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Medical malpractice: Landmark case
Jon Fernquest, Published on 25/01/2012
» In 1995 during childbirth Jureerat was left unattended under anaesthesia & died. 16 years later the Supreme Court has decided medical error caused her death.
Thai herbal medicine: Mosquito repellent
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/12/2011
» Mosquitos breed in stagnant floodwater & bring with them dengue fever & encephalitis. Thai herbal medicines help drive mosquitos away.
Ladyboy flight attendants
Jon Fernquest, Published on 21/12/2011
» Thai charter airline makes history by being the first to employee ladyboys as flight attendants serving passengers on flights.
Injustice for the poor
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/12/2011
» With criticism of court decisions illegal, court cases costly, lengthy & victory unlikely, continuing inequality & injustice for the poor is the result.
Dangerous malaria drugs
Jon Fernquest, Published on 07/12/2011
» Malaria resistance to drug treatment is on the rise in Southeast Asia. Drugs from China, India & Vietnam that don't follow WHO standards is the reason.
Floods: Better planning for natural disasters
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/11/2011
» Business lessons to be learned from the flood on how to reduce risk by putting factories in different locations.
Post-flood leptospirosis danger
Jon Fernquest, Published on 23/11/2011
» Outbreaks of disease possible after floods, 2-3 thousand infected every year in Thailand, 15,000 cases & 400 deaths in last outbreak (1997, 1999).
Canals of Bangkok's past: Where did they go?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 17/11/2011
» When the canals died, the flooding once briefly endured, became a monster out of control.
Animal flood rescue
Jon Fernquest, Published on 16/11/2011
» Marooned on the couch with bowl of dogfood, floating over the sea of floodwaters in a plastic basin, these poor hungry dogs are the lucky ones, alive & ready to be rescued.
Life during the floods
Jon Fernquest, Published on 11/11/2011
» Life passing by during Thailand's great flood in a prose poem reminiscent of Walt Whitman by journalist Kultida Samabuddhi.