Ministry faces shortage of doctor posts by 2029

Bangkok Post - Oct 26, 2026

The Public Health Ministry could run out of civil-service doctor posts by 2029, leaving a projected 5,442 new doctors without such positions by 2040 unless the staffing ceiling is expanded, a Mahidol University study has found.

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