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Health officials see ageing population as a priority
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 27/12/2015
» Treatment of chronic illness will be the emphasis of a range of new policies being adopted by public health authorities looking to deal with the country's ageing population.
Man flees monitoring for Ebola
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 25/11/2014
» The Royal Thai Police and Immigration Bureau have ordered an urgent search for a 31-year-old man from Sierra Leone who lost contact with health officials while being monitored for the Ebola virus.
Siriraj claims first Ebola antibody
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/10/2014
» Researchers at Mahidol University's Siriraj Hospital claimed yesterday to have developed the world's first Ebola antibody treatment.
'Ebola woman' has malaria
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 06/09/2014
» A second round of blood tests on a 24-year-old Guinean woman suspected of having Ebola have come back negative, confirming she does not have the disease, Department of Disease Control (DDC) deputy director-general Opas Karnkavinpong said yesterday.
Test clears suspected Ebola case
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 03/09/2014
» A 24-year-old Guinean woman, Thailand's first suspected Ebola case, has tested negative for the disease, the Health Ministry's permanent secretary said yesterday.
Ebola suspect being kept in hospital
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 02/09/2014
» A woman who returned recently from Africa is being kept in isolation at a hospital in Bangkok, under close watch for possible Ebola infection.
Ebola test woman receives all-clear
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 23/08/2014
» Blood tests have cleared a 48-year-old Thai woman who was hospitalised on Thursday with suspected Ebola.
Academics ease Ebola fears
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 02/08/2014
» Academics have urged Thais not to panic over the Ebola outbreak because there is a slim chance it will spread to Thailand, even though the fatal virus has so far killed more than 700 people in Africa.