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  • Pattaya NewsCharity event aids bedridden patients in Pattaya

    Charity event aids bedridden patients in Pattaya

    The Two-Wheeled Merit-Making Group, also known as Tootee Luk Nam Khem Phak Tawan-Totee Pattaya, recently organised a meaningful charity event to support underprivileged and bedridden patients in the Nong Prue Municipality area. The event took place at Carcass and Reen Car Wash and saw the community come together to provide essential items to those in need. Led by Praichit Panprasong,…

  • World NewsShanghai man loses 15 kilogrammes due to rare disorder

    Shanghai man loses 15 kilogrammes due to rare disorder

    A Shanghai man suffered a dramatic weight loss of 15 kilogrammes as a result of a rare swallowing disorder, as revealed by a Chinese media report. The individual, identified only by the name of Jiang, experienced severe vomiting and chest pain when attempting to ingest anything more solid than a grain of rice, prompting a visit to a Shanghai hospital.…

  • Thailand NewsSocial security board to ease access to cancer treatment resources

    Social security board to ease access to cancer treatment resources

    The Social Security Board (SSB) has greenlit a plan to enhance the ease of access to treatment resources for cancer patients within the Social Security system, according to an announcement from the Social Security Office (SSO) yesterday. The resolution was made in a meeting that took place earlier this week. According to Dr Thana Turajane, the chair of the board’s…

  • Thailand NewsThailand ambulance crew narrowly escapes attack by drug-crazed patient

    Thailand ambulance crew narrowly escapes attack by drug-crazed patient

    An ambulance crew had a near-death experience when they were attacked by a patient yesterday, December 1. The patient’s relatives had obscured information, not disclosing that the patient was in a drug-induced frenzy. The patient turned violent, using an electric saw to attack the ambulance, with no one coming to the rescue. The driver’s quick thinking allowed the whole team…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid-19 patients found on Bangkok streets waiting for treatment after cases spike

    Covid-19 patients found on Bangkok streets waiting for treatment after cases spike

    Today, Thailand’s CCSA reported new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours have reached 21,232 with 39 Covid-related deaths. Thai media and volunteer groups are also reporting that the availability of beds is “at a crisis point”. Photos of patients being left to wait for treatment on the street or on temple grounds are also being shared around social media.…

  • Covid-19 NewsThird wave of Covid: CCSA blames patients for not speaking up

    Third wave of Covid: CCSA blames patients for not speaking up

    Thailand’s Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration is blaming the latest virus wave on those patients who failed to speak up about their symptoms. The latest round of the virus has seen a total of 512 health workers in 57 provinces infected, with authorities saying the main cause of the spread was due to patients lying about their health conditions. The…

  • Covid-19 NewsHeart damage in Covid-19 patients found months after recovery – Study

    Heart damage in Covid-19 patients found months after recovery – Study

    New medical reports are showing that Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) is having lasting impact on the heart of some patients. The report confirms the fears of cardiologists who have been concerned about potential long-term heart injury from the coronavirus. Two German studies, published this week in the peer-reviewed medical journal JAMA Cardiology, indicated heart “abnormalities” in Covid-19 patients months after they had…

  • Covid-19 NewsWith all patients recovered, Phuket closes its Covid-19 field hospital

    With all patients recovered, Phuket closes its Covid-19 field hospital

    So long, farewell. Phuket, which has had the highest number of Covid-19 infections per capita in Thailand, is closing its first “field hospital” after discharging its final patients. The temporary hospital is closing down, hopefully for good, and will be “put on standby,” as the last patients have recovered, the island’s governor announced yesterday. The building was actually the unfinished new provincial…

  • Covid-19 NewsNo sex for a month, Thai disease expert claims

    No sex for a month, Thai disease expert claims

    Coronavirus survivors should wait a month before they get ‘intimate’. At least that’s what one Thai medical expert is saying. No sex for 30 days. For some, that may be worse than 14 days of quarantine. “Semen of recovering might carry the virus”, according to Veerawat Manosutthi, senior medical expert at the Disease Control Department, told Khaosod English. The claim is found…

  • Covid-19 News2 more Covid-19 patients discharged from hospital in Banglamung, Chon Buri

    2 more Covid-19 patients discharged from hospital in Banglamung, Chon Buri

    Banglamung district has reported that they have had no new cases of Covid-19 since April 19. Pattaya (which is in Banglamung district) will reach a 3 week milestone tomorrow without any new cases. Today 2 patients were discharged from hospital, leaving 5 patients remaining in hospital for treatment relating to Covid-19. A total of 87 cases have been reported in…

  • Covid-19 NewsThailand national figures for Covid-19 patients – May 4

    Thailand national figures for Covid-19 patients – May 4

    Today Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, the spokesperson for the Centre for Covid-19 Administration has revealed the number of Covid-19 infections in the past 24 hours in Thailand. There were 18 new cases of Covid-19 patients, bringing the total to 2,987 patients. Of the 18 cases, (17 are female and 1 male) all came from the Songkhla Quarantine Centre and all cases…

