BANGKOK — When a 300-kilogram patient began struggling to breathe in the Udomsuk area on the morning of May 1, 2026, emergency responders faced an impossible choice: send a standard ambulance that could not accommodate the patient, or improvise. They chose improvisation. Woman doing makeup in Bangkok taxi rushed to hospital with eyebrow pencil jammed […]
PATTAYA — A Swedish national has been arrested by Thai cyber police for hacking into a Pattaya hotel’s customer database and defrauding tourists with fake compensation claims, in a scheme that exploited his wife’s employment to access guest information. Russian hacker wanted by FBI and arrested in Phuket The suspect, identified as Mr. M, a […]
PHUKET – A 26-year-old Ivorian national has been arrested at Patong Hospital on charges of possessing cocaine for sale and personal use, marking the latest operation in an intensified crackdown on drugs and organised crime in the province. Nigerian Drug Suspect Arrested on Koh Phangan After Evading Court The arrest occurred on February 12 under […]
ROI ET – The sudden death of a 30-year-old nurse during a night shift at Roi Et Hospital has sparked urgent calls from the Nurses’ Association of Thailand for systemic reforms to protect healthcare workers. The incident has highlighted longstanding concerns over excessive workloads, unsafe working hours, and inadequate support within Thailand’s public health system. […]
SURIN – Rockets fired from Cambodia struck near Phanom Dong Rak Hospital in Surin province on Wednesday morning, marking the second time the medical facility has come under fire in recent months. The hospital was previously damaged during border clashes in July. Fifth Thai Soldier Killed as Border Clashes Intensify; Thai Jets Strike Cambodian Targets […]
BANGKOK – Lieutenant General Thaweesilp Wechvitarn, the chief physician of the Police General Hospital (PGH), has been transferred to an inactive post following a six-month suspension of his medical license by the Medical Council. The disciplinary action stems from his role in facilitating former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s extended stay at the hospital under what […]
CHANTHABURI – Alexander Parker, a 73-year-old British veteran of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, is in intensive care at a Thai hospital with a suspected aggressive lymphoma, prompting a desperate fundraising effort by his family to repatriate him to the United Kingdom. Mr. Parker, who served in conflicts from the Falklands to Iraq, is facing medical […]
BANGKOK – Authorities have entered the second day of stabilization work at the massive sinkhole near Vajira Hospital in Dusit district, where a combination of unstable soil and a damaged water pipe caused ground material to collapse into an adjacent subway construction tunnel. The ongoing operation aims to seal the rupture, prevent further erosion, and […]
