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Transgender Thai woman begged friend to marry her sick husband to get him spousal medical coverage
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Ms Doalayada Chaichompoo, a transgender woman, and her former husband, Mr Pollawat Chaiwut.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF DOALAYADA CHAICHOMPOO
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BANGKOK - When Mr Pollawat Chaiwut was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2020, doctors in Bangkok prescribed medicine that would slow the progress of his tumour.
It cost 120,000 baht (S$4,400) a month – about three times the monthly income of the driver and his wife, Ms Doalayada Chaichompoo.