  • Covid-19 NewsAntiviral Remdesevir has “significant effect” – VIDEO

    Antiviral Remdesevir has “significant effect” – VIDEO

    The controversial antiviral drug Remdesevir got a boost today after Dr Anthony Fauci, the most trusted voice in the US when speaking of Covid-19, announced the drug has has a “clear-cut” effect in helping Covid-19 patients recover. “The data show that Remdesivir has a clear-cut, significant, positive effect in diminishing the time to recovery, proving that a drug can block…

  • Covid-19 NewsPhuket reports 3 new coronavirus cases (Wednesday)

    Phuket reports 3 new coronavirus cases (Wednesday)

    Newshawk Phuket reports 3 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus on the southern Thai island of Phuket. 2 Chinese patients have recovered and been discharged, bringing the total remaining cases to 27. 98 people are still in hospital in Phuket, with 71 awaiting test results. The new cases are… An English traveller who arrived in Phuket on March 19 via…

  • Covid-19 NewsFollow Covid-19 coronavirus cases in Thailand here – live tracker

    Follow Covid-19 coronavirus cases in Thailand here – live tracker

    Understandably residents in Thailand are wanting to know where the current Covid-19 Coronavirus cases are around the Kingdom. HERE’S an interactive map to follow the cases around the country. Check todays latest news on the Coronavirus cases in Thailand here…

  • Covid-19 NewsCovid-19 coronavirus UPDATE – Italian lockdown, US surge in cases, death rate up to 3.4%

    Covid-19 coronavirus UPDATE – Italian lockdown, US surge in cases, death rate up to 3.4%

    The cases of coronavirus in China continue to fall as Italy locks down entire cities to contain the virus. New York officials have announced a state of emergency. Around the world, the virus has now infected 95 countries. There is a total of 110,066 cases, 3,830 related deaths and 62,278 total recoveries. The epidemic is moving west as new cases…

  • Covid-19 NewsMedical staff dance with coronavirus patients in Wuhan – VIDEO

    Medical staff dance with coronavirus patients in Wuhan – VIDEO

    While Wuhan and other Chinese cities struggle with shortages and poor quarantine conditions, Chinese state media have been keen to find a brighter side to the deadly coronavirus outbreak. The People’s Daily published a video on Tuesday that had been widely circulated on social media, showing mask-wearing patients at an unidentified makeshift hospital in Wuhan trying to lift their spirits…

  • HealthFirst ‘China coronavirus’ case confirmed in Japan

    First ‘China coronavirus’ case confirmed in Japan

    As Thailand’s airports continue screening passengers arriving from China, Japan has confirmed its first case of the new China coronavirus that has killed one and attracted a travel alert from the US State Department. The patient, a man from Kanagawa prefecture near Tokyo, had recently visited the Chinese city of Wuhan, where an outbreak of a pneumonia strain is believed to…

  • World NewsManila traffic jams block ambulances, patients die on way to hospital

    Manila traffic jams block ambulances, patients die on way to hospital

    by Cecil Morella / Joshua Melvin Gridlock in Manila is costing lives as ambulances stuck in traffic face severe delays in the race against the clock to reach the city’s hospitals, medics warn. Special lanes for emergency vehicles are not enforced, the infrastructure is outdated, and local drivers are often unwilling or unable to make way – a situation experts…

  • HealthOver 77,000 Bangkok residents living with HIV

    Over 77,000 Bangkok residents living with HIV

    Atachai Phunkron gets ready to serve his clients as a trained HIV counselor at the SWING drop-in centre in Bangkok – Richard Nyberg, USAID, 2016 Authorities estimate that 77,500 people are living with HIV in Bangkok, 1,190 of them contracted the virus this year, according to deputy Bangkok governor Pol Lt Gen Sophon Phisutthiwong. 628 of the 1,190 identified this year…

  • HealthThai Department proceeds with crackdown on shameless price gouging on medications

    Thai Department proceeds with crackdown on shameless price gouging on medications

    Despite a lot of resistance from the local Thai private hospital networks, The Department of Internal Trade says they will proceed with its crackdown to control prices of medicines now that it has received their price lists. Once legislation is enacted, hospitals selling medicines above the median price set by the department will face fines and/or imprisonment. Since August 16,…

  • HealthFirst batch of Government approved medical cannabis ready next week

    First batch of Government approved medical cannabis ready next week

    4,500 bottles of medical cannabis, produced by the Thai government’s Pharmaceutical Organisation, will be ready for delivery on August 7. Dr. Surachoke Tangwiwat, deputy secretary-general of the Food and Drug Administration, says that Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul had made it a policy that all state hospitals in every province will stock medical cannabis for distribution to patients, when prescribed…