Rural Doctors Society opposes attempt to amend ThaiHealth law

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Rural Doctors Society opposes attempt to amend ThaiHealth law



BANGKOK: -- The Rural Doctors Society has voiced its objection to an attempt to amend the law governing the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth).

In an open letter addressed to Public Health Minister Piyasakul Sakolsattayatornt, Dr Kriangsak Watcharanukulkiat, chairman of the Rural Doctors Society, demanded that the attempt to change the law should stop after both the Auditor-General’s Office and the committee following up the spending of government budget had cleared ThaiHealth of any wrongdoing.

He said the two organizations faulted ThaiHealth of improper spending on 17 projects worth altogether 109 million baht during the past five years from 2010-2014 accounting for just 0.61 percent of the entire budget of ThaiHealth.

As such, he said there was no need for the law to be changed.

In the letter, Dr Kriangsak said he was concerned with the mindset of the public health minister and his advisory team which might pose an obstacle to health promotion.

Amending the law, he said, will reduce ThaiHealth to a governmental agency which will be bogged down with bureaucratic redtape and subject to outside interference.

He also he suspected that the attempted amendment was meant to cut the budget of ThaiHealth.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/rural-doctors-society-opposes-attempt-to-amend-thaihealth-law


-- Thai PBS 2015-11-05

[Reigntax]

Well the PM doesnt want the poor peasents being too well. They may get the strengh to rise up against him. Better they stay sick, quiet and as poor as possible.

[Dumbastheycome]

My personal observation of health education attempts is that they are mostly in vain. A much more effective short to long term measure to decrease health issues and costs would be to expell the copious numbers of extended family members who camp daily in every area of public hospitals exposing themselves and including infants to cross infections. At the same time it would reduce the stress on medical staff and orderlies who also daily have to manoeuvre amongst the chaos. I have had need to present many times in a public hospital day clinic and every time all patient seating is occupied by up to 3 generations of family members who enjoy the air con, tv, whilst consuming snack foods from the onsite 7/11 as an alternative to the volunteer musical entertainment offered in the main foyer!

If there is some cultural justification for their presence then use the tv and foyer to harangue them with the reasons their family member needs the hospital services. Hygiene, diet, alcohol abuse, careless ignorance with chemicals, ridiculous propensity to consume "pharmacy" for skin whitening, sexual prowness, weight loss etc with no labelling as to content.

Doing this may in itself empty the corridors of the unnecessary masses and lower the expanding cost of providing !

That in turn might enable the service to be raised in standard to provide truely effective modern medications.

Surgical standards in Thailand are very good but clinical standards are appalling.

[EnglishJohn]

Well the PM doesnt want the poor peasents being too well. They may get the strengh to rise up against him. Better they stay sick, quiet and as poor as possible.

What an excellent comment. Well done.

I hope the PM wants the same peasants to be dumb as dishwater as well - but going by your post, there is no need for him to go cutting budgets there.

We're all waiting for the uprising .... set a date yet ? - or does it depend on funding coming through ?.