Thai heart transplants match world standards but donor shortage remains critical
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2025
After 38 years of progress, Thailand’s heart transplants now match global standards, yet a critical shortage of donors limits patients’ survival chances
Thai doctor continues his father's legacy to promote TCM
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2024
Inheriting the healing skills from his father who moved to Thailand from China four decades ago, Chen Chantouch, a Thai doctor specializing in Chinese massage and bone-setting, has committed himself to traditional Chinese medicine, or TCM, to treat the Thai people.
High honour for Thai doctor who spent 30 years treating poor patients with ear infections abroad
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2022
An ENT specialist from Rajvithi Hospital, Soontorn Antarasena, will receive a diplomacy award from the Foreign Ministry for his devotion to treating ear infections of more than 70,000 underprivileged people in 10 foreign countries for over 30 years.
A Thai doctor, who said he had experience in a Nepali cave rescue, has offered to help save the 12 children and their football coach who have been trapped for days in a flooded cave in Chiang Rai.