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Breaking Barriers: Telemedics Club Brings Healthcare to Rural Thailand
Sukree Sothipunchai, Published on 21/10/2024
» Thailand’s public healthcare system faces a unique paradox—it’s available to everyone, but for many, it remains inaccessible. Patients in public hospitals often wait over an hour and a half for basic medical consultations, even for minor ailments. The problem intensifies in rural areas, where healthcare facilities are sparse, and travel to the nearest hospital can take hours. In response to this critical issue, the Telemedics Club, led by 17-year-old Ty Nilvichean and Kamisra Mahavanidvong, has collaborated with Clicknic, a telemedicine company, to address the gap in healthcare access. Together, they’ve launched a bi-weekly initiative that provides free healthcare consultations and medication to underserved communities.
92k children at risk from narcotics
News, Post Reporters, Published on 13/05/2023
» More than 92,000 primary school-aged children are at risk of being exposed to narcotics, especially those who grow up in poor families with parents who take drugs, according to research by Mahidol University's National Institute for Child and Family Development (NICFD).
Uptick sees boosters called for
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/12/2022
» The Public Health Ministry is urging people to get boosters within four months of receiving their last Covid-19 vaccination as the number of infections is back on the rise.
Help at hand for kids left alone at home
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan and Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/06/2021
» Watching a relative die is distressing enough, but to have do that as a young child is a tragedy. What's even worse is that the death was caused by Covid-19 -- which meant the virus may yet return to haunt the family until the pandemic is finally brought under control.
Hi-so clubbing, Covid explosion: Krystal clear
By Hannah Beech and Muktita Suhartono, The New York Times, Published on 06/06/2021
» When the VVIP customers disembarked from their limousines at the Krystal Exclusive Club, young women in tiaras, angel wings and not much else sometimes greeted them.
Govt considers releasing 50,000 inmates as Covid hits prisons
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/05/2021
» The government, already trying to manage Thailand’s worst coronavirus outbreak since the start of the pandemic, is considering cutting its prison population by as much as 16% to counter the rapid spread of infections among inmates and workers in overcrowded facilities.
7m Bangkok residents in line for jabs
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 06/05/2021
» The government has set a goal of vaccinating residents at the highest risk of contracting Covid-19 in Bangkok communities in the next four months.
Red alert
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/05/2021
» The Covid-19 infection cluster in the slum community of Bangkok's Klong Toey district has prompted the government to speed up its vaccination rollout there amid fears it could overwhelm the public health system if left unchecked.
Missionaries extend helping hand amid downturn in slums of Klong Toey
News, Micol Galante, Published on 30/08/2020
» An inability to walk, leave her bed or raise her children hasn't prevented Patcharin Waratchananprom, a 38-year-old bed-ridden mother of four, from finding happiness.
Activists urge justice for poor
News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 08/10/2019
» Civic networks on Monday called on the government to address land and housing problems facing the poor in both urban communities and rural areas.