About 500 medical staff and personnel from various hospitals yesterday hit the streets to voice their opposition to the government's blanket amnesty bill.
Medical professionals attending political street protests are a rare sight and yesterday's march was reminiscent of the October 1973 uprising when medical staff protested in large numbers.
The protesters, led by Pramuan Virutamasen, former head of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Department at Ramathibodi Hospital, marched from the hospital at 5pm to Uruphong intersection to provide moral support for the Network of Students and People for Reform of Thailand (NSPRT).
They then moved from Uruphong to join the mass rally organised by the opposition Democrat Party in Samsen about 8pm. "We have to come out to maintain righteousness and justice," Dr Pramuan said. "Not just for doctors and medical personnel, but for all people who cannot stand the abuse of law, which no one in the world should accept.