Donucha Pichayanant

Donucha Pichayanant is the Secretary-General of the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC) in Thailand. He has been involved in analyzing and reporting on Thailand's socio-economic conditions, particularly in relation to healthcare and public service challenges. Recently, he highlighted the significant financial burden on Thailand's healthcare system due to rising medical costs for migrants, revealing that expenditures related to foreign patients reached 92 billion baht in 2024, an increase that underscores the strains faced by medical personnel and public health facilities, especially in border provinces.