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Mongkol Na Songkhla

Mongkol Na Songkhla is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mongkol Na Songkhla rather than just read about it. In short: Mongkol Na Songkhla (Thai: มงคล ณ สงขลา, RTGS: Mongkhon na Songkhla; 16 January 1941 – 11 December 2020) was a Thai physician and public health administrator who served as Minister of Health for Thailand. He was appointed by Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and sworn into office on October 9, 2006.

Key takeaways

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Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Mongkol Na Songkhla to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Mongkol Na Songkhla from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Mongkol Na Songkhla (Thai: มงคล ณ สงขลา, RTGS: Mongkhon na Songkhla; 16 January 1941 – 11 December 2020) was a Thai physician and public health administrator who served as Minister of Health for Thailand. He was appointed by Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont and sworn into office on October 9, 2006. On February 6, 2008, he was replaced by Chaiya Sasomsab.

Education and careers Mongkol graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine degree from Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University and a Master's degree in Public Health from the Netherlands and also Ph.D. in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. After graduating, he served as a doctor under the Ministry of Public Health. He used to serve as director of Phimai Hospital at Nakhon Ratchasima Province. Later, he became the Director-General of the Department of Medical Services and Secretary-General of the Food and Drug Administration and held the highest position, as the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health. He won the Outstanding Rural Doctor Award in 1976.

Family Mongkol was a member of the na Songkhla family, who are of Thai Chinese heritage and maintained good relations with bureaucratic elites during the 18th and 19th centuries. The na Songkhla clan traces its origin back to Chin Yiang Sae Hao, its clan founder, who migrated from Fujian province to Siam in 1750 and established political influence in Songkhla Province.

Minister of Public Health Notable among his measures was the making the 30-baht universal healthcare program completely free; after criticism from the Budget Bureau, the government later cut the universal healthcare program budget from a subsidy of 2,089 baht per head, compared to the previously proposed figure of 1,899 baht. Those eligible for the subsidy were cut from 48 million to 46 million people. Another notable measure taken while he was Minister of Health was the issuance of compulsory licenses for several patented drugs. The drugs to be covered under the compulsory license included the HIV/AIDS drugs efavirenz and lopinavir/ritonavir, as well as the heart disease therapeutic clopidogrel. In addition, Mongkol proposed a broadcast ban on all alcohol advertising in Thailand. Although this proposed ban was not signed by King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Thai broadcasters and publishers have voluntarily observed it. The ban has been criticized by advertisers and beverage companies for its stifling effect on trade.

Death Mongkol died at the age of 79 at 10:00 pm on the evening of December 11, 2020 after previously being sick with cancer and continued treatment until he died.

References

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mongkol Na Songkhla

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Mongkol Na Songkhla claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In biology, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Mongkol Na Songkhla before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mongkol Na Songkhla ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mongkol Na Songkhla

In research: Mongkol Na Songkhla appears in biology research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mongkol Na Songkhla in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mongkol Na Songkhla is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1941 births, 2020 deaths, 20th-century Thai medical doctors, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mongkol Na Songkhla outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Because it connects several biology ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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