End Of Days: Thailand Prepares For King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s Death
Thailand is preparing for a once in a lifetime event. The death of a king. Thailand’s much revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej is said to be lying close to death in Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, incapable of performing his role as head of state.
Members of the Thailand royal family including Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya, and Princess Chulabhorn Walailak, along with the Thai cabinet are reportedly at the King’s bedside. Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha this afternoon abruptly canceled an official engagement in Chonburi and returned to Bangkok due to ‘an urgent matter’.
The seriousness of King Adulyadej’s condition was revealed in a coded palace statement last Sunday. According to the bulletin, King Adulyadej was treated Saturday with haemodialysis to drain cerebrospinal fluid from the brain, causing drops in blood pressure during treatment.
In July a catheter draining fluid from the king’s brain was found to need adjusting, while in June the 88-year-old monarch underwent an operation to widen arteries in his heart. Over the past two years he has been treated for a wide range of bacterial infections, breathing difficulties, heart problems and hydrocephalus (a build-up of cerebrospinal fluid often referred to as ‘water on the brain’). In 2007 he suffered the first of several Ischemic strokes.
While Thailand’s royal palace has historically tightly controlled news about King Adulyadej’s health, in recent months updates detailing a string of serious health issues, have become more frequent and more detailed.
The inclusion in this most recent statement that royal physicians ‘recommended that the King suspends royal duties’ sends the clearest signal yet of the gravity of his condition. It also effectively declares him incapable of performing his duties, placing former Thailand prime minister and head of the Privy Council, General Prem Tinsulanonda, as the current Thailand head of state.
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