Tag: bhumibol
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For Thais overcome by the king’s death, medics and a hotline
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Kaweewit Kaewjinda BANGKOK (Reuters) – King Bhumibol Adulyadej was so revered that many Thai people around the country fainted or felt unwell when they learnt this week that he had died after 70 years on the throne. “There are people who hyperventilate and we try to calm them down by…
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For Thais overcome by the king’s death, medics and a hotline
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Kaweewit Kaewjinda BANGKOK (Reuters) – King Bhumibol Adulyadej was so revered that many Thai people around the country fainted or felt unwell when they learnt this week that he had died after 70 years on the throne. “There are people who hyperventilate and we try to calm them down by…
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Thailand’s king shows improvement following treatment for infection: palace
Thailand's 88-year-old king, the world's longest reigning monarch, has shown signs of improvement following treatment for a blood infection, the palace said in a statement on Sunday. King Bhumibol Adulyadej has been treated for various ailments during a year-long hospitalization in the Thai capital. The king's fever has subsided and the severity of his blood…
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Mother Teresa borne to sainthood by complex, mysterious process
(Story repeats, adding reference to Sunday's canonization.) By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The canonization of Mother Teresa of Calcutta marked the culmination of a process – sometimes called “the saint-making machine” – that is long, complex, expensive, opaque and often contentious. The Catholic Church posthumously confers sainthood on people considered so holy during…
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Thailand’s king continues treatment for ‘water on the brain’: palace
Thailand's 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch, has shown signs of improvement following treatment for “water on the brain”, the Royal Household Bureau said in a statement on Sunday. The king has been treated for various ailments during a year-long hospitalization in the Thai capital. The king, who celebrated 70 years of…
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Patients greeted by robot at Belgian hospital
By Judith Mischke OSTEND, Belgium (Reuters) – A Belgian hospital has just welcomed its newest staff member: Pepper, a humanoid robot that speaks 19 languages. Developed to improve social and health care by the Belgian company Zora Bots, Pepper joined the medical team as a receptionist at Ostend hospital AZ Damiaan. Pepper will introduce visitors…