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Nikhil Prasad  Mar 10, 2024  9 days ago
Thailand Medical: The recent anthrax outbreak in Laos has prompted swift and comprehensive action from Thai medical authorities and livestock officials. The Department of Livestock Development in Thailand issued a public health warning, urging citizens to avoid consuming raw meat, particularly beef, buffalo, goat, and sheep. This caution follows the identification of numerous anthrax cases on Marc...
Nikhil Prasad  Feb 25, 2024  23 days ago
Thailand Medical: The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, has posed numerous challenges to global health, with respiratory symptoms being the most commonly observed. However, emerging evidence suggests that the impact of the virus extends beyond the respiratory system, affecting various organs and systems in the body. Among these, the nervous system has drawn attention, with reports...
James Rosh  Jan 08, 2024  2 months ago
Thailand Medical: While Thailand is promoting its soft-power by promoting the production and distribution of boy-love-boy TV drama series and movies… twitter, line groups and platforms like Only Fans are getting filled with amateur productions of local gay porn! In fact, some speculate that Thailand is probably the leading gay porn producer at the moment and it something that the authoritie...
Zika Virus News  Mar 01, 2023  1 year ago
Zika Virus News: Health authorities from Hungary have reported that two Hungarian nationals returning from Thailand tested positive for the Zika virus! https://www.nnk.gov.hu/index.php/nnk-hirek/1891-ket-thaifoldon-jart-szemelynel-igazolt-tropusi-szunyogcsipessel-terjedo-zika-virus-fertozest-a-nemzeti-nepegeszsegugyi-kozpont https://www.budapesttimes.hu/health/public-health-centre-two-cases-of-zi...
COVID-19 News - Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Post COVID  Feb 01, 2023  1 year ago
Medical Thailand: Researchers from the Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkhla University-Thailand have in a new study validated that there is an increased incidence of detecting pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia compared with that in the general population.   The study findings shockingly showed that the cumulative inc...
Thailand COVID-19 News - Chinese Travelers  Jan 04, 2023  1 year ago
Thailand COVID-19 News: Thailand should not join other countries in discriminating against Chinese travelers as quiet honestly it serves no purpose as the country has already let tens of thousands of tourists from other countries facing COVID-19 onslaughts and new SARS-CoV-2 variants and sub-lineages including tourists and travelers from the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, South Korea an...
Medical Tourism News - Thailand - Singapore - Malaysia - Vietnam  Dec 14, 2022  1 year ago
Medical Tourism: Despite local Thai authorities coming up with a new mediocre medical tourism visa programme that starts in January 2023 and also are constantly beating their drums that their tourism industry is picking up or that foreigners are coming in droves for medical tourism, often quoting unreliable sources or media and associations that can be bought for peanuts to say whatever one wants ...
Source: Thailand COVID-19 News  Mar 06, 2022  2 years ago
The last week has seen daily new COVID-19 infections In Thailand hover above the 20,000 mark and it’s a sign that the current mask mandates are not helping to prevent COVID-19 infections in the country especially when the new Omicron variants are concerned.   According to local Thailand COVID-19 News sources, the last 24 hours has seen 21,881 new COVID-19 cases and only 59 COVID-19 de...
Source: Thailand COVID-19 News  Mar 03, 2022  2 years ago
HILARIOUS! Talk About Incompetency! In Bangkok, Authorities Are Now Asking Those With COVID-19 To Seek Treatments In Nearby Provinces!   Thailand Medical doctors and health experts are the ‘funniest’ in the world! Some made statements in the garbage local media last month that the COVID-19 crisis would end in the country at the end of February 2022.   Today, the 4th of Marc...
Source; Thailand Medical  Dec 31, 2021  2 years ago
It is amazing that there are actually lots of stupid foreigners that actually think Thailand is superior in terms of affordable healthcare and that its research and biotech industries are also advance and meet international standards. The truth is far from it and so called medical and healthcare accreditation certificates and standards can easily be bought from unscrupulous American and European a...
Source: Thailand Coronavirus News  Sep 14, 2021  3 years ago
Thailand Coronavirus News: A very strange and confusing thing happened yesterday, local Thai health officials released data to the media saying that of those who died from COVID-19, 14.4% had already received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.   Perhaps they were trying to point to the fact that a single dose of COVID-19 vaccine does not guarantee survival if infected. However various c...
