Author Topic: Public health has alert the public about the danger of boozing and eating poison (Read 9887 times)

Admin · « **on:** November 28, 2010, 06:21:34 PM »

27/11/2010

Public health has alert the public about the danger of boozing and eating poisonous animals.

See full article + Video in the News section:
http://www.buriramexpats.com/buriram-news/

TBWG · « **Reply #1 on:** November 28, 2010, 07:44:47 PM »

Hi Bums

You could not make it up!

TBWG

freshy · « **Reply #2 on:** November 28, 2010, 08:38:17 PM »

Do not worry, when the expats meet expats it will bring a warm feeling. So there will not be boozing to alleviated the cold but boozing for sharing a good time.
I hope so.

Admin · « **Reply #3 on:** February 07, 2011, 04:27:04 PM »

More Thais die of alcohol poisoning than coldness
- NNT 2011-02-06

BANGKOK, 6 January 2011 (NNT) - The Public Health Ministry has reported that 28 out of 30 people initially presumed dead from winter coldness actually died of alcohol poisoning.

According to Deputy Public Health Minister Dr Phansiri Kullanartsiri, since winter began on 5 November 2010 until 29 January 2011, 30 people were reported dead from winter related causes.

The Bureau of Epidemiology under the Department of Disease Control stated that 28 out of these 30 dead were caused by alcohol poisoning because they were not in the winter disaster zones nor wearing warm clothes. Therefore Dr Phansiri concluded the number of people who died from winter this year so far was only two.

She said 85 percent of those who died of alcohol were male, and 63 percent were alcoholics or drinking just before they died. She added more than half of them had congenital diseases such as heart disease, asthma, high blood pressure, chronic lung disease, and epilepsy.

The Deputy Minister advised people in winter disaster zones to wear warm clothes, refrain from

beverages because alcohol could not protect them from coldness.

isanbirder · « **Reply #4 on:** February 07, 2011, 04:48:58 PM »

The headline of this clip is very misleading, though the article is clear enough. How many Thais die annually from alcohol abuse? I should think lao kao and the privately distilled versions must account for quite a few.

boloa · « **Reply #5 on:** February 07, 2011, 05:01:06 PM »

Sounds like Statistics is the killer to me

I wonder how many had eaten rice before they died

redrover · « **Reply #6 on:** February 07, 2011, 05:34:52 PM »

Quote from: isanbirder on February 07, 2011, 04:48:58 PM

The headline of this clip is very misleading, though the article is clear enough. How many Thais die annually from alcohol abuse? I should think lao kao and the privately distilled versions must account for quite a few.

Road deaths must be in the equation somewhere, yes?

isanbirder · « **Reply #7 on:** February 07, 2011, 06:35:47 PM »

Quote from: redrover on February 07, 2011, 05:34:52 PM

Quote from: isanbirder on February 07, 2011, 04:48:58 PM
The headline of this clip is very misleading, though the article is clear enough. How many Thais die annually from alcohol abuse? I should think lao kao and the privately distilled versions must account for quite a few.
Road deaths must be in the equation somewhere, yes?

Not quite the same thing, but related. One way or another, the prevalent drunkenness accounts for a lot of deaths... younger people, drunken driving; older people, usually just alcohol abuse.

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