Medical Innovation of Thailand to take place during 18-20 Aug

[Lite Beer]

Medical Innovation of Thailand to take place during 18-20 Aug

NONTHABURI, 8 August 2015 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Science and Technology will be holding Medical Innovation of Thailand exhibition, showcasing Thailand medical innovations during 18-20 August 2015.

The Minister of Public Health Rajata Rajatanavin has revealed that the Innovation System Development Committee, chaired by the Prime Minister, will be holding the Medical Innovation of Thailand exhibition during 18-20 August 2015, at IMPACT Exhibition Center Mueng Thong Thani, Nonthaburi.

The event will be organized under the cooperation of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH), the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), and the National Health Security Office (NHSO). The exhibition will provide an opportunity for medical innovation developers, manufacturers, and users to interact and increase the business networks, to help stimulate the national economy.

The event will also provide knowledge to students and the interested public on medical innovations, showcasing 195 projects including home for elders, surgical robots, educational robots for children with autism, and the nano ambulance. Seminars and discussions, organized by both the government and private agencies, will take place at the event to promote Thailand’s medical innovations.

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha will preside over the opening ceremony of this exhibition on 18 August 2015 at 3:30pm.

-- NNT 2015-08-08

[BritTim]

Thailand used to be a world leader both in chopping off penises of those desiring sexual reassignment surgery, and penile reattachment for men who upset their girlfriends but want to retain their original sexual identity. Will the event be discussing the latest advances in these areas?

[HeijoshinCool]

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha will preside over the opening ceremony of this exhibition on 18 August 2015 at 3:30pm ...

And no doubt will finally announce the granting of the patent on Thailand's cure for Ebola they so loudly and internationally announced discovery of a few months back.

[djjamie]

This again goes back to November, 2014 when Prayut;s team stated the success of the US business council meeting where "Opportunity for new investment in high-end medical device manufacturing in Thailand due to increased demand in the healthcare market".

He is true to his word and I hope Prayut reminds the attendees at the opening ceremony that not one excerpt from a company news conference was required as proof that Prayut was correct when he indicated foreign interest in investing in Thailand's medical industries.

[ikke]

This again goes back to November, 2014 when Prayut;s team stated the success of the US business council meeting where "Opportunity for new investment in high-end medical device manufacturing in Thailand due to increased demand in the healthcare market".

He is true to his word and I hope Prayut reminds the attendees at the opening ceremony that not one excerpt from a company news conference was required as proof that Prayut was correct when he indicated foreign interest in investing in Thailand's medical industries.

Hahaha, why don't you put on a silk suit and a red nose, and buy yourself some prime time on a Friday evening ....

[geriatrickid]

This again goes back to November, 2014 when Prayut;s team stated the success of the US business council meeting where "Opportunity for new investment in high-end medical device manufacturing in Thailand due to increased demand in the healthcare market".

He is true to his word and I hope Prayut reminds the attendees at the opening ceremony that not one excerpt from a company news conference was required as proof that Prayut was correct when he indicated foreign interest in investing in Thailand's medical industries.

And what major investment has occurred?

[phoenixdoglover]

This focus on medical technology and innovation is a common development strategy. It just seems a little high on the food chain for Thailand.

Maybe there are some examples, though. Anyone?

[dashdashdot]

Yes: i worked for a hearing aid company for 16 years and we built our accessories here for the past few years

[magnacarta]

Yes: i worked for a hearing aid company for 16 years and we built our accessories here for the past few years

Pardon me,could you repeat that please.

[Bodene]

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha will preside over the opening ceremony of this exhibition on 18 August 2015 at 3:30pm ...

And no doubt will finally announce the granting of the patent on Thailand's cure for Ebola they so loudly and internationally announced discovery of a few months back.

I don't recall seeing that picked up by a single foreign newspaper or aggregator, not one.

Which was odd because there was a world-wide panic about Ebola.

Maybe the hospital announcing the cure didn't have a lot street cred or maybe the word 'Thailand' didn't add to the credibility?

Wasn't that the 'Rubbish Collector's' hospital? Good PR that was.

[Bodene]

This again goes back to November, 2014 when Prayut;s team stated the success of the US business council meeting where "Opportunity for new investment in high-end medical device manufacturing in Thailand due to increased demand in the healthcare market".

He is true to his word and I hope Prayut reminds the attendees at the opening ceremony that not one excerpt from a company news conference was required as proof that Prayut was correct when he indicated foreign interest in investing in Thailand's medical industries.

