British actor Paul Nicholls is cared for by medical staff at the Samui Hospital on Thursday. (AP photo)Hospitals in Koh Samui have denied charging a British actor "tens of thousands of pounds" for accident treatment as reported by the British media, saying the information "might have been mixed up". Another international hospital - Thai International Samui Hospital - on Thursday clarified the matter on Facebook, saying it sent a team to rescue Nicholls. Teerasak Viriyanon, director of Koh Samui Hospital, said the doctor cleaned his wounds with antiseptic and prepared him for kneecap replacement surgery. He contacted the British embassy in Bangkok, and is scheduled to fly back to the UK next week, the BBC reported on Tuesday.

Source: Bangkok Post July 20, 2017 20:15 UTC