Tag: Treatment

Bangkok

Commercial Buildings in Bangkok to Pay Wastewater Treatment Fees

  • By TN
  • June 19, 2023
The BTS Skytrain running at night around buildings in Asoke, Bangkok.
The BTS Skytrain running at night around buildings in Asoke, Bangkok. Photo: Pxfuel.

BANGKOK (NNT) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has announced its intention to introduce wastewater treatment fees for commercial buildings in the capital, tentatively starting [Read More…]

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Cabinet approves ฿8.4bn for COVID-19 treatment, frontline medical staff

  • By TN
  • March 23, 2022
Scientist working on ChulaCov19 COVID-19 vaccine
Scientist working on ChulaCov19 COVID-19 vaccine. Photo: Chulalongkorn University.

The Thai cabinet approved an allocation of 8.45 billion baht from the Central Fund for the Ministry of Public Health today (Tuesday), to cover medical [Read More…]

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Cabinet decides to retain emergency medical coverage for COVID-19 patients

  • By TN
  • February 23, 2022
A nurse at the hospital during COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in April 2020
A nurse at the hospital during COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. Photo: UN Women Asia and the Pacific / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

The Thai cabinet has decided to postpone indefinitely the Public Health Ministry’s plan to introduce a medical entitlement program for COVID-19 patients, instead of using [Read More…]

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Medical Bills Related To COVID Treatments Still Covered Despite Universal Coverage withdrawal

  • By TN
  • February 15, 2022
Acrylic shields installed at the hospital to prevent the spreading of COVID-19 coronavirus in Thailand
Acrylic shields installed at the hospital to prevent the spreading of COVID-19 coronavirus in Thailand. Photo: © ILO/Alin Sirisaksopit / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

BANGKOK (NNT) – Reports about the removal of free COVID-19 treatments from the Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients (UCEP) program have raised public concerns. In [Read More…]

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Chula Medical Breakthrough! RED-GEM Molecules to Reverse Aging

Potential and opportunity of RED-GEMs
Potential and opportunity of RED-GEMs. Image: Chulalongkorn University.

Chula Medicine has successfully invented RED-GEMs (REjuvenating DNA by GEnomic Stability Molecules) that can reverse aging in lab animals. With human trials targeted within two [Read More…]

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Thailand receives COVID-19 treatment cocktail units from Germany

  • By TN
  • October 5, 2021
AstraZeneca vaccine being moved to the temperature control room.
AstraZeneca vaccine being moved to the temperature control room. Photo: AstraZeneca Thailand.

BANGKOK (NNT) – Thailand’s prime minister on Monday received COVID-19 medicines from the German government, while voicing strong support for the Thai-German cooperation in public [Read More…]

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Thai Cabinet Approves Use of Fah Talai Jone to Treat Asymptomatic COVID-19 Cases

  • By TN
  • July 28, 2021
Fah Talai Jone also known as Andrographis paniculata, and Green Chiretta
Fah Talai Jone also known as Andrographis paniculata, and Green Chiretta. Photo: H. Zell. CC BY-SA 3.0.

BANGKOK (NNT) – Thailand’s Cabinet has approved the use of Fah Talai Jone (green chiretta or Andrographis paniculate) to treat asymptomatic cases of COVID-19, after [Read More…]