Posts Tagged ‘ public-health ’

A advance medical team left for Port-au-Prince, the quake-hit capital of Haiti, on Jan 29 to collect information on what medical assistance was most urgent, Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanavisit said on Monday.
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Have already blogged (here and here) about the scandal which led to the Minister of Public Health and his Deputy to resign after an investigative committee found irregularities in the tendering process, but one of the problems was that the committee found that some hospital projects were unnecessary, in particular in relation to...
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More Thai people are suffering from five chronic diseases - diabetes, high blood pressure, Ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular accident and chronic respiratory symptoms, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Sunday.
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The Public Health Ministry will continue to vaccinate pregnant women against the type A (H1N1) flue throughout the country except in Satun province where one foetus of a woman died, permanent secretary for public health Paijit Warachit said on Thursday.
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Drowning is the number one cause of death among children in Thailand and around the world, the Public Health Ministry reported on Thursday.
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The Bhumjaithai Party will certainly submit name of the person to become the new deputy public health minister to the prime minister on Thursday, deputy leader Boonjong Wongtrairat said on Wednesday morning.
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Ministry of Public Health has begun its free vaccination programme to protect the public against Influenza A(H1N1) by administering about two million injections to people in five high-risk groups at state and private hospitals nationwide.
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The government will speed up the investigation into the alleged irregularities in the Public Health Ministry's 86-billion-baht budget financed by the government's economic stimulus scheme, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Sunday.
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Nearly two million people across the country will be vaccinated against the type A (H1N1) influenza in a national effort to combat the disease, the Public Health Ministry said yesterday. Starting next Monday, the first 400,000 doses of the vaccine will be given to people at high risk to complications of the influenza,...
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Jurin Laksanavisit admits that his pending appointment as the new public health minister will be a challenge, but says he will do his best.
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Jurin Laksanavisit is the right person to take over as minister at the Public Health Ministry, Chinnaworn Boonyakiat, the chief government whip who was chosen by the Democrat Party to succeed him as education minister, said on Thursday.
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Look at the what the Public Health Minister Wittaya crime is as per The Nation: Last week, Democrat deputy leader Witthaya Kaewparadai quit as public health minister to take responsibility after certain procurement items were found to have had unusually high prices or were deemed unnecessary.
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Government chief whip Chinnavorn Boonyakiat said on Friday that he is ready to take up the top job at the Ministry of Public Health if he is to be assigned by his Democrat Party.
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The decision to resign as public health minister by Witthya Kaewparadia was the act of a gentleman, chairman of the opposition Puea Thai Party Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said on Wednesday afternoon.
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Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij on Tuesday admitted that the scandal surrounding Public Health Ministry's investment projects has tarnished the image of the government's Thai Khem Kaeng scheme.
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Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai has tendered his resignation, effective as of tomorrow, over the medical supplies procurement scandal.
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Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadia, who was accused of getting involved in the alleged irregularities and flawed management of budget allocated for running the government’s Thai Khem Kaeng stimulus scheme, said on Tuesday morning that he will clarify the allegation cases at 10am today.
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The Bangkok Post: An investigation committee has suggested a complete review all Public Health Ministry projects under the government's Thai Khem Khaeng scheme after finding many loopholes conducive to corruption.Committee chairman Banlu Siripanich said this after handing over an investigation report to P...
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An investigation committee has suggested a complete review all Public Health Ministry projects under the government's Thai Khem Khaeng scheme after finding many loopholes conducive to corruption.
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According to the Thai Ministry of Public Health, charges may be brought against Boon Rawd after it distributed a Leo Body Paint 2010 calendar featuring models painted with the Leo logo. Leo is a beer brand brewed by Boon Rawd, and the Ministry claims that the … Read full story > > >...
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Just a few hours ago, PPT blogged : “The Democrat Party-led government has continued to sweep corruption allegations under the carpet, mainly because the media are in it pocket. This of the sufficiency economy projects, the Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Education and other cases and allegations, and all of them seem...
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Not that long ago PPT pointed to a story alleging that Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was wearing light body armor when engaged in public duties.
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In petition ???/? the member of parliament and former Deputy Minister of Public Health Wichan Meenchaiyanant ( ???????? ??????????? ), he asks for improvements in the government of Bangkok. While I don’t get all which is said in the petition and in the reply by the Ministry… Read full story > > >...
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The Public Health Ministry has targeted rehabilitation for 300,000 drug addicts in Fiscal 2010, which started October 1, a senior ministry official said. Deputy Director-General Boonruang Trairuangworarat of the Medical Services Department said it will begin rehabilitating 300,000 drug addicts from November through next September as it has already prepared clinics and personnel....
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The second round of the A/H1N1 outbreak has started, Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai said on Thursday.
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One person died, a resident of Bangkok, from type-A(H1N1) flu in the period from Nov 8 to 14, raising the death toll from the virus to 185, the Bureau of Epidemiology of the Public Health Ministry announced on Wednesday.
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Thailand's Minister of Public Health Witthaya Kaewparadai on Sunday placed health officials in 35 northern and northeastern provinces on high alert to respond to the second wave of the Influenza Type A(H1N1) as winter begins. Mr Witthaya said as he delivered A(H1N1) control and prevention policies to health officials and volunteers in the...
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Thai Takes By Philip Golingai Thailand’s A (H1N1) casualties are among the highest in Asia. Should Thais be worried?
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