House passes Thailand’s 37.6 billion baht public health budget in its second reading

[Jonathan Fairfield]

 

Thailand’s House of Representatives passed the Public Health Ministry’s (MoPH) 37.6 billion baht budget for the 2022 fiscal year, in its second reading today (Saturday), by 242:124 votes, despite opposition MPs’ heavy criticism of a the lack of transparency and inappropriate budgeting for several medical items, such as rapid antigen test kits (ATK) and the Chinese made Sinovac vaccine.

 

Pheu Thai MP Visarn Techathiravat questioned why the government continues to procure Sinovac vaccine, when so many people are rejecting it for its inferior quality.

 

Another Pheu Thai MP, Niyom Vechkama, said he had describedSinovac as plain saline solution when he asked his daughter why she had agreed to be inoculated with it. His disparaging remark about the vaccine provoked protest from several government MPs, demanding that he withdraw his statement, which he eventually agreed to do.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/house-passes-thailands-37-6-billion-baht-public-health-budget-in-its-second-reading/

 

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[ozzydon]

subs ad sinovac fantastic hows the money tree looking

[hotchilli]

8 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Another Pheu Thai MP, Niyom Vechkama, said he had describedSinovac as plain saline solution when he asked his daughter why she had agreed to be inoculated with it. His disparaging remark about the vaccine provoked protest from several government MPs, demanding that he withdraw his statement, which he eventually agreed to do.

But but......

[mahtin]

His disparaging remark about the vaccine provoked protest from several government MPs, demanding that he withdraw his statement, which he eventually agreed to do.

 

after noticing the steam emerging from big j's ears

[Soikhaonoiken]

Another load of money just to be squandered, and nothing to show for it,,   Thailand economy is in the Sh*t, and this borrowing doesn't seem to come down the line to help the people who really need it....