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<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 22:55:08 CDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thailand aims for more Mid-East tourists]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 22:55:08 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Tourism Authority of Thailand is targeting more medical and wealthy tourists from Middle Eastern countries now that the agency...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Songkran rescue calls almost triple last year]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:29:29 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Calls by accident victims to the government's rescue centre in the first two days of the Songkran festival soared almost to 2,627 incidents...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Plan to end slums on state land]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Plan_to_end_slums_on_state_land/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 08:53:36 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Transport Ministry plans to put an end to its disputes with more than 39,000 families of illegal slum dwellers living on its land...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ban on exports of pigs to ease supply shortage]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Ban_on_exports_of_pigs_to_ease_supply_shortage/</link>
<comments>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Ban_on_exports_of_pigs_to_ease_supply_shortage/</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:23:05 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Commerce Ministry acts to stem smuggling to neighbouring countries<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dengue hits hard]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Dengue_hits_hard/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:11:23 CDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Public Health Ministry issued a warning yesterday, saying the country is experiencing the worst outbreak of dengue fever in a decade...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rural doctor honoured by hospital]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Rural_doctor_honoured_by_hospital/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:47:23 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Dr Saengchai Pongpitpitak, has won the outstanding rural doctor award for 2007, Mahidol University's Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Our children joining the world's heavyweights : report]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Our_children_joining_the_worlds_heavyweights__report/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:37:49 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Thailand ranks among countries with the world's fastestgrowing number of overweight children, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Lead CL official moved]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Lead_CL_official_moved/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:28:43 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsab said on Tuesday he has removed the official charged with negotiating with major international drug firms...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Confusion over cigarette ban]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Confusion_over_cigarette_ban/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:42:23 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Vendors at markets still think that the smoking ban, in effect from yesterday, applies only to air-conditioned restaurants, pubs...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Medical tourism worsens doctor crisis]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Medical_tourism_worsens_doctor_crisis/</link>
<comments>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Medical_tourism_worsens_doctor_crisis/</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:48:36 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A panel has been set up by the Public Health Ministry to assess how plans to make Thailand a regional medical hub will effect the healthcare system<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Academics, doctor win accolades for research]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Academics_doctor_win_accolades_for_research/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:25:07 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A doctor at Siriraj Hospital, who has devoted himself to studying the dengue virus, and five university professors have been named...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Health ministry announces new drug list]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Health_ministry_announces_new_drug_list/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:37:40 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Public Health Ministry has announced a new national drug list which includes cheaper and more effective drugs for cancer, glaucoma...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Thailand fattens up]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Thailand_fattens_up/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:10:17 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[We eat out at least 13 times a week, the highest rate in Southeast Asia, and it shows on the waistline.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[More compulsory licensing to benefit cancer victims]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/More_compulsory_licensing_to_benefit_cancer_victims/</link>
<comments>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/More_compulsory_licensing_to_benefit_cancer_victims/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:10:17 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Thousands of patients under the national healthcare scheme who are suffering from lung and breast cancer will benefit from the Public Health Ministry<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pharma: End compulsory licences]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Pharma_End_compulsory_licences/</link>
<comments>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Pharma_End_compulsory_licences/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:45:48 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Western drugmakers have called on Thailand's new government to drop the outgoing government's policy to issue compulsory licences for essential dru<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Vet collected H5N1 samples free of virus]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Vet_collected_H5N1_samples_free_of_virus/</link>
<comments>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Vet_collected_H5N1_samples_free_of_virus/</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:04:33 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Public Health Ministry confirmed Monday a veterinarian who had close contact with infected chicken last week at Nakhon Sawan province...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bird flu outbreak in Nakhon Sawan]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Bird_flu_outbreak_in_Nakhon_Sawan/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:18:37 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Officials isolate farm and cull all chickensNakhon Sawan _ The Livestock Development Department yesterday confirmed that avian flu has re-emerged<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Healthcare pioneer Sanguan succumbs to cancer]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Healthcare_pioneer_Sanguan_succumbs_to_cancer/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:28:59 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The father of universal healthcare in Thailand, Dr Sanguan Nityarumphong, died yesterday at the age of 56 from cancer<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Smoking bans at pubs, entertainment venues start next week]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Smoking_bans_at_pubs_entertainment_venues_start_next_week/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:44:31 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Lighting up anywhere in airconditioned entertainment establishments and parts of outdoor public venues, including the Chatuchak Weekend Market...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SSO to add support for funeral expenses]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/SSO_to_add_support_for_funeral_expenses/</link>
<comments>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/SSO_to_add_support_for_funeral_expenses/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:13:49 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[From this month, the Social Security Office (SSO) will provide an additional Bt10,000 as compensation in case of death to SSO-insured persons...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Air pollution near dangerous level, PCD says]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Air_pollution_near_dangerous_level_PCD_says/</link>
<comments>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Air_pollution_near_dangerous_level_PCD_says/</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:13:43 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Air pollution in Bangkok and nearby areas has reached a dangerous level, Pollution Control Department director-General Supat Wangwongwatana said.<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Free healthcare not sustainable]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Free_healthcare_not_sustainable/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 21:49:07 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Government must make it clear to the public that a co-payment system is mandatory for the scheme to survive<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A challenge to improve quality of life]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/A_challenge_to_improve_quality_of_life/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:58:12 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Alcohol law, drug licensing and better access to health most important: activists<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[188 die in New Year accidents]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/188_die_in_New_Year_accidents/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:58:12 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[First three days claim nine more lives than in '06<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Princess 'has trouble breathing, fatigued']]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:58:12 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Her Royal Highness Princess Galyani Vadhana had difficulty breathing and her kidney function was declining, according to a Royal Household Bureau<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cholera, dengue, bird flu on rise]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Cholera_dengue_bird_flu_on_rise/</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2007 04:05:29 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Thailand faces a higher risk of dengue fever, bird flu and hand-and-foot-mouth disease outbreaks next year, according to the Ministry of Public Health<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Public Health ministry sued for Bt3.7 million]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Public_Health_ministry_sued_for_Bt3-7_million/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:53:37 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nonthaburi -A 46-yea-rold man Friday sued the Public Health Ministry for Bt3.7 million, claiming April treatment at a state hospital had left him...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Deadline for emergency response under new law]]></title>
<link>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Deadline_for_emergency_response_under_new_law/</link>
<comments>http://www.thailandbuzz.info/Health/Deadline_for_emergency_response_under_new_law/</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 07:25:56 CST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Emergency Medical Service Act, which requires rescue workers to reach accident victims within 10 minutes, will be implemented next April...<br/><br/>1 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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