Thai Public Health Ministry is warning of a dengue fever outbreak after finding that more than 20,000 people have been hit with the disease over the six months and 13 of them have died. Elderly people and children aged under one year old are most at risk of dengue fever infection, the ministry’s permanent secretary […]
A Finnish tourist was found dead at a condominium in South Pattaya. The police assumes that he died from heavy drinking and underlying disease Pattaya, July 7, 2011, (PDN) Sawangboriboon Foundation of Pattaya was informed of the death of a foreigner at a condominium in South Pattaya. The foundation informed Pattaya Police who rushed to […]
More than 7,000 people are suffering from flood-related diseases in Nan province, two days after the remnants of Typhoon Haima hit parts of Thailand. Most are suffering from athlete’s foot, insect stings and injuries from flood-related accidents. One person died in the floods, Public Health Ministry permanent secretary Dr Paijit Warachit said. Read more: The […]
Preliminary results of clinical trials of a vaccine for haemorrhagic dengue fever in 4,000 children in Thailand have shown promising results, a Mahidol University researcher revealed yesterday. The study was started in 2009 by a team from Mahidol University, Ratchaburi Hospital and the Public Health Ministry’s Disease Control Department. The team is carrying out an […]
BANGKOK, June 6 – Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has issued four measures to prevent the spread of the deadly E. Coli bacteria as the disease has claimed at least 22 lives, mostly in Germany, and one death in Sweden. After a public health meeting on Monday, Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said E. Coli […]
BANGKOK, 6 June 2011 (NNT) – Over half of Buddhist monks and novices in Thailand are found to be in poor health while authorities are trying hard to provide more healthcare services to them. According to Health Department Director-General Medical Doctor Somyos Deerasamee, the department conducted a survey with 350,000 Buddhist monks and novices nationwide. […]
BANGKOK, May 30 – The Department of the Disease Control are on alert to prevent bacterial outbreak, E. coli, which has struck Germany however, there has been no report of the disease in Thailand so far. Dr Pasakorn Akrasewi, Director of the Bureau of Epidemiology, said in response to the outbreak in Germany, that the […]
Illness – mostly from respiratory problems – has struck more than 20,000 residents in flooded provinces in the South. They are seeking or receiving treatment at government clinics, hospitals, or from mobile medical units, Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said yesterday. Mobile medical units had made 667 visits to 18,378 patients seeking treatment for respiratory […]