Source: Medical News  Jul 01, 2021  3 years ago
Thailand Medical News is urgently seeking angel investors, sponsors and collaborators for a couple of interesting projects including  a new form of using herbs and phytochemicals for therapeutics that involve a new drug delivery technology to treat a variety of diseases including COVID-19, another for our medical devices project involving new mobile based diagnostic tools, a new portable air ...
Source: Thailand Coronavirus News  May 12, 2021  3 years ago
Thailand Coronavirus News: Depressing news is emerging that not only are there many clusters emerging in the various crowded slums in the city but in various provinces, cases are also fast emerging.   It was reported that just in Chantaburi alone, more than 137 infections were causes by an African gems trader and that cases related to this cluster has now spread to even the Silom and Suriwo...
Source: Thailand Coronavirus News  Dec 21, 2020  3 years ago
Thailand Coronavirus News: Local transmissions of COVID-19 are increasing in Thailand after the initial reported cases in Samut Sakhon province. Myanmar Workers at Samut Sakhon made to queue up in public to take COVID-19 tests without any social distancing etc!   Samut Sakhon: The first patient of this outbreak was a 68 year old Thai woman who has never gone out of the country, meaning the ...
Source: Thailand COVID-19 News  Dec 19, 2020  3 years ago
Thailand COVID-19 News: Thai health officials from the CSSA (Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration) made a shocking announcement on Saturday December 19th at about 9pm Bangkok time that there were a total of 548 new confirmed cases of local transmission of COVID-19 in Thailand at Samut Sakhon province. Myanmar Migrant Workers Sorting Seafood At Samut Sakhon   What was shocking was no...
Source: Thailand Coronavirus News  Dec 10, 2020  3 years ago
Thailand Coronavirus News: Thailand recently announced that it has opened the country to tourist from all countries as long as they have relevant COVID-19 tests prior to boarding and have applied and paid for the relevant visas in their home countries and have signed up for the 14 day prepaid quarantine packages in Thailand coupled with relevant medical insurance and other preconditions.   ...
Source: Medical Tourism and Biotech  Jun 22, 2020  4 years ago
Medical Tourism And Biotech: Vietnam Is emerging to surpass Thailand and the rest of Asia as a top medical tourism destination and also as a hub attracting biotech research and manufacturing companies in the next few years.   Over the last few years while Thailand was being complacent and ‘floating in the air’ based on its past laurels, the Vietnamese government and private sect...
Source: Thailand Hospital News  Jun 15, 2020  4 years ago
Thailand Hospitals: An official disciplinary inquiry has been ordered against the director of a Khon Kaen Hospital, Dr Charnchai Chanvorachaikul in northeastern Thailand, who stands accused of demanding kickbacks. He is accused of demanding a 5% commissions from pharmaceutical firms from March to October 2018, in exchange for buying products from certain suppliers.   The official inquiry wa...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Feb 03, 2020  4 years ago
Contrary to all the rumors, allegations and fake news circulation in the social media, Thailand’s preparedness for any possible local coronavirus outbreaks has been to date topnotch, due to concerted efforts by the government and also the private sector.   It must be noted that Thailand has numerous JCI accredited hospitals all over the country and has among the best medical intuition...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Feb 02, 2020  4 years ago
In the last three weeks, most media have been abuzz with stories about the coronavirus and so much paranoia has arisen has a result. The truth of the matter is that the mortality rate of the coronavirus for now is only about 2%, unless it mutates. The SARS virus has a mortality rate of 8% while influenza or flu has a mortality rate of between 11 to 17%! Its easy to see that a lot of fuss is going ...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Feb 01, 2020  4 years ago
Thailand’s medical tourism industry is taking a massive blow as a result of the coronavirus epidemic and also due to its air pollution problems.  Record numbers of prospective patients that are using online medical travel agencies or brokers are either cancelling their previous bookings and plans or are asking for alternative destinations. A promotional poster that might no longer wor...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Jan 16, 2020  4 years ago
A variety of noncommunicable chronic diseases such as diabetes are on the rise in Thailand as the country transitions to a high-middle-income country. A study by medical researchers from Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok identifies the strengths and weaknesses of diabetes care in Thailand's universal healthcare system. Published in the j...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Oct 31, 2019  4 years ago
Despite the recent commendable initiatives by the Thai Government and various agencies in trying to spearhead Thailand as a Regional Hub for medical and biotech  procedures, medical research, biomedical innovations and even as a production hub for biotech products, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, it will still take a long way before this realization can actually can take place and one of...
