Centre of Excellence in Liver Diseases opened in Bangkok

BANGKOK, September 13 (TNA) - Bangkok-based Chulalongkorn Hospital, under the Thai Red Cross Society, has opened the Centre of Excellence in Liver Diseases to serve both Thai and foreign patients. Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn presided over a ceremony to inaugurate the new centre on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a former famous Thai film actress, Petchara Chaowarat, publicly appeared for the first time in about 30 years as the presenter of the Centre of Excellence in Liver Diseases. Petchara, wellknown for her round, pool-like eyes and elaborated hairstyles, was seen in over 300 films from 1961 to 1979 before she disappeared from the public due to her near blindness, thought to have been caused by her many hours of working in front of the bright lights on film sets. (TNA)