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Weed use a 'medical minefield'
News, King-oua Laohong and Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/08/2019
» Thailand will lose import privileges for some medicines if the country opts to effectively decriminalise marijuana for recreational use, according to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).
China's medical apps eye Asean
Asia focus, Suwatchai Songwanich, Published on 18/11/2019
» China's largest online healthcare platform, Ping An Good Doctor, is setting its sights on Southeast Asian expansion to tap growing regional demand for healthcare services and cater to the increasing number of middle-class mainland Chinese who are travelling to the region for medical treatment.
Households struggling with medical bills
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 02/12/2019
» The government is being urged to spend more on public welfare and rev up stimulus plans after a university study found that Thais are borrowing more to pay medical bills and owe an average of 14,600 baht per household.
Medical tourism push wins support
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 08/02/2025
» Health authorities are offering their full support to the government's plan to promote medical and wellness tourism, which is expected to help drive the economy.
Medical costs need creative rethink
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 21/01/2019
» The persistent thick haze that has blanketed Bangkok in recent weeks has led to growing disenchantment with the government and calls for meaningful action. I find it hard to believe that authorities appear to have put so little effort into planning for such outbreaks of pollution and properly warning citizens.
Most people 'accept' medical weed
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/05/2019
» An opinion survey found 86% of respondents support the medical use of marijuana and kratom, 39% think authorities can control its use, and 59% want its use to be restricted to certain places.
Royal honours for medical innovators
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/01/2024
» Italian Professor Dr Napoleone Ferrara in medicine and American Prof Dr Barry H Rumack in public health were presented with the Prince Mahidol Award for 2023 by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn at a ceremony on Wednesday.
Emergency medical teams now deployed
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/12/2025
» The Ministry of Public Health has deployed emergency medical teams to respond to escalating clashes along the Thai‑Cambodian border, relocating over 500 patients to safer hospitals and providing round‑the‑clock care for more than 147,000 displaced people.
Indonesia's medical seniors get vaccines
Reuters, Published on 08/02/2021
» JAKARTA: Indonesia started vaccinating its elderly medical workers against the coronavirus for the first time on Monday, after initial uncertainty over whether seniors would be prioritised in a country battling one of Asia's worst epidemics.
Medical centre faces bed crisis
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/06/2021
» The Public Health Ministry's Pre-Admission Centre has announced a temporary closure for migrant workers, as it faces bed management issues due to many migrant workers infected with Covid-19 being abandoned at the centre.