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Anutin trumpets locally made recycled plastic PPE for medics
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/05/2020
» Front-line medical workers in Thailand will wear reusable isolation gowns made of recycled plastic drinking water bottles, as Thailand gears up for a potential second wave of Covid-19 infections.
Siriraj nod for trials of virus drug
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/05/2020
» Siriraj Hospital is gearing up to hold clinical trials of chloroquine, a medicine used to combat malaria for seven decades, after saying it shows promise in treating patients with Covid-19.
Siriraj aims for healthy 'new normal'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/05/2020
» Siriraj Hospital is to use its newly developed mobile app "Siriraj Connect" to deal with the "new normal" of Covid-19.
Cash transfers to 10m farmers start
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/05/2020
» The Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) will on Friday begin transferring 5,000 baht to the accounts of farmers who qualified for the government's handout initiative to help those financially affected by Covid-19.
City hospital shows off new robot fleet
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 16/05/2020
» Ramathibodi Hospital on Friday paraded a company of new robots, designed and built with the assistance of Toyota Motor Thailand, that it hopes will reduce contact between Covid-19 patients and medical staff.
Effort on IUU sees ships get sea room
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/05/2020
» The Department of Fisheries has a plan to allow the first batch of at least 20 trawlers to catch fish outside the country's sovereign territorial waters by next year after a "yellow card" from the European Union (EU) over Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (IUU) was lifted last year.
Much needed breathing room
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/05/2020
» After five months of battling the Covid-19 pandemic, normalcy is gradually returning to the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute (BIDI), a specialised hospital for emerging infectious diseases and respiratory illnesses.
Mobile stroke unit 'proves a success'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/05/2020
» Stroke victims who receive emergency treatment from the Siriraj Mobile Stroke Unit -- the country's first mobile telemedicine unit -- face a lower risk of paralysis or death, according to the director of Siriraj Stroke Centre.
Locals urged to store rainwater
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/05/2020
» The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is urging people in the kingdom's northeastern provinces to prepare containers to capture rainwater after a study showed it is safe to drink after being boiled.
Farmers given 90 days to hand in chemicals
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 29/05/2020
» Manufacturers or importers of hazardous agrochemicals paraquat and chlorpyrifos -- which are banned under Thai law -- have 270 days to destroy their stock while a 90-day deadline has also been given to farmers to return the chemicals for destruction as their possession is considered illegal, the Department of Agriculture says.