Senator warns struggling state hospitals may have to return 4 billion baht
THE National Health Security Office (NHSO) may ask state hospitals nationwide that are already coping with heavy losses to return 4 billion baht with this impacting medical treatments, Naewna quoted a senator as saying this morning (July 19). Dr.Veerapun Suvannamai, a senator and vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Health, said in […]
Read MoreEmergency 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 MoreRural doctors complain about Covid vaccines overflowing fridges, yet more being sent
THE RURAL Doctor Society complained via Facebook today (June 7) that Covid vaccine situation has reached a point where supplies are overflowing rural hospital refrigerators yet another large lot of 16.8 million doses is being sent despite the fact that the central government could reject additional stocks if need be, Sanook.com said. In its […]
Read More600 Covid patients waiting for hospital beds in Bangkok
THE Public Health Ministry revealed today (April 17) that there are approximately 600 coronavirus patients waiting for hospital beds at home in Bangkok with today’s 99 new cases adding to 505 pending from before, TV Channel 7 said this afternoon. They are expected to be moved to field hospitals within a day or two as […]
Read MoreDaily Covid count soars again to 1,767, two more deaths
THE Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s (CCSA’s) spokesman Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin said at 11.30 a.m. this morning (April 18) that there were 1,767 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours with two more fatalities taking the toll to 101, Sanook.com said. The new batch of cases raises the cumulative confirmed total to 42,352 with 28,683 […]
Read MoreCovid-infected Thai family struggles to get hospitalised
A FAMILY of four residing in Sai Mai district who all realised they were infected with coronavirus on April 8 faced difficulty in getting hospitalised with two members, the father and son, only being taken to hospital by an ambulance days later, Sanook.com today (April 17) related a TV Channel 3 programme as saying. The […]
Read MoreOne of Bangkok’s field hospitals ready for use
A BANGKOK Metropolitan Administration (BMA) team inspected a field hospital set up at 84th Anniversary Bang Bon Stadium in Bang Bon district today (April 12) with this having 200 beds for Covid patients and is part of a three-pronged strategy to increase hospital care in the capital, TV Channel 7 said. BMA’s permanent secretary Mrs. […]
Read MoreBang Khen police chief catches Covid, daily count soars to 559
THE head of Bang Khen police station has tested positive for coronavirus and is now being treated at Police Hospital while there were 559 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, Sanook.com said today (April 9). Bang Khen Public Health officials thoroughly sprayed the whole station with disinfectant while the timeline of the station’s police […]
Read MoreForeign cyber criminals hit Saraburi Hospital
TECHNOLOGY crime police are tracking down foreign cyber criminals who mounted a ransomware attack on Saraburi Hospital with other hospitals and government agencies also likely to be similarly hit, Thai Rath newspaper reported today (Sep. 10, 2020) Minister of Digital Economy and Society Putthipong Punnakan and Deputy Police Chief Pol. Gen. Suwat Chaengyodsuk have sent […]
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