Putting safety first
Universal Design Academy is hoping to inspire architects and designers to make buildings more accessible and secure
published : 10 May 2021 at 04:30
5 Assoc Prof Trirat Jarutach, head of the Center of Excellence in Universal Design, Faculty of Architecture Chulalongkorn University. Photo courtesy of Assoc. Prof Trirat Jarutach
Phiangkwan Phanthumphan, a fourth-year student at the Faculty of Architecture, Kasetsart University, blindfolded herself and held a cane while carefully walking down the stairs. Even with a cane, she was worried about her safety since the stairs were not designed for the visually impaired.
Phiangkwan s experimental experience is part of a course, Universal Design Academy , which is preparing infrastructure design for housing, hospitals, tourist attractions, department stores, educational institutions, public transportation, pathway overpasses, to name a few, to be accessible for everyone. Universal Desig
SET And SET Foundation Donate THB 5.8 Million To Help COVID-19-Ravaged People Date
05/05/2021
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and the SET Foundation have stepped up effort to those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic by donating THB 5.8 million (approx. USD 184,895) to
10 hospitals and public health organizations to purchase medical equipment and supplies.
, Pakorn Peetathawatchai, said that the new wave of COVID-19 has rapidly caused more new confirmed cases. According to the report by the Department of Disease Control as of April 30, 2021, April recorded 36,290
new cases or
more than a half of the country’s cumulated cases at 65,153 patients. The central and
First time in Thailand â Chula Successfully Uses Stem-cell Transplantation to Treat Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis 4-May-2021 8:55 AM EDT, by Chulalongkorn University
Chula Successfully Uses Stem-cell Transplantation to Treat Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis
Newswise April 8, 2021 – The Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (CU Medi), Chulalongkorn University and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, the Thai Red Cross Society (Chulalongkorn Hospital), in collaboration with the Departments of Hematology, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Infectious diseases, held a press conference on “
Thailand’s first successful treatment of systemic sclerosis patients with pulmonary fibrosis by stem cell transplantation“.
Blood donations urged as COVID spurs shortage
Blood donations urged as COVID spurs shortage
PHUKET: The Phuket Regional Blood Centre (PRBC) is calling for Thais and foreigners to donate blood with a campaign to give a pack of rice to each donor as the current outbreak of COVID-19 has led to a shortage of blood stocks at Phuket hospitals.
Friday 23 April 2021, 12:10PM
A donor gives blood at the mobile donations clinic at the Tesco Lotus shopping mall on the bypass road. Photo: PRBC
Mobile clinics will be set up for people to make donations. Image: PRBC
Donors in Phuket will be given a 1kg bag of rice, while stocks last. Image: PRBC
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