A unit of the Sawang Boriboon Rescue Foundation responded to a request for assistance after receiving a report of a foreigner laying unconscious in a room in Central Pattaya.
At the scene at a room on the second floor of a building in Soi Skae Beach on Second Road they found a Mr. Wayne Aken aged 75 a Belgian national and his frantic 17 year old daughter who had made the call to get help for her father.
Mr. Aken was unconscious he had a faint pulse but he was not breathing. Medics attempted CPR and rushed him to Banglamung Hospital. Doctors attempted to resuscitate Mr Aken but were not successful. He was transferred to Pattaya Memorial Hospital where they have better emergency equipment. Unfortunately he did not respond to their efforts and he was declared dead a short time after admission.
The daughter said that after their parents divorced she had stayed with her father. He was normally in good health for his age and exercised regularly.
A few days earlier he had had a minor road accident being struck by a motorcycle but had only sustained minor injuries and refused to go to hospital. He said he had a fever and retired to his bedroom where she found him later not breathing.
Doctors think he may have suffered from delayed shock after the accident. A full post mortem will be carried out to determine the cause of death.
