LONE Phuket father Atib Boonnark, whose wife lapsed into a coma after childbirth, has so far been unable to achieve the meeting he would like with the management of Bangkok Hospital Phuket or the doctor involved.

Khun Atib's wife Pariporn, still in a vegetative state at the hospital, suffered complications after giving birth to the couple's third son, nicknamed Google, last month.

With Khun Paiporn unlikely to ever recover, Khun Atib, 47, now has to raise Google, delivered by Caesarian section on March 18, Gad, aged two-and-a-half, and Guy, 14.

All three sons were born at the hospital because Khun Atib and his wife believed that the quality of care there warranted the extra expense of a private hospital.

''Even now I don't know why this happened,'' Khun Atib said yesterday. He says he has now been told his newborn son must leave the hospital before the end of the month.

Khun Atib, who runs a market stall in central Phuket City, says the management at the hospital has rejected his plea for talks. He said that he contacted the Public Health Department, and the department was willing to send a representative to act as mediator.

Khun Atib would like to talk directly to the doctor involved. However, he says the hospital rejected his suggestion of talks.

Khun Atib said yesterday that he felt he had no choice except to go to Phuket City police today. A spokesperson for Bangkok Hospital Phuket would only say that the hospital was awaiting court action.

What will happen to the boys' mother, who is still in the intensive care unit at the hospital, remains unclear.