PHETCHABUN - A woman prison inmate who escaped from a hospital in Muang district soon after giving birth on Saturday was still eluding searchers on Monday. Phetchabun prison chief Arjaree Srisunakhrua said combined teams of police, soldiers and prison officials had found no clues to her whereabouts. Poonsri Ponthanee, 25, fled from Phetchabun Hospital on Saturday afternoon after giving birth to a girl. Poonsri Ponthanee, 25, a drug offender, escaped from Phetchabun Hospital on Saturday afternoon after giving birth to a girl. When her time was due, prison officials took her to the state-run hospital, where she gave birth by caesarean section.

Source: Bangkok Post May 01, 2017 08:26 UTC