Hospital loses appeal
A private hospital yesterday lost an appeal in a defamation case against a woman who accused it of botching a breast augmentation.
The Court of Appeal Region 1 upheld the Civil Court's ruling to dismiss Bangmod Hospital's libel suit against Yasinee Thongsibjed, 44, who had complained to the press about the breast job. In its suit, Bangmod accused Yasinee of causing damage to its reputation through the media. Earlier, the Civil Court had ruled that Yasinee's interviews with the press were legitimate. Six years ago, Yasinee told a newspaper she had a breast augmentation and surgery to correct inverted nipples at Bangmod Hospital in 1998. Her breasts later developed an infection, which eventually cleared up, but the breasts were not the same afterwards, she told the paper.
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