Warunya Thongrod
More than 100 residents and community leaders attended a
lecture on diabetes as part of Pattaya’s efforts to improve public health
under a National Health Security Office program.
Dr. Theewin Ngamkhreekham talks
about diabetes mellitus, covering its causes, presentation and treatment.
Deputy Mayor Wattana Chantanawaranon hosted the Sept. 11
lecture with Public Health Office bureaucrats at city hall.
Dr. Theewin Ngamkhreekham spoke on diabetes mellitus,
covering its causes, presentation and treatment.
With funding from the NHSO, Pattaya is trying to build a
network of community-based health managers who can spread knowledge
regarding better health, prevention and treatments and urge people to learn
and distribute that knowledge to neighbors. That, in turn, will lead to more
self-dependence and resolve long-term health issues and reduce the number of
hospital patients, city officials said.
“Organizing training for volunteers and community leaders
as health managers is extremely important for residents of the communities
in Pattaya,” Wattana said. “In having a government representative living in
the community, caring for the residents rights, responsibilities and
benefits that citizens must receive, allows these individuals to receive
public health services. The project has helped the representatives to have
knowledge that can be implemented in the community.”