Source:Thailand Medical News  Oct 15, 2019  4 years ago
People don’t talk about service; they all talk about experience. Positive patient experience makes a customer loyal and the hospital as its most preferred healthcare solutions provider.   Medical tourism is the new buzz word in healthcare ecosystem. It refers to people traveling abroad to obtain medical treatment. The Thailand medical tourism industry is booming, as a result of e...
Source: Healthcare IT News  Sep 30, 2019  5 years ago
Grahame Grieve is FHIR Product Director at HL7 International and is often regarded as the as the ‘Founder of FHIR’. A seasoned healthcare interoperability consultant, he has a background in laboratory medicine, software vendor development, clinical research, open source development and has also conceived, developed and sold interoperability and clinical document solutions and products ...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Sep 09, 2019  5 years ago
The Hong Kong Trade Development  Council  (HKTDC)  will featuring a number of companies from Hong Kong at the Medical fair Thailand 2019.   This year, Medical Fair Thailand will be the biggest yet since its  history in beginning in 2003. Medical Fair Thailand 2019 will feature over 1,000 exhibitor booths from over 60 countries and 21 National Pavilions. Included in this ...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Aug 23, 2019  5 years ago
EDITORIAL The Thailand Medical Industry has great potential to help uplift  the local economy over the next few years if more attention and also collaboration is under taken by the various government agencies in a more concerted effort. Thailand has to date more than 1,840 hospitals in the country with more than 37 percent of these being private hospitals, of which 70 percent of these are...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Aug 13, 2019  5 years ago
The French Healthcare Pavilion brings together 11 French companies boasting the latest and most prominent French medical innovations, ranging from hygienic bags, medical beds, autopsy solutions, surgical equipment, medical single-use products, medicinal air and vacuum solutions, to one of the most groundbreaking solutions in the treatment of sleep disorders.     &nbs...
Source; Thailand Medical News  Jul 30, 2019  5 years ago
For health professionals planning to develop a software or an application but have no knowledge of coding, Avalant Co Ltd , a leading software and digital services provider in Thailand has just introduced its novelty product called ONE WEB Digital Maker Platform. Mr Akkarapol Bunworaset The cloud based platform is an easy to use platform for health professionals and organizations wanting to tra...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Jul 19, 2019  5 years ago
Messe Dusseldorf Asia, the organizers of the biennial Medical  Fair Thailand, announced  the initiation of a Medical Startup Park at its coming event in September at Bitec.  The Medical Startup Park will basically be a  showcase dedicated to Stage 3 and Stage 4 medical and innovative healthcare startup companies which are less than 4 years old with products that are ready to be...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Jul 09, 2019  5 years ago
The Medical Devices Asean 2019  exhibition returns for the second year, this time with even more exhibitors, conference programmes and newer and  exciting medical device innovations being showcased. The event is a must for all medical and healthcare professionals and also for distributors , retailers and also manufacturers of medical equiptment and devices and also for individuals inv...
Source: Thailand Medical News  May 27, 2019  5 years ago
Just take look at any Office Tower in Bangkok these days, and you will find either a Starbucks or some other knock off branded coffee outlets with a long queue of local office workers. Many of these office workers despite being on one of the lowest monthly salaries compared to any other well-developed cities around the world, can always be seen holding a cup of these coffee as a sort of status sym...
Source: Thailand Medical News  May 26, 2019  5 years ago
Thai-listed property company Pruksa Holdings PLC is set to open its first hospital in the Saphan Kwai vicinity by 2020.   The 250 bed is targetting the middle-class segment and is JCI accredited. Pruksa is investing a total of Bt 4.9 billion into this venture and is expecting to make profit in the third year of operations.   The hospital and healthcare market is getting extremely compe...
Source: Thailand Medical News  May 09, 2019  5 years ago
First Fertility Group, which comprises of its main clinic in Bangkok located at Rajdamri and also branch clinics in Cambodia and also elsewhere in the region, was recently the recipient of the Fertility Service Provider Of The Year in Asia Pacific by  Global Health and Travel (GHT). The Global Health & Travel Awards recognizes companies that have push boundary of delighting their custo...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Apr 10, 2019  5 years ago
Dealing with multinational insurance companies can often be a nightmare proposition in Thailand, for expats and tourists alike. Provider networks are often limited. Insured patients must usually pay bills upfront with the promise of reimbursement by the insurer later, which either comes months later or not at all. Necessary medical care is often denied because of technicalities.  Structural F...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Apr 08, 2019  5 years ago
This article has been specially commissioned by Thailand Medical News to bring about awareness and also create caution about the excessive usage of PPIs (Proton Pump Inhibitors) that is over prescribed currrently in Thailand to treat acid reflux conditions. A recent landmark population study by US researchers at the University of California -- San Diego has indicated that Proton pump inhibitors ...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Feb 21, 2019  5 years ago
Doctors In Thailand practicing primary care medicine in 2019 have likely met this familiar greeting from a patient: “I Googled my symptoms and I think the problem is [insert condition].” Obviously, this can be unsettling for many providers – doctors in the past were often the first point of reference for patients who otherwise had no way of researching their health concerns on th...
