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Ethical vacuum
Oped, Editorial, Published on 16/12/2023
» The death of a critically injured Taiwanese tourist who was denied emergency treatment by a private hospital in Bangkok's Phatthanakan area is, indeed, a tragedy that could have been avoided if the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (UCEP) principle had been strictly followed.
Dying to help
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/04/2022
» Re: "One killed as rival rescue services clash", (BP, April 19).
Raw deal for Covid patients
Oped, Editorial, Published on 17/03/2022
» Two weeks after the Health Ministry and the National Health Security Office (NHSO) rolled out a scheme for coronavirus patients with mild symptoms, its implementation remains a mess, riddled with too many loopholes.
Clarion call for clarity
Oped, Editorial, Published on 05/03/2022
» The Ministry of Public Health is perfectly within its rights to modify the status of Covid-19 and treatment schemes as the disease keeps evolving, but with the situation far from stable and the number of new cases and fatalities still rising, it must approach this challenge with due care.
No playing down Covid
News, Editorial, Published on 28/02/2022
» The Public Health Ministry has floated the idea of changing the daily announcements it makes on Covid-19 infections.
Clarify Covid cover
Oped, Editorial, Published on 24/02/2022
» Having lived through the Covid-19 pandemic for two years, the public expects authorities to handle the developing situation with a steady hand.
End decree or face suspicion
News, Editorial, Published on 16/02/2022
» The government has been vocal about downgrading Covid-19 and the right for people to receive emergency treatment anywhere but completely silent on the emergency decree that has been in use for almost two years.