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Health initiatives a boon for monks
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 17/11/2021
» The National Health Security Office (NHSO) has expanded healthcare coverage for monks who have had problems accessing medical services in the upper northeastern provinces.
Uni project aims to help communities
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 16/04/2021
» Elderly care does not only provide health checks and guidelines on self-care to senior citizens but it also improves safety and convenience in the environment they are living in.
SSO set to increase benefits for elderly
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 11/08/2020
» The Social Security Office (SSO) is pushing amendments to the social security legislation to maximise benefits for the elderly and increase the age for pension payout from 55 to 60, as the country is in a transition towards becoming an ageing society.
Overcoming old-age dilemmas
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 22/02/2020
» After having been almost bed-ridden for 10 years, 61-year-old Charan Anusonthi has regained enough mobility to move around more freely thanks to regular physiotherapy sessions at a new rehabilitation facility in his community in Chiang Mai's San Kamphaeng district.
FDA urged to curb sale of dangerous pills
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 13/06/2019
» The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been asked to revoke registration numbers of 10 dietary supplement brands and severely penalise manufacturers who include life-threatening chemicals in their products.
An 80-year-old shop charmer
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 22/04/2019
» Pracha Jankrajang, aged 80, a customer assistant at the homeware department of Robinson Department Store's Bang Pu branch in Samut Prakan, surprised customer Waraphon Rattanamalai who wondered why a man his age was employed there.
Group wants court ruling on abortion
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 28/09/2018
» A group fighting to protect the rights of people with unwanted pregnancies will petition the Constitutional Court against Section 301 of the Criminal Code, which criminalises abortion.
Monks' health at heart of new proposal
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 12/05/2017
» The public will be sounded out on the country's first regulation designed to improve the health of monks after it is put to the Supreme Patriarch for consideration, according to the working group studying the draft.
Meeting old age head-on
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 01/04/2017
» As Thailand moves inexorably closer to the definition of an ageing society, with the number of retirees expected to make up an unprecedented 20% of the population by 2025, state officials are looking at a variety of pragmatic schemes to help senior citizens live a quality life into their twilight years.
Doctors lose sleep over insomnia
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 23/03/2017
» About 20% of Thais suffer from insomnia, which affects body growth, healing ability and raises the chances of developing various diseases later in life, doctors say.