the family was recently published on Facebook by their neighbour, Damrong Yaemklud. After the plight was known, Sa Kaew police from several stations formed a special band to perform music at a weekly market in Wang Somboon. The money was handed over to the family by Sa Kaew police chief Pol Maj-General Yingyot Thepchamnong on Friday, who personally contributed Bt2,000.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 22, 2017 03:22 UTC