Get back under your bridge.

[Lupatria]

Is the use of duct tape and band aid for the treatment of an aircraft falling in the category?

[Bluespunk]

"showcasing 195 projects including home for elders, surgical robots, educational robots for children with autism, and the nano ambulance."

Didn't realise nanos were covered by the health service. Those ambulances must be damn small.....

[roo860]

Brain transplants should be on the list.

[torpedo1970]

Thailand and Innovation used in the same sentence?

something feels wrong here......

[Don Mega]

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha will preside over the opening ceremony of this exhibition on 18 August 2015 at 3:30pm ...

And no doubt will finally announce the granting of the patent on Thailand's cure for Ebola they so loudly and internationally announced discovery of a few months back.

I don't recall seeing that picked up by a single foreign newspaper or aggregator, not one.

Which was odd because there was a world-wide panic about Ebola.

Maybe the hospital announcing the cure didn't have a lot street cred or maybe the word 'Thailand' didn't add to the credibility?

Wasn't that the 'Rubbish Collector's' hospital? Good PR that was.

http://med.news.am/eng/news/3451/cure-for-ebola-virus-is-developed-in-thailand.html

http://www.voanews.com/content/thai-researchers-claim-breakthrough-in-ebola-treatment/2471222.html

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/world/potential-cure-for-ebola-found-6098769

http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/ebola-breakthrough-thai-scientists-discover-antibody-that-could-cure-virus_1479328.html

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ebola-outbreak-thailands-siriraj-hospital-creates-antibody-treatment-deadly-virus-1467727

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/06/health/ebola-drugs-in-the-works/

[Bodene]

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha will preside over the opening ceremony of this exhibition on 18 August 2015 at 3:30pm ...

And no doubt will finally announce the granting of the patent on Thailand's cure for Ebola they so loudly and internationally announced discovery of a few months back.

I don't recall seeing that picked up by a single foreign newspaper or aggregator, not one.

Which was odd because there was a world-wide panic about Ebola.

Maybe the hospital announcing the cure didn't have a lot street cred or maybe the word 'Thailand' didn't add to the credibility?

Wasn't that the 'Rubbish Collector's' hospital? Good PR that was.

http://med.news.am/eng/news/3451/cure-for-ebola-virus-is-developed-in-thailand.html

http://www.voanews.com/content/thai-researchers-claim-breakthrough-in-ebola-treatment/2471222.html

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/world/potential-cure-for-ebola-found-6098769

http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/health-news/ebola-breakthrough-thai-scientists-discover-antibody-that-could-cure-virus_1479328.html

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ebola-outbreak-thailands-siriraj-hospital-creates-antibody-treatment-deadly-virus-1467727

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/06/health/ebola-drugs-in-the-works/

Most kind, thanks.

It would be nice if the scepticism in the articles were not founded... fingers crossed eh? However developing a cure without access to the ebola virus? Maybe.

And it was Siriraj no less.

Edited August 9, 2015 by Bodene

[Dap]

Yup! AIDS and Ebola cures for all!

[Bodene]

Yup! AIDS and Ebola cures for all!

Well, a part of me wants it to be true, really because of the humanitarian benefit. But I know the Thai medical system and the Thai education system and have had the personal experience of having to correct a diagnosis from one of the allegedly 'top doctors in Thailand' who was allegedly educated in USA and who was almost completely incompetent - of course that may have contributed to his return to Thailand. A physician working out of Rama 9 hospital.

He was a muppet, and most Thai doctors I have ever come across are consistent in their muppet-ness. Except perhaps 2 and one of those is early days yet.

The Thai psychiatrists, oddly are generally better in attitude but frequently just as incompetent in expertise, which might explain the sky-high rate of mental illness in LOS. One of them I spent some time with claimed he saw on average 80-90 patients per day at Khon Kaen before moving to Bangkok. If true, that's just appalling.

So the precedents are not promising.

But I do hope they are both competent and not just funding-hunting, though one of the links provided strongly suggests that between the lines.

Edited August 9, 2015 by Bodene

[espinoza]

Great a military corporal is he cover of this event. they cannot find any accine against last years flu.

[espinoza]

Now there is a vaccine that works against airborne Ebola. A team of Norwegian doctors working for WHO managed to do this in only 10 months. They are still not sure about the fluid borne Ebola. Because that one have a different nature. But do not worry, Thailand and North Korea already have the cure.