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Doctor admits crashing into guard but denies fleeing
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 14/11/2017
» A senior public health official admitted Monday to ramming his car into and seriously injuring a security guard at the Public Health Ministry in Nonthaburi on Friday.
Too many doctors?
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 09/11/2017
» Research funded by the National Health Commission has found the public health sector will have a severe shortage of nurses and pharmacists, but an oversupply of doctors.
State-run hospitals must join fight against antibiotics misuse
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 06/11/2017
» State-run hospitals across the country will have to join the Public Health Ministry's fight against drug resistance and its promotion of rational drug use.
'Toon' raises 47 million baht on day one of his run
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/11/2017
» On the first day his 2,191-kilometre charity run, Kongmalai, aka "Toon Bodyslam" ran 55.55 kilometres and raised over 47.2 million baht.
'Life or death' concerns over heart operation ban
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 21/09/2017
» The Public Health Ministry is working to solve issues arising from Mongkutwattana Hospital being barred from delivering heart surgery to patients under the universal healthcare scheme.
Activist anger grows over pesticide ban delay
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 20/09/2017
» Consumer advocates called on the prime minister Tuesday to ban the use of two hazardous agricultural chemicals after the Department of Agriculture said it had no expertise in the matter and sent it to the Industry Ministry.
Heavy workloads for doctors in state hospitals
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 17/08/2017
» What is life actually like as a doctor working for state hospitals these days?
Thailand needs more babies, Ministry
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 07/07/2017
» The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has announced a 10-year strategy to increase the number of planned births nationwide and improve the overall quality of births.
Toon Body Slam set to run another charity marathon
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 23/06/2017
» Rocker Artiwara Kongmalai, aka Toon Body Slam, wants to begin another charity marathon from the South to the North to raise funds for medical equipment for hospitals.
New grads head list of jobless workers
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 11/04/2017
» Close to half a million people were unemployed last month, many of them new graduates, up 99,000 or 1.3% in the same period last year, which is spurring the government to offer skills training for jobless workers.