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Chinese 'zombie pods' dealer arrested in Pattaya
Amporn Sangkaew, Published on 03/02/2026
» PATTAYA - A Chinese national has been arrested for illegally selling ketamine-laced vape pods, known as zombie pods, to partygoers in Pattaya beach town.
Vapes laced with anaesthetic on the rise
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 22/11/2025
» The Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) has warned the public that e-cigarettes are being increasingly laced with etomidate, a dangerous anaesthetic, posing severe health risks, particularly to the brain and respiratory system.
Thailand cracks down on anaesthetic used in ‘zombie pods’
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/07/2025
» Thai authorities are tightening restrictions on etomidate, an intravenous anaesthetic, in order to curb its use in potentially deadly vape products known as “zombie pods”.
Health ministry admits state hospitals face mounting debt
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/05/2025
» The Ministry of Public Health has acknowledged that mounting financial debt in Thailand’s state-owned hospitals has become a severe challenge that is affecting healthcare services nationwide.
Slaying the healthcare zombie
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/05/2025
» When a photo of a dental unit at Tanao Sri Hospital -- a remote community hospital in Ratchaburi province -- using a frog-hunting head torch in place of a proper dental lamp went viral last month, it highlighted a grim reality: Thailand's public healthcare system is struggling.
Chinese arrested for sales of e-cigs and zombie-vape
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 31/03/2025
» Police arrested three Chinese, two men and a woman, in a sting operation in Pattaya and seized vape-pens and zombie-vape liquid from the suspects, who allegedly admitted to sales worth 2 million baht a day.
'Zombie pod' maker and seller arrested in Bangkok
News, Online Reporters, Published on 12/03/2025
» Police raided a condominium room in Bangkok and arrested a man for producing and selling e-cigarettes and vape liquid laced with an anaesthetic - known as "Zombie pods".
Australian couple say pad Thai in Phuket made them ‘zombies’
Online Reporters, Published on 09/07/2019
» A couple have made headlines in their native Australia after claiming that a meal of pad Thai they ate at a Phuket food court during a family holiday in 2017 ruined their lives and their business for more than a year.