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Thai ⁠Princess Bajrakitiyabha’s health declines amid ongoing medical battle

Doctors struggle to stabilise the heart rate of the 47-year-old, who has been in a coma since 2022

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Thai ⁠Princess Bajrakitiyabha waves to supporters in Bangkok in 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE
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The medical ⁠condition of Thai ⁠Princess Bajrakitiyabha has ⁠worsened as a result of multiple infections in several organs, with doctors unable to contain her irregular heart ‌rate, the Royal Palace said in a statement on Thursday.

The 47-year-old princess and eldest daughter of King Maha Vajiralongkorn was taken to hospital in December 2022, after she collapsed ⁠from a heart condition and other infections. ‌She has been in a coma ever since.

After years of treatment, doctors discovered a stomach infection that led to inflammation in her intestines in April, causing her blood pressure to fall and her heartbeat to become irregular, the statement said.

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She ‌had ‌been given medicine and medical devices ‌had been deployed to support her lungs and ⁠kidneys, but her health continued to decline, ⁠the palace said, adding that doctors would continue to closely monitor her condition ‌and provide ‌further treatment.

Last year, Thailand’s influential Queen Mother Sirikit died at the age of 93.
Thousands in Bangkok mourn former queen
Known in Thailand as “Princess Bha”, Bajrakitiyabha is the only child from the king’s first marriage.
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