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Mongkol blasts both sides in pay dispute
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 19/04/2013
» A former public health minister has called on rural doctors and the Public Health Ministry to hold talks to iron out their differences over the pay-for-performance (P4P) scheme.
Teen sex shame bears a heavy price
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/04/2013
» Dao had unprotected sex one night when she was 17 because her boyfriend felt too ashamed to buy a packet of condoms.
Minister seeks to allay doctors P4P pay scheme fears
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 07/04/2013
» Public Health Minister Pradit Sintawanarong has rejected health industry concerns that the new performance-based payment (P4P) system will lead to pay cuts for doctors.
Local hospitals face doctor shortage
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 04/04/2013
» Resignations by rural physicians protesting a cut in their hardship allowance will see the workload of remaining personal increase to the extent that they too might eventually quit their rural hospitals, the Rural Doctor Society warned on Thursday.
High alert against bird flu
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 05/04/2013
» Health units nationwide have gone on high alert against the H7N9 virus, a new strain of avian influenza, after it claimed its sixth victim in China.
Suranand to hear out RDS grievances
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/05/2013
» Prime Minister's secretary-general Suranand Vejjajiva will hold a discussion with representatives of the Rural Doctors Society (RDS) Thursday, a week before the group's planned mass rally in front of the premier's house.
Rural doctors exodus tipped to snowball
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 05/04/2013
» The exodus of 146 rural doctors to protest against the Public Health Ministry' s decision to cut their hardship allowance could increase further, doctors say.
Thai vet schools lead charge in region's bid to contain Animal-Borne illnesses
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 26/05/2013
» The never-ending outbreaks of highly contagious bird flu and other animal-related viruses have thrown a sharp spotlight on the need for veterinarians to delve deep into rural areas to teach livestock owners safe and sanitary husbandry practices.
GPO union to join anti-PM rally
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 28/05/2013
» The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) labour union announced on Tuesday it will join rural doctors in a rally next week at the prime minister's house to protest against Public Health Minister Pradit Sinthawanarong.
GPO labour union joins protest to topple Pradit
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 29/05/2013
» The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation's (GPO) labour union plans to join a protest in front of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's house next Thursday.