Raja Bhumibol of Thailand, update: semakin pulih..

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Bhumibol semakin pulih - Chulabhorn

BANGKOK 17 Okt. - Keadaan kesihatan Raja Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej semakin pulih dan tidak membimbangkan, kata Puteri bongsunya, sekali gus mengurangkan kebimbangan selepas timbul desas-desus menyatakan kesihatan beliau semakin merosot.

Puteri Chulabhorn membuat kenyataan itu di Kedutaan Thailand di Berlin, yang disiarkan oleh televisyen negara ini, setelah timbul spekulasi Raja berusia 81 tahun itu sehingga menyebabkan pasaran saham negara ini terjejas awal minggu ini.

"Terapi yang dijalaninya telah membolehkan Raja berdiri dan berjalan secara normal. Ia akan mengambil sedikit masa. Sebab itulah Raja tidak dibenarkan keluar dari hospital lagi, tetapi doktor kata keadaannya tidak membimbangkan," kata puteri itu lewat semalam.

Puteri Chulabhorn berkata, sepanjang minggu pertama di hospital, ayahnya menghabiskan masa berehat di katil kerana demam yang dihidapinya menyebabkan dia lemah, tetapi sekarang suhu badannya sudah turun dan dia juga sudah boleh makan sendiri.

Raja Bhumibol ditemani Permaisuri Siriraj semasa dirawat di hospital di Bangkok.

Puteri Chulabhorn berada di Jerman minggu ini untuk menerima pingat atas sumbangannya dalam bidang sains.

Kenyataan beliau itu merupakan kenyataan pertama daripada pihak istana berhubung keadaan kesihatan Raja Thai itu sejak Raja Bhumibol, raja paling lama memerintah di dunia itu dirawat di hospital kira-kira sebulan lalu berikutan diserang demam dan jangkitan paru-paru. -AFP

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As Thailand's ailing 81-year-old King Bhumibol
Adulyadej begins the second month of a hospital
stay Monday, his countrymen are wondering just
how sick he really is

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Friday October 23, 2009
Thai king makes first appearance in more than month

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's 81-year-old king made his first public appearance on Friday after more than a month in hospital, with hundreds of well-wishers surrounding his electric wheelchair as he visited statues of his parents.

The health of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, is a sensitive topic in financial markets because he is the sole unifying figure in a politically polarised country with a long history of coups and upheaval.

Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is seen at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok October 23, 2009. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Concerns about his health sparked a steep fall in Thai stock prices and the local baht currency on Oct. 14 and Oct. 15. Markets rebounded a day later. Investors, however, remain on edge, in part because of concerns about succession.

Most of Thailand's 67 million people have lived under his 63-year reign. The king's son and presumed heir, 57-year-old Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn, does not yet command his father's popular support.

A focus on the issue of royal succession would add another element of uncertainty to a polarizing four-year political crisis that has already hurt foreign investment in Southeast Asia's second-biggest economy.

Looking frail in a light-blue short-sleaved shirt with a brown blanket over his lap, King Bhumibol was wheeled into a cordoned-off area of the hospital compound, at one point slowly raising his arm and maintaining his signature solemn expression.

He was surrounded by a medical team who helped steer his wheelchair in an appearance that lasted less than half an hour and appeared to overwhelm hundreds of supporters who bowed and pressed their hands together in a show of respect.

Strict lese majeste laws in Thailand make comment on royal matters risky. But the king's lengthy disappearance from public view had raised concern in the largely Buddhist country where many of his subjects regard him as almost divine.

PALACE HEALTH UPDATES

The palace had issued daily evening updates on his condition since he was admitted with lung infection, fever and loss of appetite, and put on a saline drip.

Those updates, typically brief and opaque, usually said he was "good" or "satisfactory" and on the mend. Late on Thursday, the Bureau of the Royal Household said it would end the daily updates and make a statement only if his condition changed.

In his brief appearance, the king laid a jasmine garland in front of a monument of his mother, Princess Srinagarindra, and then another at a statue of his father, Prince Mahidol of Songkhla. He also paid respects at a statue of Thai King Rama V.
Thousands of Thais have gathered each day at Siriraj Hospital where he is being treated to sign get-well books and pray for a speedy recovery.

The king is revered as the father of the nation and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history, projecting an image of unassailable moral authority after decades of criss-crossing Thailand helping the rural poor.

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Raja Thai keluar hospital sambut hari lahir

RAJA Bhumibol dibawa dengan kerusi roda khas ketika diiringi keluar
dari Hospital Siriraj, Bangkok sempena Hari Keputeraan ke-82 tahun baginda semalam.


PEMERINTAH diraja paling lama Thailand, Raja Bhumibol Adulyadej keluar dari sebuah hospital di sini untuk menyambut hari keputeraan baginda yang ke-82 tahun semalam.

Ia merupakan kemunculan kali pertama baginda di khalayak ramai setelah dimasukkan ke Hospital Siriraj lebih dua bulan lalu untuk rawatan pneumonia, keletihan dan demam.

Ribuan rakyat Thailand berbaris di sepanjang jalan menuju ke istana utama sambil mengibarkan bendera ketika baginda diiringi oleh permaisuri, Ratu Sirikit keluar dari hospital itu.

Dalam titah ringkas yang disiarkan menerusi semua stesen televisyen tempatan, Raja Bhumibol mengucapkan terima kasih kepada rakyat Thailand yang sentiasa mendoakan kesihatan baginda selama ini.

Biarpun dibawa dengan kerusi roda, baginda yang memerintah sejak 1946 dan dianggap paling lama di dunia, sempat berpesan kepada rakyat agar terus bekerja untuk negara.

Pelbagai acara meriah diadakan sempena hari keputeraan Raja Bhumibol yang amat disayangi oleh 67 juta rakyat Thai termasuk perarakan bot diraja dan pertunjukan bunga api. - Reuters.