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Thai Princess Has Been Unconscious for Three Weeks

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She collapsed from a heart problem and is attached to “equipment to support the functions of the heart, lung and kidney.”

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Three weeks after she collapsed from a heart problem, Thailand's Princess Bajrakitiyabha remains unconscious and hooked up to “equipment to support the functions of the heart, lung, and kidney,” the royal family said in an update this weekend. The 44-year-old suffered a bacterial infection that caused a severe heart arrhythmia on Dec. 15. A trained lawyer, she is one of three children of the king who could be heirs to the throne.

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