Unless Thailand shows clemency, the 34-year-old must wait until December 2003 before qualifying for parole, by which time she will have spent a quarter of her life in prison.
The nearly inevitable wait for dinner (two or three hours at prime time, unless you e-mail ahead for a reservation) is made more pleasant by a free kegger.
Dr Chisholm warned that government reforms - including a maximum 48 hour wait to see a family doctor - would be impossible to deliver unless more GPs were recruited and more funds made available.