Emergency room worker plays mobile game while checking sick child
A COMPLAINT was filed to the operators of a community Facebook page that a Sakon Nakhon hospital emergency room staff member was playing a mobile game while checking a sick child brought there for medical treatment after vomiting blood, TV Channel 7 said this morning (June 6). The mother and aunt of the sick […]
Read More13 cases new FliRT Covid subvariants found in Thailand
WITH SARS-COV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, continuously churning out new variants, 13 cases of two new subspecies of JN.1 variant, KP.2, KP.3, which are members of a group called FliRT, have now been found in Thailand, Thai Rath newspaper said last evening (May 9). Dr. Yongyuth Thammawut, head of Department of Medical Sciences, […]
Read MoreProfessor warns of aflatoxin contamination in 10-year-old rice
AFTER Deputy-Prime-Minister-cum-Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai recommended the consumption of 10-year-old rice stockpiled under the rice subsidy programme carried out by deposed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s government, a professor came out to warn of aflatoxin contamination with this being a very dangerous cancer-causing substance, Amarin TV said today (May 8). Dr. Veerachai Phutthawong, a professor […]
Read MoreAstraZeneca withdraws Covid-19 vaccine globally months after admitting to side effects
By Reuters and published by CNA ASTRAZENECA said on Tuesday (May 7) it had initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its Covid-19 vaccine due to a “surplus of available updated vaccines” since the pandemic. The company also said it would proceed to withdraw the vaccine Vaxzevria’s marketing authorisations within Europe. “As multiple, variant Covid-19 vaccines […]
Read MoreConcern over spread of Covid-19, nearly 10,000 cases a day
AN EMINENT professor is concerned about the spread of Covid-19 in Thailand as he estimates that currently there are nearly 10,000 cases a day, Amarin TV said this afternoon (Apr. 22). Assoc. Prof. Teera Worathanarat of Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine said in a Facebook post that last week, Apr. 14-20, 2024, 1,004 Covid […]
Read More65 children infected with Rotavirus after playing at Songkran foam party
A SONGKRAN foam party at Suphanburi led to 65 children being hospitalised for nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and high fever after getting infected with Rotavirus with the organisers admitting canal water too was used because tap water was not enough for the event, Sanook.com said today (Apr. 21). The children were admitted to Chao Phraya […]
Read MoreThai navy rescues ailing sailor for Indian ship
THE Thai navy quickly sent an emergency medical team on a boat to an Indian ship, a tanker named Sea Galaxy, and brought one of their sailors who had suffered stroke as it was passing through the Gulf of Thailand to Sattahip, Chonburi, for treatment last night, TV Channel 7 said early this morning […]
Read MoreChinese flocking here for plastic surgery, infertility treatment
THE VISA-FREE access to Thailand by Chinese tourists has led a large number of them inquiring and then deciding to undergo plastic surgery, infertility treatment as well as general medical examination here, Matichon newspaper said this evening (Mar. 30). Mr. Sitthi Panupattnapong, chairman of Synphaet Co. Lt.’s board of directors, said the visa waiver […]
Read MoreRush to help S.Korean tourist who fainted after diving at Similan islands
OFFICIALS in southern coastal Phang Nga province rushed to help a South Korean tourist who lost consciousness and stopped breathing after diving at Similan Islands National Park last night, Amarin TV said this morning (Mar. 25). Phang Nga Port Security Control Centre was alerted at 7 p.m. last night that the South Korean tourist, […]
Read MoreSky Doctor flies ailing German tourist from Koh Samui to Trang
THE SKY DOCTOR service flew a German tourist who had suffered a stroke on Koh Samui to Trang Hospital and saved his life, TV Channel 7 said this morning (Mar. 15). At 11.15 a.m. yesterday National Institute of Emergency Medicine (NIEM) was asked by the Nerendthorn Centre on Koh Samui to send an aircraft […]
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