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City air pollution set to spike
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/01/2026
» Health warnings have been issued for Bangkok as PM2.5 levels are forecast to rise this week, prompting potential work-from-home arrangements to limit exposure, says Governor Chadchart Sittipunt.
Evacuees under rising stress levels
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/12/2025
» Public health authorities have warned of mounting psychological strain among evacuees displaced by unrest along the Thai-Cambodian border, as the total number of people in shelters rose to more than 263,000.
'Gold Card' needs dose of realism, says neurologist
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/10/2025
» Prof Dr Somsak Tiamkao, a neurologist and director of Khon Kaen University's Faculty of Medicine's Srinagarind Hospital, is urging reform of universal healthcare funding, calling for public co-payments to sustain services amid budget constraints and mounting hospital debts.
Hospital, prison staff to testify in Thaksin probe
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/07/2025
» The Supreme Court's Criminal Division for Holders of Political Positions is set to summon Corrections Department and prison hospital officials to provide testimony on former premier Thaksin Shinawatra's hospital stay on Tuesday.
New petitions over ex-PM Thaksin's hospital stay
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/05/2025
» Pressure is mounting on the government over former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra's prolonged stay at the Police General Hospital (PGH), with critics demanding transparency and accountability from both state officials and political leaders involved in the matter.
Two doctors face suspension in Thaksin hospital case
Post Reporters, Published on 08/05/2025
» The Medical Council of Thailand has resolved to suspend two doctors and issue a warning to a third after concluding that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was not critically ill, which had been cited as the reason for him to serve out his prison sentence in a hospital.
OIC urged to reconsider co-payment health insurance scheme
Post Reporters, Published on 24/03/2025
» The Thailand Consumer Council (TCC) has called on the Office of Insurance Commission (OIC) to reconsider the controversial co-payment health insurance rule, arguing it is unfair to consumers and fails to address the root of the problem.
Health advocates denounce e-cigarette legalisation plans
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/12/2024
» Scholars and health experts have voiced their opposition to the House special committee on e-cigarettes' advice to control its use in the country, saying the recommendations reflect the committee's pro-smoking stance.
High blood pressure tops Thai outpatients' medical woes
Post Reporters, Published on 03/11/2024
» High blood pressure was the top medical condition among universal healthcare service outpatients in 2023, according to Thailand's National Health Security Office (NHSO).
Thai high-risk groups ‘still need Covid boosters’
Post Reporters, Published on 11/10/2024
» Medical experts are urging some members of the public to get another Covid-19 vaccine booster after a report showed that there have been about 700,000 infections and 205 Covid-related deaths in Thailand this year.