Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Tuesday flew his private jet to the northeastern province of Loei to receive a donor’s organs that can be used to save at least seven patients.
According to the Public Relations Department, Mr Anutin arrived at Loei airport at 12.15pm to receive the organs from Loei Hospital.
Mr Anutin has been a volunteer pilot for the Thai Red Cross Society since 2014. The flight on Tuesday was his first volunteer mission since he became prime minister.
The organs came from a 19-year-old man who was a native of Chiang Khan district of Loei. He had been declared brain-dead after an accident.
The donated organs comprised a heart, liver, two kidneys, two eyes and a pancreas which can be used to save at least seven patients at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital in Bangkok.
The donor is the 20th organ donor from Loei and the 141st in Thailand.