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Another health app
News, Editorial, Published on 23/12/2025
» The Public Health Ministry is set to relaunch its Mohpromt application next month, pivoting from its role as a central platform for Covid-19 vaccinations to a comprehensive digital health "super app".
Malpractice in uniform
News, Editorial, Published on 12/06/2025
» Reports of rotten apples in a highly regarded medical profession have managed to shock society, again. This time, a psychiatrist at the Police General Hospital (PGH) has been arrested for allegedly buying 15 million baht of alprazolam -- a controlled substance that can be used as a recreational drug -- to resell at inflated prices.
Welfare fraud must end
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/04/2025
» A whistleblower's report about the massive pharmaceutical fraud involving government officials and medical staff at the Veterans General Hospital shows the need to investigate claims filed with state medical facilities, especially in light of the ballooning medical welfare budget.
Lift antiviral drug curbs
News, Editorial, Published on 08/08/2022
» With new cases of Covid-19 having risen to more than 28,000 a day, and with soaring severe cases, restricted access to Covid-19 antiviral medicines is now a critical issue.
Eatery edict nonsensical
Oped, Editorial, Published on 28/07/2021
» The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) should reconsider its decision to close down mall restaurants. Unless there is proven danger of transmission, there is no reason why the centre should ban them from selling food online.
Vaccine alone no cure for Covid's ills
News, Editorial, Published on 11/07/2021
» As strategic areas of the kingdom enter a new round of harsh restrictions over the recent spike in coronavirus infections tomorrow, one must remember that it is the people who will end up hurting the most, and it is up to all of us to help the kingdom recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
No excuse for gel shortage
News, Editorial, Published on 06/04/2020
» Apart from face masks, another item which may prove to be crucial in our fight against the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is alcohol-based hand sanitisers.
Lack of clarity causes chaos
News, Editorial, Published on 22/03/2020
» As the government does its best to combat the Covid-19 outbreak, communicating with the public is still its biggest weakness.
Prepare for the worst
Oped, Editorial, Published on 14/03/2020
» After the World Health Organisation declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic, Thailand has started to see a rise of local infection clusters over the past few days. There is a possibility that the country will soon enter Stage 3 -- when the virus spreads rapidly to considerable numbers of people at the community level.
Unmasking mask failures
News, Editorial, Published on 11/03/2020
» It's time the Commerce Ministry's Internal Trade Department made surgical masks available to health personnel and the public at reasonable prices or openly took responsibility for the wretched job it has done.