As some 30 doctors nationwide were infected by Type A H1N1 influenza, Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit prepared to get the flu vaccine on Monday, as to encourage more at-risk people to get vaccinated. Following the estimation of 30 doctors infected with the virus, Jurin told a press conference Thursday that he had instructed hospitals […]
But many in high-risk groups still confused Thailand has begun free vaccinations against type-A (H1N1) flu but many people classified as being at risk remain confused about the programme. Health volunteer Aree Wattanawaranon, 62, who was among the first 50 patients listed for vaccination at Phra Nangklao Hospital in Nonthaburi yesterday, said she had learned […]
Suicide has become the fourth major cause of death from injury as young people increasingly take their own lives. Paijit Warachit, permanent secretary of the Public Health Ministry, said yesterday that the Bureau of Epidemiology’s injury watch in 2008 found that 30 major hospitals’ emergency rooms had admitted 7,237 people suffering from self-inflicted injuries with […]
Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) — Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej greeted well-wishers in Bangkok today to celebrate his 82nd birthday, his third public appearance since he was hospitalized 11 weeks ago for symptoms of pneumonia. National television showed the world’s longest-reigning monarch, who bypassed an annual birthday speech and other events because of the illness, leaving the […]
King leaves hospital to preside over ceremony His Majesty the King left the hospital on Saturday to drive through the streets and grant an audience on his 82nd birthday. Tens of thousands of subjects lined the streets to see His Majesty and members of the royal family as they drove from Siriraj Hospital to Chitrlada […]
The birthday celebrations of King Bhumibol Adulyadej are muted this year as the king remains in hospital recovering from pneumonia. Instead of hearing his annual speech and watching the king’s inspection of the glittering trooping of the colour, his loving subjects are worrying about his – and their nation’s – health. More than 1.2 million […]
Punlop Tongchai is awake for the entire two hours it takes to be turned into a woman on the operating table of a Bangkok sex change clinic. The 27-year-old Thai cabaret dancer chats to nurses throughout the ordeal under the surgeon’s knife, numbed only by local anaesthetic. Growing up in Thailand, a country with one […]
Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) — Former Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, who was ousted from office last year for appearing on television cooking shows for payment, died Tuesday. Samak died after a two-month hospitalization at Bangkok’s Bumrungrad International Hospital for liver cancer, said his personal secretary, Paisarn Akkasarakul. Samak was 74 and had battled cancer for […]
