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Health Ministry to discuss suggestion on including eye health in primary health care | Malay Mail

KUALA SELANGOR, Sept 7 — The Health Ministry welcomes the suggestion for eye health to be included as a component of the country’s primary health care and will discuss the matter at its post-cabinet meeting. Health Minister Datuk…

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Uneasy with monopoly’s effect on healthcare cost, Putrajaya to study Pharmaniaga contract | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 — Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today said that Putrajaya will be re-looking its existing contract with drug concessionaire Pharmaniaga Bhd, expressing concern on the effects of a drug provision monopoly on p…

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Focus on 'Repairs, Replace and Restore' of health equipment, urges Guan Eng

The finance minister questions the point of building new health facilities if existing ones are not taken care of and deteriorate in quality.

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Death due to TB sets off alarm bells https://t.co/RIMQBGTBGB via @staronline

GEORGE TOWN: At 19, Carmen Yee had every reason to look forward to a bright future. But it was not meant to be for this sporty and musically talented teenager.

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Health Ministry to table Bill on controlling vaping, e-cigs http://po.st/B1Xy1O via @staronline

KUCHING (Bernama): The Health Ministry will be tabling a new Bill on the usage of tobacco, vape, electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) and shisha in Parliament by March 2020 sitting.

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Medical group accuses govt of covering up Batek tribe deaths using measles outbreak reason | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 — A private medical doctors group today accused the government of attempting to conceal the real reason behind the death of several Batek tribe members in Kuala Koh, by attributing the cause of their deaths t…

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Nine stations record unhealthy air quality across Malaysia | Malay Mail

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 6 — Nine stations, comprising seven in Sarawak and two in the peninsular, recorded unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (IPU) readings today, according to a statement issued by the Department of Environment (DoE). The st…

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In Sabah, aid desperately needed to help patients with HIV, other chronic illnesses | Malay Mail

SANDAKAN, Sept 6 — Amir (not his real name) is, to this day, afraid. Afraid that people around him will know that he is HIV positive. This, is despite, his viral load of the virus is now “undetectable” (this means that there are…

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More areas in Sarawak record unhealthy API | Malay Mail

MIRI, Sept 7 — Eight areas in Sarawak recorded unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) readings compared to six yesterday, with Kuching having the highest reading at 204, as at 9am this morning. Sarawak State Disaster Management Comm…

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Ling: Land issue surrounding new Teku polyclinic resolved https://t.co/ZvYByo9ZZ1 via @@theborneopost

SIBU: The land issue surrounding the proposed new polyclinic here costing about RM30 million has been settled and is expected to be implemented under the 12th Malaysia Plan (RMK12). “We were having land issues previously as it (t…

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Sunway group opens RM320mil medical centre http://po.st/eAdueR via @staronline

KUALA LUMPUR: The Sunway group expanded its healthcare facilities with the opening of its RM320mil hospital in the integrated development of Sunway Velocity.

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Officer: Malaysian Field Hospital in Cox’s Bazar carried out 2,300 surgeries in first 18 months | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 — The Malaysian Field Hospital in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh has received 83,000 patients and successfully conducted 2,300 surgery cases in 18 months since the hospital was built at the end of 2017. Among the su…

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Japan scholarship open for application https://www.nst.com.my/education/2019/09/518980/japan-scholarship-open-application via @NST_Online

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Most Malaysia University Hospital Cancer Patients Financially Ruined, Study Shows

Two-thirds and a third of cancer patients at university and Ministry of Health hospitals encounter financial catastrophe respectively.

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Visitors to Klang Valley hospitals up in arms over limited bays

PETALING JAYA: Looking for a place to park your car at a public hospital can be an impossible task. There are never enough bays and leaving your vehic...

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Procedure to obtain Foreign Support Certificate needs to be reviewed, says Dzulkefly | Malay Mail

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 3 — Procedure for Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) school leavers to obtain a Foreign Support Certificate (SSLN) or No Objection Certificate (NOC) before pursuing a medical degree overseas may needs to be reviewed.…

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Exco: Alarming spike in dengue cases in Johor | Malay Mail

JOHOR BARU, Sept 4 — The number of dengue cases in Johor has increased at an alarming rate with 7,761 cases recorded from January 1 to August 31 this year, a rise of 101.2 per cent compared with 3,857 cases in the same period las…

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Factory in Merlimau ordered to close until probe into ammonia leak completed http://po.st/mHTDj3 via @staronline

JASIN (Bernama): Following an ammonia gas leak, the poultry processing factory in Merlimau here was ordered to close until the clean-up process, and investigations into the cause of the mishap are completed.

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Factory workers hospitalised after ammonia leak http://po.st/ZRc4zZ via @staronline

MELAKA: Workers at a poultry processing factory in Merlimau here are being treated at Melaka Hospital following an ammonia gas leak on Tuesday (Sept 3).

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One Year On, Ambulance Crash Leaves Doctor With Crutches, Pain, Crippled Career

Dr Khaveenraj Devarajah from Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital now suffers a permanent disability of foot drop.