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Breaking the cycle
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 19/03/2024
» 'Our mission is to break the cycle of despair," says Chanya Suebpetch, one of the members of a team of social workers at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok. The 37-year-old works in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Pediatrics. Chanya's work is therefore focused strongly on supporting vulnerable children.
Baby's first vaccine
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 11/08/2021
» If there are reasons that keep mothers from breastfeeding, the Covid-19 pandemic shouldn't be one of them. This Mother's Day, mothers are encouraged to continue to breastfeed while taking precautions.
Caring for the young and homeless during Covid-19
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 12/07/2021
» 'I'm afraid I'll get infected living on the streets," said Vee (not her real name), cautiously removing her face mask to eat lunch at the Hub Saidek, a refuge for Bangkok's vulnerable children.
Vulnerable and struggling
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 20/05/2020
» Suthat Namgasa is relieved to discover he still has one packet of instant noodles in his relief bag. He will eat tonight, but he has no idea how he will find the money to pay the next instalment on his taxi.
Tomorrow's citizens
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 23/12/2019
» Two years ago, when Nao Lungwi was sitting for the Onet (Ordinary National Education Test) exam in her last year of primary school, the young student thought her ethnic background was a weakness and she didn't expect to be among the top students.
Thai bus safety and infrastructure the incompatible match
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 08/04/2014
» Apart from the high death tolls, the above statistics have something else in common: all of the accidents took place in Thailand’s hilly areas and involved double-decker buses.
Ringing up high costs
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 25/03/2014
» When Jandee Pattani was told that her 1.3 million baht phone bill wasn’t a technical error, she was so shocked her hands began to feel weak.
Bad news brings bigger 'bucks'
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 27/11/2013
» A court battle with corporate coffee giant Starbucks over intellectual property rights became a blessing in disguise for a famous coffee stall once named "Starbung Coffee".
The takidashi concept
Life, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 06/11/2013
» A man pours liquid fat over chunks of chicken through a wire strainer and his cooking station roars when the fat meets the crackling hot flames. Nearby a man is busy making waffles, and a woman cooks kaphrao gai.
Breast intentions
Muse, Sirinya Wattanasukchai, Published on 03/08/2013
» When Panudda Sothanapaisal was told her pre-term baby could only be saved by her own breast milk, the young mother didn't hesitate to put every effort into pumping despite a limited supply. Her baby was six weeks premature, isolated in the intensive care unit, on oxygen support and needed every help.