With temperatures across the country hitting 40 degrees Celsius, the Public Health Ministry yesterday issued a warning advising people to stay indoors and avoid getting a heat stroke – a lifethreatening condition that claimed seven lives over the past two years. Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said exposure to heat could result in abnormally high body temperature, sometimes exceeding 40 [...]

HM the King on Wednesday returned to Siriraj Hospital after presiding over a ceremony at the Grand Palace to celebrate Coronation Day. Waving national flags and chanting “Long Live the King,” hundreds of people lined up at Siriraj Hospital and along the road from the hospital to the Grand Palace. Upon arriving at the Grand Palace, their Majesties the King [...]

Bombs Continue to Rock Silom The glass walls and windows of Mc Donald’s at Silom Center was damaged in what authorities believe to be either a bomb or gunfire attack while a ping pong bomb was thrown at Saladaeng intersection last night. Just off Silom Road, the red-shirt protesters have erected more barricades in front of Chulalongkorn Hospital in fear [...]

Patients have been evacuated from a hospital in the Thai capital, Bangkok, after anti-government demonstrators forced their way into the grounds. The red-shirts, looking for soldiers they thought were hiding there, later apologised for the incident. In a TV address, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has said he will not tolerate further violence by the reds, but gave no indication of [...]

BANGKOK — Thailand’s ailing king spoke Monday for the first time since his country descended into political chaos, but the man seen by many as the best hope for securing a peaceful resolution failed to address the deadly crisis that has shut down parts of Bangkok. Speaking from the hospital, where he has been for more than seven months, King [...]

BANGKOK, 25 April 2010 (NNT) – Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit has asked the anti-government United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) and all other groups of demonstrators gathering near hospitals to facilitate the operation of ambulances and medical personnel. The minister sought the cooperation from all the protestors not to impede the operation of ambulances which have to run [...]

Bangkok, April 22 (IANS) At least five people were killed and 100 injured Thursday when three successive blasts ripped through the main financial district of Thailand’s capital, media reports said. The blasts took place around 9 p.m. in Silom district, hitting the Bangkok Bank headquarters, the third floor of Sala Daeng sky train station and a hotel, Minister of Public [...]

Health tourism has been a strong selling point for Thailand, focusing not only on Bangkok but also other areas with a high concentration of foreign tourists, such as Pattaya, Hua Hin, Chiang Mai, Samui and Phuket. Zadok Lempert of Medico Management & Travel Services International says, “The good exchange rates between the Thai baht and the US dollar or euro [...]

Red-shirt demonstrators on Sunday vowed to continue their protests on Sunday, after clashes between soldiers and protesters resulted in 21 dead and more than 800 injured. Red-shirt leader Natthawut Saikua said the red-shirt protesters will continue to occupy the Ratchaprasong intersection and Phan Fa Bridge until Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva dissolves the House of Representatives and holds a new election. [...]

According to latest report from Narenthorn Medical Centre, there are 678 injuries and 15 deaths: 4 soldiers and 11 civilians. All the road intersections leading to the UDD protest site at Phan Fa bridge are being manned by securities personnel as reported by a TV late news. Bangkok Post Share var button = document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_link_1090′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_icon_1090′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_both_1090′) || document.getElementById(‘facebook_share_button_1090′); [...]