1 - 10 of 427 results for "public health ministry"

  1. 1. news | 30 Apr 2013

    PM vetoes plan for new vetting body

    HEALTH POLICIES

    By Paritta Wangkiat, Newspaper section: News

    » Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has shot down the Public Health Ministry's proposal to set up a new state body to screen public health policies before implementation.

  2. 2. news | 19 Apr 2013

    Mongkol blasts both sides in pay dispute

    RURAL DOCTORS

    By Paritta Wangkiat, Newspaper section: News

    » A former public health minister has called on rural doctors and the Public Health Ministry to hold talks to iron out their differences over the pay-for-performance (P4P) scheme.

  3. 3. news | 29 Mar 2013

    Firms must buy migrants health cover

    LABOUR

    By Penchan Charoensuthipan, Newspaper section: News

    » Employers are required to buy health insurance for migrant workers who have no access to healthcare protection under the social security system, the Public Health Ministry says.

  4. 4. news | 22 May 2013

    Health advocates fear cash is new GPO priority

    By Paritta Wangkiat, Newspaper section: News

    » The dismissal of Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) managing director Witit Artavatkun, which was officially endorsed by the cabinet yesterday, has brought public doubts over political intervention at the Publi...

  5. 5. learning | 30 Apr 2013

    Asbestos kills, that's for sure

    About healthcare & big business

    By Jon Fernquest

    » The World Health Organization & Thai doctors know it, but the public health ministry seems more interested in serving business interests.

  6. 6. opinion | 19 Apr 2013

    Slim chance for solution to medical pay dispute

    By Veera Prateepchaikul

    » They're "losing their minds!" is the phrase used by former public health minister Mongkol na Songkhla to describe the dispute between the Ministry of Public Health and the Rural Doctors Society (RDS) over the pay-for...

  7. 7. news | 28 Apr 2013

    Ministry steps up bird flu measures

    Newspaper section: News

    » The Public Health Ministry has stepped up vigilance to contain any possible outbreak of H7N9 avian flu.

  8. 8. learning | 13 Dec 2012

    Alcohol sales to be restricted

    General news

    By Terry Fredrickson

    » The sale of alcohol in public places will be restricted under a Health Ministry draft regulation. Likely to take effect on Jan 1, 2013, it prohibits the sale of alcoholic drinks on footpaths, in public parks, and in publ...

  9. 9. news | 11 Apr 2013

    Health minister: Splash water gently

    By Online Reporters

    » The Ministry of Public Health has urged Songkran revellers to splash water in a courteous manner in accordance with tradition for their own safety.

  10. 10. news | 04 Apr 2013

    No windfall from rural flight

    HOSPITALS

    By Charoen Kittikanya, Newspaper section: Business

    » Private hospitals expect to reap little benefit from rural doctors quitting the public sector over the pay-for-performance system introduced by the Public Health Ministry.

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