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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.

Why isn’t cancer medicine cheaper too?

Klang MP questions health ministry for not using 'rights of govt' that helped reduce Hepatitis C treatment for most prevalent cancers affecting Malaysians

Gene doping is here

KUALA LUMPUR: Imagine a team full of netball players eight feet tall and cyclists with the ability to carry more oxygen-rich red blood cells than ever before - this could be the future of sports if gene doping becomes easily acce…

Beware of poisonous mushrooms

KUCHING: The Sarawak Health Department yesterday warned people to be careful when consuming mushrooms because there are those which can cause death – one of them is the Chlorophyllum species. Hospi…

Kampar MP scoffs at Najib’s healthcare budget promises

Dr Ko Chung Sen says many allocations have in fact been reduced, which will lead to longer queues and lower quality service.

A neonatologist with a big heart

MEMBAKUT: WHEN Dr Zainab Kassim is not teaching or providing specialised care for newborns, she returns to her quiet coastal village here to give English language “treatment” to children.

58% of medicine at govt hospitals is generic, says deputy minister

Deputy Health Minister Dr Hilmi Yahaya adds that such medication is safe and poses no risk to health as the government checks all medicine before it is bought.

A planned home birth is not a safe birth

Childbirth is safest in the hands of skilled and trained birth attendants as mother and child receive the necessary care and attention.

8,000 in Sabah receiving cancer treatment | Daily Express Newspaper Online

Kota Kinabalu: Statistics show that breast cancer accounts for the highest number of cancer cases for women in Sabah, followed by cervical cancer. For men, the highest is colon cancer.