Most Thai patients unaware of the right to refuse treatment, writes by Penchan Charoensuthipan, Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay, Credited : https://www.bangkokpost.com People with terminal illnesses need to be made aware that they have the right not to spend their final days hooked to a machine...
Source : PRATCH RUJIVANAROM, THE NATION, 26 April 2019 Photo credit : https://www.pexels.com/photo/left-human-injected-with-hose-on-white-textile-1243364 EVERYBODY HAS the right to die a good death by choosing palliative care in their last years, but nobody can opt for euthanasia, medical experts said. The widely publicised story of a young Thai man, who...
The Songkarn festival and Health Charter for Mon people to conserve their wisdom and values Source: Khaosod Credit Photo https://www.thairnews.com The Phutthamonthon Buddhist Park in Nakhon Pathom province is a venue where Thai people of Mon origin gather to celebrate their Songkran festival or water festival. The people...
Five organisations to introduce standard in patient care as 450,000 Thai people die yearly and half of them pass away at hospitals Source: http://www.bangkokbiznews.com/news/detail/799947 Credit photo https://pixabay.com/en/people-adult-indoors-care-diagnose-3167294/ Five governmental and academic organisations signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to define palliative care services in Thailand. The movement...
A health network launch campaign “stop substandard water vending machines” in Bangkok. Source : National Health Commission Office (NHCO) Thailand Photo credit : https://pixabay.com/en/users/ExplorerBob-3093227/ A health network plans a large-scaled campaign to attach labels to substandard water vending machines in Bangkok to draw public attention to the quality of...