PHUKET: Police on Phuket have released a list of deaths among expat and tourists on Phuket dating back to September last year.
The list, compiled by the office of the Phuket Police Commander in Phuket City, is usually provided to honorary consuls when they meet with Phuket's governor.
Meetings once took place every three months but no meeting has been held since September last year.
The gathering is seen as a forum for open discussion about issues that affect Phuket's 2.5 million international tourists and residents.
A surprisingly high number of drownings are evident from the latest list, especially in January. Usually, motorcycle crashes claim more lives of tourists and expats than drownings.
As Phuketwan has already reported, there was one day in Patong in January in which four expat deaths were recorded by police.
Conclusions are difficult to make from the Phuket police list. However, the high number of drownings in January, usually a relatively calm month for seas in Phuket's high season, is unusual.
Trends concerning death risks on Phuket have become difficult to assess since the Phuket Public Health Department ceased issuing updated monthly data on the road toll and drownings in April last year.
No annual figures have been released for 2012.
Phuketwan's own reports show that the period between mid-May and mid-July posed extreme dangers at Phuket's popular west coast beaches.
The drownings of eight tourists were recorded with the arrival of the monsoon season.
Kan Chen China 28 October 6 Nai Harn resort pool drowning
Terje Iversen Norway 68 October 11 Patong Hospital heart attack
Ganaeson Subramaniam Malaysia 57 October 21 Patong Hospital heart complaint
Didier Jean Robert France 45 October 26 Kamala motorcycle crash
Roger Stuart Wells British 46 October 29 Patong Hospital heart attack
Javier Ruesta Garcia Spain 23 October 31 Vachira Hospital Phuket motorcycle crash
Fredericus Johannes Netherlands 58 November 1 Cherng Talay chronic illness
Kenne Caldwell British 64 November 2 Tourist Police Phuket City suicide
Hayden William Reynolds Australia 56 November 2 Patong suicide
Roar Olsen Norway 57 November 4 Patong Hospital heart attack
Christopher Ian Hart British 44 November 6 Srisoonthorn motorcycle crash
Arvidsson Per Ak Ingvar Swedish 67 November 9 Chalong suicide
Peter Zavyalov Russia 27 November 13 Patong Hospital personal illness
Katie Ellis British 30 November 15 Phuket International drowning
Jacobus Thesnaar South Africa 42 Novemvber 15 Boat Lagoon heart attack
Andrei Pavlov Russia 31 November 17 Patong Hill motorcycle crash
Mikhail Bogdanov Russia 70 November 19 Patong beach drowning
Yuan Dingrong Russia 57 November 20 Racha island drowning
Mahnken Hans-Dieter German 59 November 25 Rawai illness
Tomas Dewi Wyn British 64 November 27 Thalang heart attack
Peter Reisz Hungary 64 November 30 Kathu murder
Alvin William Aitchison Australia 81 December 5 Patong illness
Mr Konstantin Russia 46 December 10 Rawai
Aleksei Piuro Russia 56 December 10 Racha island drowning
Michael Richard German 52 December 15 Patong illness
Sopiyev Shihnazar Turkmenistan 28 December 16 Kathu motorcycle crash
Theodore Paul Roe American 51 December 20 Rawai motorcycle crash
Alfred Michael Switzerland 64 December 21 Phuket City motorcycle crash
Chooraman Gayaparsad South Africa 55 December 22 Vachira Phuket Hospita illness
Moegamad Kaashief Savahl South Africa 33 December 27 Patong no cause given
Ivan Berestnev Russia 29 December 29 Cherng Talay motorcycle crash
Ekaterrina Emglianova 28 December 29 Cherng Talay motorcycle crash
Clavaud Gilles France 42 December 31 Kamala illness
Sebastian Faulkner Australia 45 December 31 Patong suicide
Robert Sven Arthur Swedish 29 December 31 illness
Matthew John Docherty Britain 31 January 3 Patong Hospital drowning
Herve Jean Periard Switzerland 54 January 3 Karon drowning
Jean Delais Belgium 80 January 3 Kathu illness
Donald Edward Copley Australia 44 January 5 Phuket City illness
