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Health checks for Thai Hajj pilgrims
BANGKOK, July 1 – Thai Muslims travelling to Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj, one of the world’s primary pilgrimages, will be given health...
Thailand incinerates drugs worth 10 billion baht
AYUTTHAYA, 26 June 2013 Authorities staged the 42nd annual drug incineration ceremony in Ayutthaya province on Wednesday, in a bid to reiterate the government’s...
Special Report: Health Ministry takes on obesity trend
The Ministry of Public Health has revealed that over 20,000 Thais die on a yearly basis due to being overweight or obese. ...
Public Health Ministry to provide free vaccines for flu prevention nationwide
BANGKOK, May 26 - Thailand's Public Health Ministry is to provide free vaccines for flu prevention nationwide, starting tomorrow. Vaccinations...
Public Health Ministry: “Cervical cancer kills 14 Thai women each day”
BANGKOK, 7 May 2013 The Public Health Ministry is expressing worries over the threat of cervical cancer Thai women have been increasingly facing. ...
Squat toilets to be scrapped in a bid to end knee-arthritis,...
BANGKOK, 19 March 2013 The government has planned to launch a campaign to discourage squat toilets, in a pledge to end knee-related arthritis...
Public Health Ministry urges all state hospitals to promote meditation as...
BANGKOK, 26 February 2013 The Public Health Ministry has urged all state hospitals to promote the practice of meditation as the means to...
Thailand foots US$40 million in medical bills for migrants
BANGKOK, Feb 4 – Thailand has spent over Bt1 billion giving medical treatment to migrant workers from neighbouring countries in the last three...
Thailand’s population of teen mothers rising, pregnancy age falling
BANGKOK, Jan 16 – An average 370 babies are born daily from Thai teenage mothers and about 10 babies from girls below age...
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Taiwanese man and Thai accomplices abduct young woman in Na Jomtien over alleged debt
PATTAYA, Thailand – A shocking midnight abduction in Na Jomtien, Sattahip, on 14 November left the local community alarmed after a 24-year-old woman, identified...
One-way Jomtien and two-way trouble as riders break rules and businesses struggle
PATTAYA, Thailand – Jomtien Beach Road was supposed to become safer and more orderly when it permanently switched to a one-way system. Instead, many...
Pattaya’s one-way street plans face skepticism ‘Look at Soi Diana and Soi Immigration’
PATTAYA, Thailand – Pattaya officials have introduced a one-way traffic scheme on Soi Buakhao in an attempt to ease congestion and improve safety, but...
Thai Immigration Bureau warns foreigners to use only the Official TDAC registration website
PATTAYA, Thailand – The Immigration Bureau would like to inform and encourage everyone to help remind foreign nationals to register TDAC only through their...