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The Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post
Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn represented His Majesty the King to confer the 2020 and 2021 Prince Mahidol Award at Chakri Throne Hall in the Grand Palace to five laureates in the fields of medicine and public health. The ceremony took place on Thursday after being delayed over the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2020, two of 44 nominees from 18 countries were selected, the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation committee announced. In the field of medicine, the prize was awarded to Dr Valentin Fuster, director of Mount Sinai Heart and physician-in-chief of The Mou…