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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.
Ministry ups efforts to end resistant TB
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/10/2023
» The Public Health Ministry is intensifying efforts against drug-resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB) as part of its goal of eradicating the disease from the country by the end of the decade.
Jumbo doing well despite 5 tumours
News, Post Reporters, Published on 11/07/2023
» The ailing male Thai elephant, Sak Surin, is reportedly recovering well even though a veterinary team found five tumours on his thighs, said the Thai Elephant Conservation Centre in Lampang province.
New TB kit to curb spread
News, Post Reporters, Published on 17/03/2023
» The Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) has signed an MoU with AEC Healthcare on the transfer of DMSc-TB FastAmp (TB-LAMP) kit production technology, aiming to support tuberculosis (TB) control.
Mask use urged as haze fastens grip
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/03/2023
» A pulmonologist from Siriraj Hospital has suggested people wear masks to protect themselves from dust pollution as the number of patients with respiratory diseases continues to rise, especially among children.
50k daily cases 'more likely'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/07/2022
» The actual number of new daily Covid-19 infections may be as high as 50,000 compared with the official Ministry of Public Health figures, Nitipatana Chierakul, a respiratory disease expert with Siriraj Hospital, said on Thursday.
Kalasin pub cluster expands
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/12/2021
» The Omicron cluster in Kalasin appears to be expanding after local authorities diagnosed 64 more cases on Saturday.
Chaiwut mulls legalising e-cigarettes amid fierce opposition
News, Post Reporters, Published on 06/10/2021
» Digital Economy and Society (DES) Minister Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn said on Tuesday he is exploring ways to legalise the sale of e-cigarettes despite strong opposition from health activists and anti-smoking campaigners.
Siriraj Hospital runs short of ICU beds
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/07/2021
» Siriraj Hospital has run out of intensive care unit (ICU) beds for Covid-19 patients, according to Dr Nithiphat Chiarakun, head of the respiratory disease and tuberculosis division at the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital.
Woman dies while waiting for ICU place
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/06/2021
» There were only 25 intensive care unit (ICU) beds for Covid-19 patients left in Bangkok on Friday, while an infected woman died after seven days of waiting for one.