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Health check on budget 2018

LAST Friday after prime minister and finance minister Najib Razak tabled the 2018 Budget, which he dubbed ‘the Mother of all Budgets’, my friends asked me what I thought…

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Malaysian doctor in LimbX project

Sri Lanka's civil war ended in 2009, but it takes years, if not decades, to pick up the pieces after such a long conflict. Infrastructure needs to be rebuilt, landmines need to be removed, and many people are left with debilitati…

Screening for sleep apnoea

Substance abuse in elderly

WHENEVER ‘drug addicts’ or ‘substance abusers’ are mentioned, what usually spring to mind are images of young people high on drugs (or whatever illicit substances), wasting away their lives at some…

Mercy Malaysia in Cox's Bazar

MOST Rohingya fleeing Myanmar for Bangladesh bring more than just the clothes on their back, if any. They bring trauma, visible and invisible to the human eye. There is the…

Mental health lackin at workplace

TOO few Malaysian employers are investing in workplace initiatives to support mental health, as the increasing number of psychiatric patients in recent years threatens national productivity and their quality of…

Smart parenting

LAST week, the nation woke up to disturbing news of a “Datuk Seri” who was allegedly involved in the assault on three Rela men. The incident occurred as they were asking him to move his Toyota Vellfire because it was obstructing…

For Penangites

Unending problems

THE Health Ministry wants to set up a system to analyse the working patterns of medical officers (MOs), housemen and specialists while on call, to find long-term solutions to protect their welfare and safety.

Statins impact on Malaysian heart attack rate

‘Health, education in rural areas a priority’

LONG LAMA: The state government will focus on improving the infrastructure related to health and education in the rural areas. According to Assistant Minister of Housing and Public Health Dr Annuar Rapaee, the move includes placi…

Doctor`s death: Health Ministry awaiting post-mortem report

KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry is awaiting a post-mortem report on the body of a doctor who was found dead in his rented room in Kampung Nyior Sepohon, Terengganu.

Hospitals given discretion to schedule flexible working hours -

Health Minister Dr S Subramaniam says medical officers are given adequate time off to compensate for working longer hours at times.

Penang budgets RM60m for health, introduces smart card for social aid

GEORGE TOWN, Nov 2 ― Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng announced a RM60 million health programme for households with a total income of...

Singapore issues warning against 2 health products from Malaysia -

Its health authorities have advised public against consuming Wan Ling Ren Sem Chin Kuo Pill and Chong Cao Dan.

Fake medical chits again

PETALING JAYA, Sept 5 — Fancy a medical certificate delivered right to your doorstep via Pos Laju? Such a service is now possible,...

World Congress for Endoscopic Surgery of the Skull Base and Brain in 2020

Remember our first angkasawan

Tragic

KUALA TERENGGANU: A doctor who is attached to the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital (HSNZ) was found dead in his rented room in Kampung Nyiur Sepohon here last night.

Rohingya

News and Press Release in English on Bangladesh and 1 other country about Health, Protection and Human Rights and more; published on 17 Oct 2017 by MERCY Malaysia

On mental health

NOVEMBER 3 — The new 2018 budget has been tabled and there is an increase in the Health Ministry 2018 budget from RM 25 billion in...

Have authorities abandoned search for missing psychologist?

Ata ul Mohsin, who has a memory disorder, disappeared nearly a year ago.

IJN, SELGATE bina hospital pakar di Shah Alam

SHAH ALAM: Sebuah pusat perubatan pakar dalam perawatan jantung dan penjagaan kesihatan dijangka mula beroperasi di Seksyen 13 di sini, menjelang 2020.