Tag: Sopon Mekthon
Thailand experiencing nurse shortages
The Ministry of Public Health has set a goal to increase the number of nurses in the country, stating that 36,000 more nurses are...
Authorities push for rabies-free zones in 2020
BANGKOK, 21 April 2016 - The Ministry of Public Health is accelerating its efforts to create immunity from rabies according to the goal set...
Health Ministry to start mosquito extermination Feb 14
NONTHABURI, 10 February 2016 – The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has instructed it provincial offices to ready themselves for the mosquito extermination campaign....
Public warned of diarrhea during winter
NONTHABURI – The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has issued a warning to the public on the spread of diarrhea during winter season, and...
Public warned on pneumonia in rainy season
NONTHABURI, 18 September 2015 – The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has warned the public to be cautious of the pneumonia disease during the...
64 die in cold spell, more than double last year
BANGKOK, Feb 12 – Thailand’s Public Health Ministry said this year’s unusually cold winter has so far claimed 64 lives, more than double last...
Public Health Ministry worried about possible dengue epidemic after Songkran
BANGKOK, 8 April 2013 The Public Health Ministry is worried that the country may be hit by a dengue virus epidemic after the...
Thai people told: “Eat less salt, care for your kidneys”
BANGKOK, March 8 – Eight million Thais, or 17.5 per cent of the population, suffer from kidney problems, according to the Public Health...
Latest Stories
Polish national arrested in Pattaya for alleged theft from Chiang Mai cannabis farm
PATTAYA, Thailand - A Polish national was arrested in Pattaya on charges of stealing 22 LED Grow Light panels from a cannabis farm in...
Kratom vendor seriously injured in drive-by shooting in Sri Racha
SRI RACHA, Thailand - A woman was critically injured after being shot by an unknown assailant at her kratom drink stall near Rajamangala University...
Engineer injured in fall through ceiling at a mall in Pattaya
PATTAYA, Thailand - An engineer sustained back injuries on July 25 after falling through the ceiling of a shopping mall in Central Pattaya during...
Motorcyclist nearly strangled by low-hanging cable on Chonburi bypass road
CHONBURI, Thailand - A motorcyclist narrowly escaped death on July 25 when a low-hanging cable wrapped around his neck on the Bypass Road heading...
Two Chinese tourists injured in collision with drunken Thai biker in Jomtien
PATTAYA, Thailand - Two Chinese tourists were injured on the night of July 25 when the motorcycle they were riding was struck by a...