MedPark Hospital on Monday launched a campaign called “Save Doctor’s Heart”, which aims to help Thai doctors better protect themselves from coronary heart diseases.
The six-month campaign, which doctors can sign up to free of charge, was launched after the Medical Council of Thailand released a study which found that 10% of the 297 doctors who passed away between 2017 and 2021 died of heart disease — the youngest of whom was only 31 years old.
The head of MedPark Hospital’s Cardiology Centre, Wasan Udayachalerm, said at the launch event on Monday that the campaign is a way of giving back to Thai doctors, many of whom have very little time to take care of themselves.
“In Thailand, one doctor needs to take care of 1,794 patients. In the past two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, doctors have been working especially hard. We believe that some doctors ended up caring…