Hugo Prodano Britain 50 January 10 Patong illness
Mathew Lucas Thornhill Australia 45 January 11 Patong overdose
Stephan Henricus Maria Buczynski Netherlands 26 January 13 Patong drowning
Pietro Fedrigoni Italy 71 January 13 Patong illness
Kim Leonhardt Denmark 60 Janauary 13 Patong illness
Gunther Bugnyar Australia 67 January 13 Patong illness
Pertti Juhani Miettinen Finland 72 January 14 Bang Tao drowning
Yin Ling Lai China 35 January 15 Mai Khao drowning
Nebel Thomas Britain 76 January 15 Patong drowning
Anton Wagner Australia 74 January 19 Patong illness
Dimitrios Gkarlis Greece 34 Jaanuary 19 Patong Hospital illness
Markku Tauno Olavi Perkkio Finland 62 January 22 Karon no cause known
Richard Ernest Spraggs New Zealand 59 January 235 Chalong drowning
Hiroshi Sasaki Japan 70 January 26 Patong drowning
Nel Gae Britain 36 January 27 Rawai drowning
Gerd Annicka Oscarson Sweden 66 Janauary 28 Kata illness
Jens Nikias Kring Sweden 42 January 31 Vichitsongrkran motorcycle crash
Eveginee Redcove Russia 44 February 4 Rawai fall
Bo Gunnar Kjellstrom Sweden 66 February 4 Srisoonthorn illness
Ivan Maylyukov Russia 53 February 6 Patong illness
Joseph Grant Harmon US 23 February 8 Cherng Talay no cause given
Franciscus Josephus Coch Netherlands 73 February 19 Patong illness
Frank Robert Gulbensen Norwegian February 8 Patong illness
Ashley Simon Australia 32 February 10 Patong motorcycle crash
Alexey Babenko Russia 25 February 12 Thepkasattri hit by truck wheel
Stafan Switzerland 47 February 15 Rawai car crash off pier
Robert Leroy Meclurg 63 February 13 Chalong illness
Vandecan Jean Claude Louisroger 70 February 18 Kathu illness
Marcel Switzerland 60 February 23 Patong illness
Geir Age Skogvold Norway 56 February 23 Vachira Phuket Hospital illness
Connie Jensen Denmark 28 February 28 Kata-Karon drowning
The list, compiled by the office of the Phuket Police Commander in Phuket City, is usually provided to honorary consuls when they meet with Phuket's governor.
Meetings once took place every three months but no meeting has been held since September last year.
The gathering is seen as a forum for open discussion about issues that affect Phuket's 2.5 million international tourists and residents.
A surprisingly high number of drownings are evident from the latest list, especially in January. Usually, motorcycle crashes claim more lives of tourists and expats than drownings.
As Phuketwan has already reported, there was one day in Patong in January in which four expat deaths were recorded by police.
Conclusions are difficult to make from the Phuket police list. However, the high number of drownings in January, usually a relatively calm month for seas in Phuket's high season, is unusual.
Trends concerning death risks on Phuket have become difficult to assess since the Phuket Public Health Department ceased issuing updated monthly data on the road toll and drownings in April last year.
No annual figures have been released for 2012.
Phuketwan's own reports show that the period between mid-May and mid-July posed extreme dangers at Phuket's popular west coast beaches.
The drownings of eight tourists were recorded with the arrival of the monsoon season.
Expat Deaths on Phuket September-December 2012
Kan Chen China 28 October 6 Nai Harn resort pool drowning
Terje Iversen Norway 68 October 11 Patong Hospital heart attack
Ganaeson Subramaniam Malaysia 57 October 21 Patong Hospital heart complaint
Didier Jean Robert France 45 October 26 Kamala motorcycle crash
Roger Stuart Wells British 46 October 29 Patong Hospital heart attack
Javier Ruesta Garcia Spain 23 October 31 Vachira Hospital Phuket motorcycle crash
Fredericus Johannes Netherlands 58 November 1 Cherng Talay chronic illness
Kenne Caldwell British 64 November 2 Tourist Police Phuket City suicide
Hayden William Reynolds Australia 56 November 2 Patong suicide
Roar Olsen Norway 57 November 4 Patong Hospital heart attack
Christopher Ian Hart British 44 November 6 Srisoonthorn motorcycle crash
