BANGKOK, Dec 29 (TNA) – Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai announced his resignation Tuesday to take responsibility for ‘management flaws’ in his ministry’s projects under the Bt86 billion Thai Khemkhaeng (Strong Thailand) stimulus package. Mr Witthaya told reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva early Tuesday morning at Government House that no funds designated for [...]
December 30th, 2009 | Posted in Politics | Read More »
BANGKOK, 20 November 2009 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health aims to treat at least 300,000 drug addicts in 2010 by encouraging the participation of people in the community. The Minister of Public Health, Mr Witthaya Kaewparadai, said the ministry had a target to treat at least 300,000 drug addicts in 2010, a 3-fold [...]
November 20th, 2009 | Posted in General News | Read More »
BANGKOK, 30 July 2009 (NNT) – The Public Health Ministry will distribute Oseltamivir to private medical clinics on Monday in order to be prescribed to the infected patients free of charge. Public Health Minister Mr.Witthaya Kaewparadai said after the meeting that Oseltamivir would be urgently distributed to private medical clinics. The participating clinics were required [...]
July 30th, 2009 | Posted in General News | Read More »
BANGKOK, 27 July 2009 (NNT) – The Public Health Ministry reported the world’s first case of a foetus having contracted the A(H1N1) virus to the World Health Organization (WHO). Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai stated that the baby was born prematurely as the 26-year-old mother was infected with H1N1 flu virus and gave birth only [...]
July 27th, 2009 | Posted in General News | Read More »
BANGKOK, 16 June 2009 (NNT) – Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai assured that the A (H1N1) had no severe effect while preparing to call a meeting with physicians nationwide to acknowledge the new unified strategies to cure virus infected people. Mr. Witthaya reiterated that the symptoms of Influenza A (H1N1) were similar to ones of [...]
June 16th, 2009 | Posted in General News | Read More »
BANGKOK, 11 June 2009 (NNT) – An additional 30 people in Thailand have been pronounced infected with the Influenza A (H1N1) today, causing the total number of confirmed cases to skyrocket to 46. On top of yesterday’s total of 16 cases of the A (H1N1) infection, Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai announced that 30 more [...]
June 11th, 2009 | Posted in General News | Read More »
