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Transplant costs covered by SSO
Online Reporters, Published on 17/05/2014
» The Social Security Office (SSO) has approved coverage for the costs of five types of organ transplantation for its members.
Give and let live
Life, Pimrapee Thungkasemvathana, Published on 11/03/2014
» Picture a motorbike messenger delivering your dying mother, father, sister or lover a heart for transplant. The donated heart must be preserved in a solution at about 4C and can only remain viable for transplant for no more than four hours, though a kidney can last up to 24 hours. And not all dead bodies are viable for organ donation. Only donors who have been declared brain-dead by three doctors, or on life support and with functioning disease-free organs, will be considered. More importantly, the organ must match the body of the recipient.
Ministry plans drive to raise donation rate of vital organs
News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/09/2013
» The Public Health Ministry will spearhead several public campaigns to encourage more people to become organ donors.
Chinese boy, 6, has eyes gouged out in gruesome attack
AFP, Published on 27/08/2013
» A six-year-old boy in China had his eyes gouged out, blinding him for life, reports said Tuesday, in a gruesome attack that may have been carried out by a ruthless organ trafficker.
Wales votes for 'presumed consent' organ donation
AFP, Published on 03/07/2013
» Wales will become the first country in the United Kingdom to adopt an organ and tissue donation scheme based on presumed consent after assembly members voted in favour of a bill on Tuesday.
Health Ministry: Eat less salt
Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 07/03/2013
» The Ministry of Public Health will launch a low-salt diet campaign at every state hospital from March 11 to 17 in an effort to reduce the incidence of kidney disease.
Organ transplant pioneer dies at 93: report
AFP, Published on 27/11/2012
» Dr. Joseph Murray, who won the Nobel Prize for performing the first successful organ transplant, has died at the age of 93, according to the Boston Globe.
Kidney donors needed
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/11/2012
» With only 400 kidneys available for transplant each year & 4,000 people waiting in line, more kidney donors urgently needed.
Hospital appeals for more kidney donors
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 26/11/2012
» The country is running critically short of kidney donors, Ramathibodi Hospital's kidney transplant project says.
Green, green heart of health
Life, Published on 09/10/2012
» Corporate social responsibility is not a new idea in Thailand or elsewhere around the world. Some private companies spend millions of baht each year building schools and libraries, digging artesian wells, building roads, and donating computers to needy students. Others may come up with a more creative approach to stand out from the rest.