Health Ministry ponders reinstatement of about 3,000 traditional medicine practitioners

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Health Ministry ponders reinstatement of about 3,000 traditional medicine practitioners

 

(Photo) Ministry of Public Health

 

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health will hold a meeting with officials to consider amendments to a new regulation which has led to the disqualification of about 3,000 traditional medicine practitioners, including Mr. Decha Siripat, president of the Kwan Khao Foundation.

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said over the weekend that he had met with Mr. Decha and was aware of the latter’s problem after the Food and Drug Administration on Friday withheld approval of his medicinal cannabis concoction on the grounds that Mr. Decha is not a qualified traditional doctor.

 

He noted that, before the issuance of the new health regulation, Mr. Decha was a qualified traditional doctor but did not meet the additional criteria introduced in the new regulation.

 

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/health-ministry-ponders-reinstatement-of-about-3000-traditional-medicine-practitioners/

 

 

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[smedly]

yes lets get back to making piles of money from Buffalo Dung and what ever other crap they can dream up to make loads of money off people who don't know any better

[Chang_paarp]

So they are going to re-register a whole lot of witch-doctors/quacks?

[JimmyJ]

"Traditional medicine" = "Medicine" from (thousands to at least hundreds) of years before the germ theory of disease was known and accepted.

[intherealworld]

3 hours ago, smedly said:

yes lets get back to making piles of money from Buffalo Dung and what ever other crap they can dream up to make loads of money off people who don't know any better

Yes, That's about the size of it.

A pile of doo doo.

[mikebell]

Thailand is an ad-man's dream; with no education; no critical faculty; there is no protection from lies/extravagant claims/miracles.

 

Thais even buy whitening deodorant without questioning what will I look like with a brown body and white armpits.

[Nowisee]

 

 

 

24 minutes ago, mikebell said:

Thailand is an ad-man's dream; with no education; no critical faculty; there is no protection from lies/extravagant claims/miracles.

 

Thais even buy whitening deodorant without questioning what will I look like with a brown body and white armpits.

 

Gullible people they are.

[RotBenz8888]

Its about time the local drug pushers are recognized as "traditional medicine practitioners". 

[fforest1]

8 minutes ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Its about time the local drug pushers are recognized as "traditional medicine practitioners". 

Well thats 3,000 more weed dealers....

[FarFlungFalang]

1 hour ago, fforest1 said:

Well thats 3,000 more weed dealers....

I just hope they put out an information pamphlet showing their location.

[connda]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health will hold a meeting with officials to consider amendments to a new regulation which has led to the disqualification of about 3,000 traditional medicine practitioners, including Mr. Decha Siripat, president of the Kwan Khao Foundation.

Quite obviously 'new regulations were written in order to marginalize traditional medicine practitioners who are in direct competition with powerful, connected, monied interests who want to capitalize on medical marijuana without sharing the profits with the 'commoners.'
First they tossed Decha into prison.  That didn't work, so they rewrite legislation to push him and other traditional practitioners out of business?  There are some incredibly greedy and avaricious people running the show. 
Hopefully Public Health Minister Anutin is enlightened enough to reinstate these practitioner.  He strikes me as being one of the few who are actually interested in the public good.