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Improve access to diabetes care
Oped, Poonam Khetrapal, Published on 15/11/2023
» Access to quality healthcare is a fundamental human right, yet millions of people around the world still face significant barriers to accessing diabetes care. The theme for World Diabetes Day 2023, "Access to Diabetes Care", aligns with the World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region's NCD flagship.
Safety first with public facilities
News, Editorial, Published on 02/07/2023
» Tragedy struck at Don Mueang Airport this week when a woman bound for Nakhon Si Thammarat ended up in a Bangkok hospital instead after her leg became caught in a moving walkway at the capital's low-cost carrier hub -- forcing an emergency amputation by rescue workers in full view of a shocked domestic terminal.
Asylum for Afghans
News, Postbag, Published on 16/11/2022
» Re: "Taliban orders sharia law implementation", (BP, Nov 15).
Castration bull
News, Postbag, Published on 17/07/2022
» Re: "Senate backs voluntary castration bill", (BP, July 13).
Disability benefits system needs revamp
Oped, Phakphum Jatupitpornchan, Published on 06/07/2022
» More than half of people with disabilities in Thailand do not receive welfare assistance from the government. This is unacceptable.
Never give up
News, Postbag, Published on 20/02/2020
» I beg to differ with S Tsow's Feb 19 comment that he "taught English for a number of years at a major university here, and found that, regardless of the teacher's accent, Thai students have pronunciation problems that no number of drills could correct".
Speak out on barbarism
News, Editorial, Published on 02/04/2019
» While the world is fixated on Brunei's plan to fully implement Islamic Sharia law, which will see draconian punishments such as stoning to death for offences such as adultery and sodomy, as well as amputation for theft, the Association of Southeast Nation (Asean) has remained silent on the matter. How disappointing.
Writing’s on wall for our democracy
Oped, Kong Rithdee, Published on 27/01/2018
» The other day I saw some graffiti in a public toilet. It read, ars longa, vita brevis. Art is long, life is short, as the popular translation goes. Like a street artist, I decided to vandalise it, scratching out and changing the first bit with my poor Latin: dictatura longa, vita brevis. Dictatorship is long, life is short.