Traditional Thai Medicine Practitioners License Revoked

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Traditional medicine practitioners find licenses not valid

By Pongphon Sarnsamak

The Nation.

BANGKOK: -- Nearly 2,000 Thai traditional medicine practitioners will be temporarily disqualified following the Public Health Ministry's decision that their medical licences, certified by Thai traditional committee, are not valid.

Dr Visith Tangnaphakorn, deputy director general of the Health Service Support Department, said the medical licenses of 1,944 Thai traditional medicine practitioners, who graduated this year from Thai traditional medicine educational institutes, had been signed by the chairperson of the Thai traditional committee.

He had already been disqualified by the 1999 Medical Licensing Act after being bankrupted by the Bankruptcy Central Court.

"Any legal documents signed by the chairperson of Thai traditional committee would be invalid by law," he said.

According to the 1999 Medical Licensing Act's article 10, a bankrupted person is not allowed a position on a professional medical committee.

He said the department had sent letters to the Thai traditional medicine practitioners that their certification was now invalid.

However, the department is studying the qualification of the chairperson of Thai traditional committees.

If the Ministry confirms irregularities with his qualification, the Ministry will ask the Thai traditional committee to confirm a new properly qualified chairperson and issue fresh certification for the practitioners.

The department has instructed its legal division to look into taking legal action against the traditional committee chairperson as his action may have damaged the department.

In a related development, Public Health Minister Pansiri Kulanartsiri said the ministry will send 700 Thai traditional medicine practitioners who hold a bachelor's degree to work providing traditional treatment to patients.

The Ministry plans to establish a prototype Thai traditional medicine hospital in each region across country to provide medical services such as spas, massages, and herbal food.

-- The Nation 2010-03-05

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Another 'Can't think outside of the box' and make a decision, thing.

These people who passed the course never were bankrupted,

so their docs should be good, regardless if their committee head was on the way out.

He was still the committee head and thus as such, and not as a practitioner,

his signature should still be valid to sign their papers.

Even if he can no longer practice and needs to be replace.

They were passed by the committee and not him alone.

Bankruptcy shouldn't invalidate his ability to sign them in before he is replaced.

More nit picking to try and not make a difficult decision easy.

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I am not going to get worked up over the inconvenience suffered by "bone blowers" and "herbalists" and assorted spiritualists and astrologers. Not a concern for those of us that abandoned the notion of "bad humours" a few centuries ago.

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Another 'Can't think outside of the box' and make a decision, thing.

These people who passed the course never were bankrupted,

so their docs should be good, regardless if their committee head was on the way out.

He was still the committee head and thus as such, and not as a practitioner,

his signature should still be valid to sign their papers.

Even if he can no longer practice and needs to be replace.

They were passed by the committee and not him alone.

Bankruptcy shouldn't invalidate his ability to sign them in before he is replaced.

More nit picking to try and not make a difficult decision easy.

I think they are worried that the chairperson would be easy to bribe (since he is bankrupt)

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Bankruptcy does not seem to be a requirement for the acceptance of brides in this country. In fact, without knowing any particulars of the case, some may say it indicates the opposite.

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I am not going to get worked up over the inconvenience suffered by "bone blowers" and "herbalists" and assorted spiritualists and astrologers. Not a concern for those of us that abandoned the notion of "bad humours" a few centuries ago.

agree, well stated.

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Traditional medicine that worked became 'medicine'.

Traditional medicine that was not proven to work remained 'traditional medicine'.

Now I should care for quacks?

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Traditional medicine that worked became 'medicine'.

Traditional medicine that was not proven to work remained 'traditional medicine'.

Now I should care for quacks?

'medicine' used to including bleeding and leeches.

It was dropped as ludicrous, but now the leaches are back.

Traditional medicine also includes local remedies for allergies,

that can work better BECAUSE they are localized, same as the pollen.

That said many research into more organic substances,

while many 'official medicine' practitioners and more so drug manufacturers

ALSO submerge cheap organic cures because they spent so much on

earlier 'cures', they haven't turned a profit on the RnD yet.

Then there's the long term prophylaxis vs cure it after it occurs, out looks.

The latter makes more money...