webfact Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Oversupply of health care professionals expected By The Nation BANGKOK: -- Thailand could be faced with an oversupply of health care professionals over the next 10 years, a seminar on the health care work workforce was told on Monday. “Thailand in the past four decades has been trying to solve the doctor-nurse shortage by boosting quantity and this could lead to a new problem of having too many practitioners in some fields,” said Dr Thinnakorn Noree, secretary of a National Health Workforce Committee sub-panel. “For example, 69 universities are producing 14,000-15,000 graduates in the public health field per year,” added Thinnakorn, whose sub-panel is tasked with formulating manpower planning recommendations for 2017-2026. The seminar took place on Monday at the National Health Commission's head office in Nonthaburi province. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30311254 -- © Copyright The Nation 2017-04-04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Supply and demand will mean a drop in medical fees?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smotherb Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 4 hours ago, elgordo38 said: Supply and demand will mean a drop in medical fees?? An increase in graduates will cause a drop in medical proficiency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 21 minutes ago, smotherb said: An increase in graduates will cause a drop in medical proficiency. Proficiency? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 54 minutes ago, smotherb said: An increase in graduates will cause a drop in medical proficiency. Hmm I doubt that more lovely nurses to hold my hand when I am in extreme pain and of course the shower how can I have forgotten that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smotherb Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 10 hours ago, elgordo38 said: Hmm I doubt that more lovely nurses to hold my hand when I am in extreme pain and of course the shower how can I have forgotten that one. Don't need to be a trained nurse to hold your hand or wash your hua, lai, and tuot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwinchester Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Maybe they can go work in the UK after all the foreign nurses are forced out........no...wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janclaes47 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 15 minutes ago, edwinchester said: Maybe they can go work in the UK after all the foreign nurses are forced out........no...wait. Maybe they could work in Thailand, because now there is a huge shortage. Making an appointment with a psychiatrist in a government hospital takes more than 1 year, and on the day of the appointment you get 10 minutes to get diagnosed because there is a long queue in front and behind you. Same applies to many other specialists and doesn't apply to just 1 hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optad Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Export market. Need 7.5 IELTS though. Very few will crack that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgordo38 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 2 hours ago, smotherb said: Don't need to be a trained nurse to hold your hand or wash your hua, lai, and tuot Ah let me alone I can dream can't I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sphere Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 They've acted quickly to solve the shortages reported in Saturday's article..... Quote She added that Thailand still did not have enough emergency physicians and it was important that everyone should take good care of their health so they will not become an emergency patient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smotherb Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 1 hour ago, elgordo38 said: Ah let me alone I can dream can't I? I found out long ago, if you want the best looking nurses here in Thailand you need to go to a private hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumbastheycome Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 5 hours ago, smotherb said: I found out long ago, if you want the best looking nurses here in Thailand you need to go to a private hospital. I cannot agree. I found that the Ophthalmology ward in a public hospital was staffed by stunners including the doctors ! Which struck as very ironic because most patients had compromised vision. Murphy does have a warped sense of humour ! Not a personal delusion. A non Thai friend who drove me there for admission unreservedly commented on the fact. Unfortunately I was a little preoccupied with pain to be as appreciative at the time but the Doctor who discharged me made me appreciate vision ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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