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Bangkok News5 days ago

30,000 baht bill for diarrhoea treatment at private hospital

FILE PHOTO It’s enough to give you the s**ts! An unnamed private hospital is being asked to explain how it charged a patient 30,000 baht for...
Thailand News5 days ago

New date for Coronation Day holiday announced

Thailand, the land of a thousand temples. And, it seems, the land of a thousand public holidays. Now, the Cabinet has announced May 4 as the...
Environment7 days ago

Update on Chikungunya cases in Thailand

“Chikungunya Virus is an arbovirus of the alphavirus genus, transmitted by the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes, same way Dengue is spread.” The Bureau of Epidemiology,...
North East Thailand News1 week ago

5,000 Buriram citizens register for medical marijuana possession

by Tanakorn Sangiam The 90 day registration period for persons in possession of marijuana, without facing prosecution, end this Tuesday, May 21. 5,000+ persons in Buriram,...
Technology1 week ago

Twitter and Facebook work to block anti-vax misinformation

If you search for the word ‘vaccines’ in Twitter, the first thing you see from today is a post from the US Department of Health and...
Coronation1 week ago

10 million Thais to learn CPR and other life-saving techniques

The King’s Volunteer 904 Central Coordination Centre has assigned the Public Health Ministry to provide training to 10 million Thais in basic life-saving skills, principally learning...
Thailand News1 week ago

Ban on alcohol sales and consumption for Visakha Bucha Day

The Royal Thai police remind us that today is a sacred Buddhist holiday and there will be no alcohol sales throughout the country. The ban for...
Thailand News1 week ago

Buddhists commemorate Visakha Bucha Day – Monday will be a holiday

Today is a public holiday in Thailand to mark Visakha Bucha Day, the most significant day in the Buddhist calendar, commemorating three defining events in the...
Bangkok News1 week ago

The Nation goes online-only from July 1

PHOTO: Somchai Meesen, CEO of Nation Multimedia Media Group, speaks to Nation TV yesterday about The Nation’s future. “Over the past five years, The Nation has...
Thai Life2 weeks ago

Expat life in Thailand – a balancing act

We all come to live in Thailand for vastly different reasons. Sometimes love, sometimes an adventure, sometimes escaping something at home and sometimes for business. Our...
Bangkok News2 weeks ago

Patient reveals he contracted HIV from donated blood

“We are continuously improving the screening process for donated blood.” A young Thai-Japanese man has contracted HIV via a blood transfusion given as part of his...
Thailand News2 weeks ago

Cannabis is not a cure-all, doctors warn

“Even paracetamol can be lethal if it is wrongly used, so we should not idolise cannabis as a panacea and entirely replace conventional medicines with cannabinoid...
Thailand News2 weeks ago

Syphilis on the rise again in Thailand

Syphilis is again on the rise in Thailand. Although curable, this sexually transmitted disease can turn fatal if patients fail to recognise their infection and thus...
Thailand News3 weeks ago

Businesses rush in to capitalise on medical marijuana mania

The recent legalisation of medical marijuana in Thailand is spurring active efforts to investigate and develop the plant’s medicinal properties. Earlier this year, the government legalised...
Environment3 weeks ago

Upper Southern provinces being warned about dengue spread

“The number of patients is expected to rise as rain has begun falling in some southern provinces.” Residents of provinces in Thailand’s upper South are being...
Thailand News4 weeks ago

Could cannabis cigarettes be available in your local convenience store?

Thailand’s Tobacco Authority is continuing to lobby for a license for the production of cannabis-based cigarettes but has a few legal, and moral, hoops to climb...
Thailand News4 weeks ago

Two out of three Thai workers are happy at work

Most Thai workers say they have a happy work life but are hoping the new government will boost the minimum wage and provide better medical welfare...

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