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Kota Baru hospital pathology unit to be upgraded

THE pathology unit at Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital (HRPZ II) in Kota Baru, Kelantan will be upgraded to accommodate the unit’s growing workload. Deputy Health Minister Hilmi Yahaya said…

MIC raises RM139,000 to settle deceased Malaysian’s hospital bills, repatriate body

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 ― The MIC has raised about RM139,000 to assist the family of Penang-born businessman T. Thangaratnam who died in...

PUC, Doctor2U app developer to jointly promote blockchain tech for healthcare sector | theSundaily

PETALING JAYA: PUC Bhd is looking to collaborate with Ali Health Sdn Bhd to jointly promote blockchain technology and other related solutions to the healthcare

Clinics without doctors, power supply

Almost half of state’s government clinics run by assistant medical officers and nurses KUCHING: Forty-five per cent of 209 clinics in Sarawak are without doctors while most of them are manne…

Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in Malaysia, accounting for 19.8% of all medically certified cancer mor…

Lung cancer is the third most common cancer in Malaysia, accounting for 19.8% of all medically certified cancer mortality in this country Read more at https://t.co/2BfykXKiBy https://t.co/GKe82jR5hm via @staronline

Always take care of your health — Deputy Resident of Kapit

KAPIT: Maintaining good health is most important in life, participants of a celebration to mark ‘World Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Day’ at the Civic Centre here were told recently. Thus, they should…

Hidden health risks in sugary breakfast cereals https://t.co/6OmckGlCOm via @TODAYonline

KUALA LUMPUR — Breakfast cereals have long been marketed as the best way to start your day, but such products may now be closer to candy than they are to wholegrain foods of before. While many may consider a bowl of cereal and mi…

Letter: protecting the quality of GPS https://t.co/lDzLbweOn7 via @staronline

From DR ISKANDAR FIRZADA OSMAN, Family Medicine specialist, Kuantan.

Vaccinate kids or risk measles outbreak, warns health ministry

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says Malaysia may soon face an outbreak due to parents who are against vaccination.

Khazanah purchases Prince Court Medical Centre from Petronas https://t.co/qjq8j2WRbL via @staronline

KUALA LUMPUR: Khazanah Nasional Bhd is buying a 100% stake in the Prince Court Medical Centre from Petroleum Nasional Bhd for an undisclosed sum as it seeks to build up the healthcare services sector in Malaysia.

House officer writes in about the long hours of "tagging " https://t.co/33hQob0Wff via @staronline

From CONTRACT DOCTOR, Penang

‘Extra allocation won’t be enough to build new hospitals’ -

Malaysian Medical Association's Dr Ravindran R Naidu says more funding is needed to solve the problem of overcrowding.

Malaysian health group submits bid for stake in Indian hospital

KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 ― Malaysia's health group IHH Healthcare Bhd has submitted a bid for a controlling stake in India's...

Construction of Unimas teaching hospital begins next year

KUALA LUMPUR: The construction of the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) teaching hospital is expected to begin next year, the Dewan Rakyat was told yesterday. Higher Education Minister Datuk Ser…

Health DG: March 4-10 saw drop in dengue cases

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 — The dengue cases for the period March 4 to 10 showed a decrease of 118 cases from the previous week’s...

UTAR signs MoU to expand traditional Chinese medicine studies

KAJANG, March 20 ― Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Medical University...

Featured blog: A doctors journey to UK http://dhattjourneytouk.blogspot.my/2018/03/how-i-started-my-career-in-uk.html Generated much interest in our doctor's forum, DOBBS

How I started my career in UK. Basic Introduction: Hi my name is Jesvina Dhatt. I started working with KKM as a HO in 2010. I...

35 juta dapat manfaat K1M

KUALA LUMPUR: Dianggarkan 35 juta penduduk mendapat manfaat daripada Klinik 1Malaysia (K1M) sejak penubuhannya pada 2010, di mana peratus kunjungan bertambah antara dua hingga enam peratus setiap tahun.

Dr Jamilah: No H1N1 epidemic in Bintulu

KUCHING: No influenza A (H1N1) epidemic has been detected, particularly in the local communities in Bintulu Division. Referring to the cases reported in the division recently, Health Department dir…

Addressing Public Hospital Privatization in Southeast Asia

Why Malaysia wants to help Chinese couples have babies

By Khairie Hisyam Aliman...

Health Ministry: Doula service under review

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — The Health Ministry is in the midst of reviewing whether the service of a “doula” (non-medical assistant...

Malaysian medical physicist wins Marie Curie award

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — A breast cancer researcher has become the first Malaysian to win the Marie-Sklodowska Curie Award. The Star...