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Study finds flaws in airports' smoking room ventilation
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/05/2013
» Research by Mahidol University has found ventilation systems in the smoking rooms at four Thai airports do not work properly, putting passengers at risk of inhaling second-hand smoke.
Pradit faces negligence complaint
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 02/05/2013
» A member of the National Health Security Office (NHSO) board will file a complaint against the public health minister for negligence of duty regarding the government's emergency healthcare scheme.
PM vetoes plan for new vetting body
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 30/04/2013
» Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has shot down the Public Health Ministry's proposal to set up a new state body to screen public health policies before implementation.
Govt's free emergency scheme falls short
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 27/04/2013
» The government's free emergency healthcare scheme is not achieving its goals, a study has found.
Doctors demand Pradit graft probe
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/04/2013
» The Rural Doctors Society (RDS) has stepped up its protest against Public Health minister Pradit Sinthawanarong by instigating a check of his activities for corruption.
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.
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.
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.
Rural doctors pull out after govt slashes hardship allowance
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/04/2013
» Large numbers of medical professionals are resigning from community hospitals due to the slashing of hardship allowances, the former head of the Rural Doctors Society has said.
Activists demand rethink on blood donor HIV risks
Business, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 09/03/2013
» Aids and gender activists have responded to a video suggesting the Red Cross refuses to take blood donations from gays by urging it to screen donors for "risk activities" rather than "risk groups".