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Hospital funds squeeze weighs on minister
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/02/2026
» A deepening liquidity crisis among state hospitals has intensified pressure on the new Public Health Minister to overhaul the universal healthcare system, as medical groups warn that financial instability is spreading across the country's public health network.
National Health Security Office moves to fix strains on budget
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/10/2025
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO), which operates the 30-baht "Gold Card" universal healthcare scheme, is accelerating efforts to resolve budgetary challenges affecting inpatient services and will submit its proposals to its board on Nov 3.
PM Anutin introduces his economic team
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/09/2025
» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Wednesday introduced the new government’s economic team led by Ekniti Nitithanprapas as deputy prime minister and finance minister, and hotel executive Suphajee Suthumpun as commerce minister.
Booze laws 'flouted over holiday'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/04/2025
» Sales of alcoholic beverages to underage buyers and illegal promotion of alcoholic beverages were apparent during the Songkran holidays, says StopDrink Network, an NGO-run alcohol watch organisation.
Hospital stops taking 30-baht patient referrals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/12/2024
» Mongkutwattana Hospital has stopped treating outpatient referrals under the universal coverage healthcare card, or gold card scheme, to help contain financial losses.
Hospital cuts services over debt
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/10/2024
» Mongkutwattana Hospital has suspended services for universal healthcare cardholders transferred to the hospital from their primary care units, over an overdue debt owed by the National Health Security Office.
Transfer spurs zoo frenzy
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/10/2020
» A transfer order is likely to have triggered the fatal shooting of the Zoological Park Organisation of Thailand (ZPOT) chief on Saturday while he was at Songkhla Zoo to follow up on the disappearance of a rare albino barking deer.
Plea for calm as fishermen whip up storm
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/12/2019
» The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry on Wednesday asked thousands of fishing trawler operators and crew in 22 coastal provinces not to launch a mass protest in Bangkok next week.
How to pad farmers' pockets
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/08/2018
» Successfully growing rice on a commercial scale for domestic consumption and export relies on the properly controlled use of chemicals to lift crop yields, according to experts.
Finding common ground
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 11/02/2018
» The ground beneath us houses a wealth of essential clues to our common past, and archaeologists work to decode the treasures left by our ancestors and their connection to the 7.6 billion people who walk the Earth today.