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Health ministry to limit some treatments, control meds
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/03/2026
» The Ministry of Public Health plans to limit certain treatments, expand telemedicine and tighten pharmaceutical management to cope with mounting resource pressures, as the Middle East war threatens global medical supply chains, permanent secretary Dr Somruek Chungsaman said.
Hospitals limit drug dispensing
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/03/2026
» Three major hospitals have adjusted outpatient drug dispensing as a precaution to prevent potential shortages amid energy‑related disruptions linked to the Middle East crisis, while the Ministry of Public Health says national stocks remain sufficient.
PM 'failed to act' on State Railway of Thailand land ruling
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/01/2026
» A Thai Progress Party (TPP) adviser has filed a petition with the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) calling for legal action against Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul over the long-running Khao Kradong railway land dispute in Buri Ram.
Patients move over CT fee
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/10/2025
» Several universal healthcare ("gold card") patients have been transferred from Mongkutwattana Hospital to alternative facilities after reports surfaced of the hospital charging 4,000 baht for CT scans following its suspension of outpatient services under the national healthcare scheme.
In a world on fire, workers get burned
News, Sally Tyler, Published on 13/10/2025
» In these chaotic times that many characterise in terms of rollback, regression, and retreat, there is one measure that continues to surge ahead -- global temperature. The year 2024 was the hottest ever since worldwide temperature recording began. Though climate occupied a major space in discussions at the UN General Assembly in New York City last month, significant progress did not emerge from the fractured international environment.
Cannabis at crossroads
News, Poramet Tangsathaporn, Published on 09/09/2025
» Cannabis advocates in Thailand are calling on the new government to deliver legislation that protects users, businesses, non-users and minors, following concerns that recent regulatory changes have created monopolistic industry conditions.
Case file on accused doctor goes to Office of the Attorney General
News, Post Reporters, Published on 03/09/2025
» The Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) on Tuesday submitted the case file on Pol Col Dr Anchulee Theerawongpaisan, a senior psychiatrist at the Police General Hospital (PGH), and 11 associates to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG).
New portal for patients, doctors
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/09/2025
» The Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine (DTAM) has partnered with the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) association to develop a cannabis control platform for doctors and medical practitioners.
Weed networks still fuming
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 30/07/2025
» The Writing Thailand's Cannabis Future Network on Tuesday filed a petition with the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to probe Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsuthin and other officials for issuing the latest cannabis regulations to please investors rather than small-scale growers.
Fugitive Singaporean, Indonesians arrested for drug trafficking
News, Online Reporters, Published on 08/07/2025
» A fugitive Singaporean suspect has been arrested in Bangkok for trafficking drugs from Thailand to Singapore, police said on Tuesday.