Thailand Medical News  Feb 14, 2019  5 years ago
As in much of the rest of the developed and middle-income nations, diabetes is creating a public health crisis in Thailand. Doctors face a complicated set of challenges related to the illness – not only in how to treat those already affected, but how to prevent the debilitating disease moving into the future. Measures such as proper dietary education and the promotion of exercise, especially...
Thailand Medical News  Feb 07, 2019  5 years ago
Thailand’s PrEP Implementation Progress With Exclusive Interview Comments From Professor Andrew Grulich – The Kirby Institute, UNSW, Sydney PrEP implementation was a very hot, challenging topic at the 21st Bangkok International Symposium on HIV Medicine 2019 organised by HIV-NAT. The Symposium was held at The Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre, January 16-18th.. The latter par...
Contributed By Benjamin Bartee  Feb 05, 2019  5 years ago
Thailand, Bangkok in particular, has emerged in recent decades as the worldwide leader in medical tourism, while simultaneously achieving interrelated healthcare milestones, with enormous tangential benefits to its own economy and population as well as to the world at large. Estimates by the U.S. National Library of Medicine indicate that, in 2013, the Kingdom attracted between 700,000 and 2.5 mil...
Thailand Medical News  Jan 30, 2019  5 years ago
An often-overlooked type of STD, oral gonorrhea presents a challenge for healthcare in Thailand and globally. The threat this bacterial infection poses is not limited to the disease itself – there are large-scale public health issues related both to long-term inflammation by an infection in the throat or mouth left untreated and to the wrongful prescription of certain antibiotics that give r...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Jan 28, 2019  5 years ago
In recent years, various agencies within the Thai government have made concerted efforts to curb private medical institutions’ independence by installing burdensome regulations -- most recently by seeking to control what these businesses can charge for specific medicines, procedures, and supplies. Their basic rationale is that cost controls and other measures are necessary to ensure the best...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Jan 26, 2019  5 years ago
The Thai conglomerate, Charoen Pokphand Group is one of the world’s largest. It is also Thailand’s largest private company. With investments in over 30 countries and a huge presence in the Chinese market the group employs over 350,000 staff. It’s 3 core businesses operate in: Agribusiness & Food Retail & Distribution Telecommunications industries So, it was with sur...
Thailand Medical News  Jan 20, 2019  5 years ago
Positive news for Thailand’s healthcare sector was highly welcome when Bloomberg released their Global Health Care Efficiency Index in the last quarter of 2018. Thailand Medical News reviews these extremely positive results and suggest  why momentum must be maintained as well as 2 challenges that must be addressed in order for this momentum to be carried forward on a continuous basis....
Thailand Medical News  Jan 18, 2019  5 years ago
Various research reports on Thailand’s role in the production, local dissemination and exportation to domestic as well as international markets for medical devices reveal healthy forecasts. Predications are that the medical device market in the country  will continue to grow at average rates of between 8.5-10% per annum. Such strength in growth opens exciting opportunities for the Me...
Source: Thailand Medical News  Jan 14, 2019  5 years ago
There are many convincing reasons why expats living in Thailand must take advantage of the country’s healthcare systems. As well as looking at the real benefits to be seen if an individual ever needs to avail of the country’s world-class hospitals, we, at Thailand Medical News will also touch on the more practical matters at local healthcare level. There is a local clinic near you! ...
Staff Writer, Thailand Medical News  Jan 07, 2019  5 years ago
Despite having some of the best vantage points in term of being a being an excellent tourism destination coupled with some of the best medical facilities and hospitals in the world, Thailand is gradually losing its edge as a Medical Tourism destination in the region due to a variety of factors. Among the top three factors amidst an assortment of reasons are:  a) Lack of Proper Medical Mark...

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