Thailand Government Refuses to Legalize E-Cigarettes

The Deputy Prime Minister and the Public Health Minister of Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul have insisted that the ministry is not in favor of legalizing electronic cigarettes in the country.

These remarks were made by the minister during his meeting with the board members of the Thai Heal...

Thailand Raises 7 billion Baht from Medical Cannabis Products

An academic conference on the topic of medical cannabis concluded in Kanchanaburi. A series of such conferences have been taking place in various provinces of the country. 

The latest conference was targeted at healthcare workers in the 5th Public Health Region.

Anutin Ch...

Thai Health Ministry Plans to Remove COVID-19 From its Emergency Coverage List on 1st March

The Public Health Minister of Thailand, Anutin Charnvirakul, has said that the Covid-19 patients will not be covered by the country’s scheme of Universal Coverage for Emergency Patients after 1st March 2022. He added that the patients will have to pay their own medical bills in case of admi...

Thailand Approves Treatment of Universal Healthcare Card Holders

The Public Health Minister of Thailand, Anutin Charnvirakul, has said that those who have the universal healthcare card can seek basic treatment from any primary care unit in the country. This is a huge convenience in comparison to the past when people had to request a referral from the primary c...

Thailand’s Healthcare Budget for 2023

On Thursday Thailand’s Minister of Public Health, Anutin Charnvirakul, headed a meeting to discuss the healthcare budget of the country for the year 2023. The ministry came up with a figure of 207 billion baht to add the testing and treatment of COVID-19 to the benefits of universal healthc...