Thailand Live Monday 25 Oct 2010

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FC Phuket draw with Rayong FC, 1-1

A big turnout by the green-shirted "Hulk" FC Phuket supporters is

expected on Saturday night. File photo by Apinun Saitong.

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ADB economist:Heavy flooding slightly affects Thailand 2010 GDP earlier forecast to grow by 7%; to review impact on agricultural produce in Q1/2011 /MCOT

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NHSO wants to use smart cards for health services

The National Health Security Office (NHSO) eyed on making the NHSO member cards into smart cards with a microchip or a magnetic strip containing the cardholders' medical history, entitled welfare and pension fund distribution information.

Expressing that this idea would prevent identity theft cases, Labour Minister Chalermchai Srion said Monday that NHSO was negotiating with hospitals under its scheme to use these new cards in the same manner of the universal healthcare members' usage of Thai ID cards at all hospitals.

Chalermchai said NHSO would separate serious illnesses with high treatment costs such as cancer from the per-head subsidy, so the first-admitting hospitals would transfer the serious disease patients to the center hospitals, which would reimburse the treatment costs directly with NHSO. The agency would also cancel the system requiring its subscribers to pay for emergency medical bills by themselves and later submit the receipts to reimburse the money. He said that such changes would be in effect from April 2011.

-- The Nation 2010-10-25

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100 workers rushed to hospital following ammonia leakage

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Danish man found dead in his South Pattaya condo

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A Bkk-bound Orient Thai Airlines flight had to return to Chiang Mai this evening due to engine problems - manager. /via @tulsathit

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Flight OX 8125 with more than 100 on board headed back to CM airport, where ambulances,firetrucks awaited, after 30 mins in the air. /via @tulsathit

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Manager quoted a passenger as recounting "hectic" crew and "briefly silent" engines b4 captain took plane back to CM. /via @tulsathit

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The flight had been scheduled to arrive in Bkk at 6 pm. "I think the captain the made right decision," same passenger said. /via @tulsathit

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Volunteers needed to work in Sara Buri - must be a good swimmer. Contact Amm (แอ้ม) 0807999799 /via @MJBank @aunonline:#ThaiFlood /via @veen_NT

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Tsunami warning canceled after powerful earthquake rocks Indonesia

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to be continued

Thailand Live Tuesday 26 October 2010

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