Daily Covid count still high at 9,692 as disturbing photos go viral
WITH Thailand still logging record-high coronavirus cases at 9,692 and 67 fatalities this morning (July 16) disturbing images of infected people camping out in Rama 2 road area next to piles of garbage as wastewater flowed beneath them is going viral on Thai social media, Sanook.com said. The Public Health Ministry said early this […]
Read MoreDaily Covid tally tops 3,000 while market defends its field hospital
THE Public Health Ministry said early this morning (May 19) that there were 3,394 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours while 29 more patients died taking the death toll to 678, Amarin TV said. Meanwhile Pathum Thani province’s See Mum Muang market management explained on its Facebook page last evening that the purpose […]
Read MoreNetizens slam setting up field hospital at a market
AS photos of a new field hospital that has been set up at a Pathum Thani market circulated today (May 18) Thai netizens immediately criticised choosing this location for a medical facility and questioned whether a better place could not be found, Sanook.com said. However the current coronavirus wave that started last month is worrisome […]
Read MoreForeigners told to go to state hospital for admission to field hospital
FOREIGNERS in Thailand who have contracted coronavirus or suspect that they might have done so and are interested in being admitted to a field hospital are advised to go to the state hospital in their district with the doctors there then sending them to a field hospital if need be, the Public Health Ministry’s […]
Read MoreSiriraj Hospital personnel infected with Covid
THAILAND’S oldest and largest hospital Siriraj this evening (Jan. 18) confirmed reports that some of its medical personnel had got infected with coronavirus with random testing of nearly a hundred staff members having been undertaken, Siam Rath newspaper reported. Dr. Prasit Wattanapa, the dean of Siriraj’s Faculty of Medicine, will be giving the details at […]
Read MoreProtest against setting up field hospital in Samut Sakhon
AROUND 70 residents of Chee Pha Khao community in Mueang Samut Sakhon staged a protest against setting up a Covid-19 field hospital near their homes at 10 a.m. this morning (Jan. 6) with some of them brandishing placards saying “Chee Pha Khao doesn’t want Covid-19,” Amarin TV reported. One of the protesters said in his […]
Read MoreHospital director shot dead at his clinic in Phetchaburi city
A MAN who came in as a patient shot dead the director of King Mongkut Memorial Hospital (Phra Chom Klao Hospital) at his clinic in Phetchaburi city at 11 a.m. today (Dec. 19), Sanook.com reported. The killer, who had driven up in a white sedan, went into the clinic and was examined by Dr. Chumpol. […]
Read MoreParents shocked after newborn baby disappears from hospital
A CHONBURI couple is in a state of shock after their newborn baby girl disappeared from the second hospital she was transferred to after her birth at the first one for treatment for her weak condition, Sanook.com reported today (Dec. 7. 2020). Ms Piyarat, 37, and Mr. Panya, 29, said after the baby was born […]
Read MorePenguin and Rung released from hospital, vow to battle on
TWO People’s Party leaders who were hospitalized after a stint of detention in prison have today (Nov. 5) been released from hospital to convalesce at home, Amarin TV reported. While Ms. Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or Rung, and Mr. Parit Chivarak, or Penguin, are now well enough to leave Rama 9 Hospital, Mr. Panupong Chadnok, or Mike, […]
Read MoreThree protest leaders still in the hospital as lawyer checks detention
ALL three protest leaders freed from prison on Friday evening are still undergoing medical treatment at Rama 9 Hospital with police guarding Ms. Panusaya Sitthichirawattanakul, or Rung, as she has already been taken into custody, INN News reported this afternoon (Nov. 1, 2020). Mr. Krisadang Nuttajarat, a lawyer for all three of them, said Rung […]
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