Doctors have said the 14-year-old schoolgirl suffering from scoliosis can be treated without having to undergo surgery, adding that carrying a heavy schoolbag was not a direct cause of the curvature of spine. Doctors have also said that two out of 100 girls under 18 can develop this condition.

An orthopaedics specialist has cast doubt on a Khon Kaen mother’s complaint about heavy schoolbags causing to her daughter’s scoliosis.