Arvidsson Per Ak Ingvar Swedish 67 November 9 Chalong suicide
Peter Zavyalov Russia 27 November 13 Patong Hospital personal illness
Katie Ellis British 30 November 15 Phuket International drowning
Jacobus Thesnaar South Africa 42 Novemvber 15 Boat Lagoon heart attack
Andrei Pavlov Russia 31 November 17 Patong Hill motorcycle crash
Mikhail Bogdanov Russia 70 November 19 Patong beach drowning
Yuan Dingrong Russia 57 November 20 Racha island drowning
Mahnken Hans-Dieter German 59 November 25 Rawai illness
Tomas Dewi Wyn British 64 November 27 Thalang heart attack
Peter Reisz Hungary 64 November 30 Kathu murder
Alvin William Aitchison Australia 81 December 5 Patong illness
Mr Konstantin Russia 46 December 10 Rawai
Aleksei Piuro Russia 56 December 10 Racha island drowning
Michael Richard German 52 December 15 Patong illness
Sopiyev Shihnazar Turkmenistan 28 December 16 Kathu motorcycle crash
Theodore Paul Roe American 51 December 20 Rawai motorcycle crash
Alfred Michael Switzerland 64 December 21 Phuket City motorcycle crash
Chooraman Gayaparsad South Africa 55 December 22 Vachira Phuket Hospita illness
Moegamad Kaashief Savahl South Africa 33 December 27 Patong no cause given
Ivan Berestnev Russia 29 December 29 Cherng Talay motorcycle crash
Ekaterrina Emglianova 28 December 29 Cherng Talay motorcycle crash
Clavaud Gilles France 42 December 31 Kamala illness
Sebastian Faulkner Australia 45 December 31 Patong suicide
Robert Sven Arthur Swedish 29 December 31 illness
Expat Deaths on Phuket January-February 2013
Matthew John Docherty Britain 31 January 3 Patong Hospital drowning
Herve Jean Periard Switzerland 54 January 3 Karon drowning
Jean Delais Belgium 80 January 3 Kathu illness
Donald Edward Copley Australia 44 January 5 Phuket City illness
Hugo Prodano Britain 50 January 10 Patong illness
Mathew Lucas Thornhill Australia 45 January 11 Patong overdose
Stephan Henricus Maria Buczynski Netherlands 26 January 13 Patong drowning
Pietro Fedrigoni Italy 71 January 13 Patong illness
Kim Leonhardt Denmark 60 Janauary 13 Patong illness
Gunther Bugnyar Australia 67 January 13 Patong illness
Pertti Juhani Miettinen Finland 72 January 14 Bang Tao drowning
Yin Ling Lai China 35 January 15 Mai Khao drowning
Nebel Thomas Britain 76 January 15 Patong drowning
Anton Wagner Australia 74 January 19 Patong illness
Dimitrios Gkarlis Greece 34 Jaanuary 19 Patong Hospital illness
Markku Tauno Olavi Perkkio Finland 62 January 22 Karon no cause known
Richard Ernest Spraggs New Zealand 59 January 235 Chalong drowning
Hiroshi Sasaki Japan 70 January 26 Patong drowning
Nel Gae Britain 36 January 27 Rawai drowning
Gerd Annicka Oscarson Sweden 66 Janauary 28 Kata illness
Jens Nikias Kring Sweden 42 January 31 Vichitsongrkran motorcycle crash
Eveginee Redcove Russia 44 February 4 Rawai fall
Bo Gunnar Kjellstrom Sweden 66 February 4 Srisoonthorn illness
Ivan Maylyukov Russia 53 February 6 Patong illness
Joseph Grant Harmon US 23 February 8 Cherng Talay no cause given
Franciscus Josephus Coch Netherlands 73 February 19 Patong illness
Frank Robert Gulbensen Norwegian February 8 Patong illness
Ashley Simon Australia 32 February 10 Patong motorcycle crash
Alexey Babenko Russia 25 February 12 Thepkasattri hit by truck wheel
Stafan Switzerland 47 February 15 Rawai car crash off pier
Robert Leroy Meclurg 63 February 13 Chalong illness
Vandecan Jean Claude Louisroger 70 February 18 Kathu illness
Marcel Switzerland 60 February 23 Patong illness
Geir Age Skogvold Norway 56 February 23 Vachira Phuket Hospital illness
Connie Jensen Denmark 28 February 28 Kata-Karon drowning
honor the dead by writing their names right. it should be 'Hans-Dieter' not 'Ns-Dieter' which would mean Nazi-Dieter.
Posted by achtung on March 11, 2013 10:16
Editor Comment:
We publish the list as supplied by the Phuket police. Transliterations are always going to be flawed. Some readers do not understand the difference between the words ''media'' and ''miracle.'' Your assumption is not one many readers would make.