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  • Environment News32 year old British patient recovering in Phuket, suspected Coronavirus victim

    32 year old British patient recovering in Phuket, suspected Coronavirus victim

    UPDATE HERE. A British tourist is reported to be fighting for his life in a Phuket hospital. He could be the first Western victim of the coronavirus strain sweeping through China, according to Doctors at the hospital, but is yet to be confirmed. This latest coronavirus, related to the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)…

  • HealthMore than 100 Chiang Mai students hospitalised with food poisoning

    More than 100 Chiang Mai students hospitalised with food poisoning

    There was chaos at Chiang Mai hospitals yesterday when around 130 students were hospitalised with food poisoning. The grade 8 students from Montfort College in Chiang Mai had eaten lunch at the San Sai scout camp when they began showing symptoms of food poisoning, including diarrhea, vomiting and stomach cramps. There were an estimated 400 students at the camp: about 89 were…

  • Thai LifeTop 10 tips for riding a motorbike in Thailand (2020)

    Top 10 tips for riding a motorbike in Thailand (2020)

    Motorbikes and scooters are the most popular mode of transport in Thailand, and most of south east Asia. Indeed, in many cases, they’re the ‘engine’ for the local economies. The 110cc step-thru is ubiquitous. Most of them just go and go and go – they’re astonishingly reliable. Whilst you’re meant to change the oil once a month we suspect most…

  • Crime NewsAmerican fugitive, Bart Helmus, taken off life support in Sa Kaew hospital

    American fugitive, Bart Helmus, taken off life support in Sa Kaew hospital

    PHOTO: Bart Helmus and his Thai wife during an earlier police questioning session in Pattaya 39 year old American Bart Allen Helmus has finally been taken off life support at the Sa Kaeo hospital at 6pm last night. He had been reported to be ‘braindead’ by police sources since his admission to hospital a week ago. After having been declared…

  • Bangkok NewsSick child rushed to Bangkok hospital by a passing Grab Food motorcycle rider

    Sick child rushed to Bangkok hospital by a passing Grab Food motorcycle rider

    A Grab Food motorcycle came to the rescue and helped a frantic mother rush her sick child to hospital yesterday. Her car’s dash cam video (below) captures the mother’s desperate please as her son, Pla Wan, was foaming at the mouth and losing control of his movements. Daily News reports the the mother’s car was stuck in traffic and unable to…

  • Bangkok NewsBangkok woman hospitalised after she falls over and a cucumber ended up inside her

    Bangkok woman hospitalised after she falls over and a cucumber ended up inside her

    A 51 year old Thai woman was recently sent to hospital complaining of vaginal pain because she had a cucumber stuck in her ‘lady parts’. She told hospital staff that she ‘fell’ on the cucumber. She says she fell down in her house and a cucumber just happened to be on the spot she fell and it “simply slipped inside…

  • Crime News7-Eleven staff member gets shot tackling robber in Bangkok

    7-Eleven staff member gets shot tackling robber in Bangkok

    PHOTOS: ejan.co A staff member of a 7-Eleven store in Bangkok’s Phasi Charoen district was injured after being shot when he tried to snatch the gun from a robber. The robber eventually fled with 3,000 baht cash early today. Phasi Charoen police were alerted to the robbery at the convenience store in front of Phetkasem Soi 46 in Bang Wa subdistrict…

  • Road deathsKoh Samui taxi driver killed, two tourists taken to hospital

    Koh Samui taxi driver killed, two tourists taken to hospital

    PHOTO: Sanook.com Police have now filed a full report on an an incident back on July 19 when a taxi driver was killed and two tourists critically injured driving on the Khao Laem Yai Hill, Koh Samui. Sanook.com reports that a taxi, a yellow and brown Toyota Fortuner SUV, hit the footpath on the Khao Laem Yai hill in the northwest…

  • Pattaya NewsDrunk driver plunges into parked cars in Pattaya, one person seriously injured

    Drunk driver plunges into parked cars in Pattaya, one person seriously injured

    PHOTOS & VIDEO: The Pattaya News A man remains in hospital after a drunk driver lost control of his vehicle and plunged into parked vehicles on the other side of the road. Three other vehicles have also been damaged in the early morning incident on Pattaya Sai 3 Road in North Pattaya. Pattaya City Police were notified of the incident…

  • Hua Hin NewsPoliceman recovering after parachute jump lands him in overhead electrical wires

    Policeman recovering after parachute jump lands him in overhead electrical wires

    PHOTO: Thai Rath A policeman, doing parachute training in Cha-Am, remains in serious condition after a parachute jump last Friday went bad during the landing. This incident was a training exercise. A video clip shows ten trainees at the end of their jump when a slight gust threw the man off course landing him in electric cabling. He had to…

  • South Thailand NewsThai military under fire over alleged torture of a man in Pattani

    Thai military under fire over alleged torture of a man in Pattani

    PHOTO: Pattani United Liberation Organisation president Mr. Kasturi Mahkota An apparently healthy man, taken to a military camp in the Thai southern province of Pattani for interrogation on Sunday night, has ended up in the provincial hospital’s intensive care unit with brain swelling. The Pattani United Liberation Organisation is condemning the Thai military over the incident. Kasturi Mahkota, PULO president,…

  • Bangkok NewsQueen Mother, HM Queen Sirikit, recovering in Chulalongkorn Hospital Bangkok

    Queen Mother, HM Queen Sirikit, recovering in Chulalongkorn Hospital Bangkok

    Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother, has been admitted to the Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok after developing a fever and persistent cough. The Bureau of the Royal Household made the announcement yesterday about her admission on Sunday night. Medical checks and tests showed an infection of the respiratory tract and she was advised by doctors to remain in the…

  • Bangkok NewsViolent passenger charged with attempted murder of Grab taxi driver

    Violent passenger charged with attempted murder of Grab taxi driver

    PHOTO: Pak Kred station chief Pol Col Pongjak Preechakarunpong – TNA In a follow up to yesterday’s ‘strange but true’ story of the Bangkok Grab taxi driver HERE, police have now upgraded the charges against the attacker. TNA reports that 27 year old Khampee Kleualinchee, a Grab taxi driver, was attacked with a knife after taking a call to take…

  • Chiang Mai NewsGang violence flares up at a pub, ends up at hospital – Chiang Mai

    Gang violence flares up at a pub, ends up at hospital – Chiang Mai

    PHOTOS: Sanook Two gangs of young people went at it late into last night in Chiang Mai. When all the dust had settled one victim was recovering at the Chiang Mai Medical Centre. Sanook is reporting that the trouble started outside a pub in the Nimmanhaemin area of the city. A 21 year old was taken to Chiang Mai Medical Centre…