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Solutions to train doctors http://po.st/q6uvQh via @staronline
A letter from PROFESSOR DATUK DR ADEEBA KAMARULZAMAN ,Dean, Faculty of Medicine Universiti Malaya/ Chair National Postgraduate Medical Curriculum Project PROFESSOR SIMON FROSTICK and DAVID PITTS, Collaborators
Sarawak: Smoking ban begins tomorrow, 6-month grace period
KUCHING: Beginning tomorrow (March 1) the smoking ban will be enforced at all eateries in the state and the start of a 6-month grace period. Kuching City South Council Mayor Dato James Chan Khay Sy…
Viral message about 15 diphtheria cases in Tangkak a hoax, says Johor health dept | Malay Mail
JOHOR BARU, Feb 27 () — A viral message claiming that 15 schoolchildren in Tangkak have been infected with diphtheria, is not true. Johor Health Director Dr Selahudden Abdul Aziz said the department did not receive any report per…
Court sets May 6 to hear judicial review on smoking ban | Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — The High Court here has set May 6 to hear the judicial review application filed by seven individuals to challenge the decision of the Health Ministry to enforce a ban on smoking at all eateries starting Jan…
Mandatory vaccination petition gets over 80,000 signatures https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/02/463965/mandatory-vaccination-petition-gets-over-80000-signatures via @NST_Online
Minister: Cabinet agrees on medical aid for athletes, RM3m for welfare | Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 27 — The Cabinet has agreed to the proposal for medical aid to be provided for national athletes, including those who are no longer athletes, while RM3 million has also been channelled to a welfare fund for the…
DPM launches National Occupational Safety and Health Policy | Malay Mail
SEPANG, Feb 27 — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail tonight launched the National Occupational Safety and Health (NOSH) Policy aimed at protecting the workers’ rights to a safe, healthy and conducive work e…
Clinic ordered closed over unhealthy conditions, selling medical chits https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/02/463967/clinic-ordered-closed-over-unhealthy-conditions-selling-medical-chits via @NST_Online
Are Malaysians Well Prepared For Our Old Age? | Star2.com http://po.st/DwCyaH via @po_st
With Malaysia rapidly becoming an ageing nation, we must prepare for our old age physically, mentally, socially and financially, especially if we aim to be independent for as long as possible.
Galencentre: mySalam exclusion of pre-existing conditions is an own goal
"There are several problems with MySalam's existing framework as we know it, but what is of particular concern, is the exclusion of pre-existing conditions."
KOTOR, jual sijil cuti sakit (MC) dan beri ubat tamat tempoh. Tiga kesalahan besar itu cukup untuk membuatkan klinik di Johor Bahru diarah tutup serta-merta.
Don’t wait till it’s too late to get your child vaccinated, parents told | Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 — Women, Family and Community Development Deputy Minister Hannah Yeoh said parents and anti-vaccine groups should not wait for a death to occur before allowing their children to be vaccinated. She said this w…
We must support health ministry's vaccination efforts — John Teo | Malay Mail
FEBRUARY 26 — I take note of the statement by the deputy health minister published in the media on February 24, 2019 that states “vaccination given to children nine months old and above is now only at 89 per cent, short of the ta…
We Have Failed Our Children — Amar Singh HSS | Malay Mail
FEBRUARY 25 — The recent death of yet another young child from Diphtheria, an easily preventable disease by immunisation, is a national tragedy. We should ask ourselves some searching questions: When a young child dies from a pre…
Health Ministry committed to making vaccination compulsory
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad on Monday said his ministry remains committed in making vaccination compulsory, although it might be difficult ...
231 infants in Terengganu unvaccinated in 2018 | Malay Mail
KUALA TERENGGANU, Feb 25 — Not lack of vaccines, but parental consent, caused 231 babies in Terengganu in 2018 to go unvaccinated, said Terengganu health director, Dr Mohd Jusoh, today after launching a state-level Cancer Awarene…
‘Counter-productive’ for pharmacists to administer vaccines, doctors’ body says | Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) dismissed today a need for pharmacists to administer vaccines, refuting the Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society’s (MPS) claims that pharmacists can take a load off gover…
Health D-G warns public against cancer drug Iclusig | Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Products under the brand Iclusig, which is used to treat patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia are not registered with the Health Ministry, said Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Chronic mye…