tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98790972012-02-16T01:46:37.480+08:00Any Stuff related to the MOH :: MiNIstry of Health and Health Issues. Issues which would result in the MOH becoming a better health provider for us all.Lonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04543983028148242603noreply@blogger.comBlogger1171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9879097.post-1128157053261521302005-10-01T16:57:00.000+08:002005-10-06T20:38:05.466+08:00

Experts Call For New Ways To Tackle Dengue In S'pore By Jackson SawatanSINGAPORE, Oct 1 (Bernama) -- Singapore's previous success in controlling dengue may have contributed to the ongoing outbreak of the disease in the republic, according to a finding by a panel of expert formed to advise the government on ways to tackle the problem."The success of the Singapore programme has reduced the

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Young Pregnant Mother Third Dengue Victim In Penang PENANG, Sept 25 (Bernama) -- A young mother in her first pregnancy is the third victim to have succumbed to the dengue fever in the state.Fairuz Aziz, 25, who is believed to be carrying twins, died yesterday after she was admitted to the Penang Hospital on Thursday for dengue haemorrhagic fever.Her seven-month-old fetuses also did not

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Bernama.comMalaysian National News AgencyPusrawi Spearheads "Hospitel" Concept In M'siaGeneralSeptember 22, 2005 14:06 PMBy Faizah Izzani zakariaKUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 (Bernama) -- If you pass by Jalan Tun Razak here, you will see a new building, "Hotel Putra KL", beside the National Library.The three-star hotel, developed together with the Pusat Rawatan Islam (Pusrawi) Hospital building, not only

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Sometime ago there was an incident, reported in the American media, where an epidural was involved, the victim turned out to be the husband of the patient who had the epidural. Now here is another unfortunate incident involving a labouring patient who had an epidural. In this case both the patient and her husbands became victims. Let the husband tell their story in full as found in the letter

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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 (Bernama) -- Heart patients who currently have to wait anything from six months to a year to receive treatment or undergo an operation at the National Heart Institute (IJN) need not wait long by 2008.Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said that under the expansion plans for a new block of the IJN building, estimated to cost RM209 million, heart patients will only have to

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12 Malaysian Firemen Fall Sick In Riau, One Admitted To Hospital By Mohd Nasir YusoffPEKANBARU (Riau, Indonesia), Aug 18 (Bernama) -- Twelve Malaysian firemen who are members of a team sent here to help douse forest fires in the Rokan Hilir district, have fallen ill with one of them in serious condition and admitted to the hospital in Kota Dumai.Riau Environment Management Agency head Khairul

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Poser Over When Sultan Ismail Hospital aka Hospital KulatWill Reopen JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 18 (Bernama) -- No one knows when the Sultan Ismail Hospital will reopen after it was closed almost a year ago following a fungus attack.Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Latif Ahmad visited the hospital, Thursday, and the press were invited but he had nothing to say to the reporters and photographers

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To snore or not to snore, that is the RM3000 to RM4000 question. For many of our spouses who complain of snoring spouses, the cure is at hand. A 15 minute operation is all that is required. But like most things these days with rising fuel prices and toll hikes, the cure does not come cheap even though the procedure is short. HUKM is proud to announce that Malaysia is the second country in

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American government scientists say they have successfully tested in people a vaccine that they believe can protect against the strain of avian influenza that is spreading in birds through Asia and Russia. Present worry is that the avian flu virus could mutate and combine with a human influenza virus to create a new virus, such a virus could spread rapidly through the world with humnan-to-human

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Health: New thalassaemia treatment gives hope Aug 7:The treatment can seem almost as bad as the disease but a new therapy in trials offers relief, writes MEERA MURUGESAN.PAIN and inconvenience are often associated with treatment for thalassaemia, a genetic disorder that affects the body’s production of haemoglobin – the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells. This inherited disorder can cause

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Two doctors and an HMO manager died and lined up at the pearly gates for admission to heaven. St. Peter asked them to identify themselves. One doctor stepped forward and said, "I was a pediatric spine surgeon and helped kids overcome their deformities." St. Peter said, "You can enter."The second doctor said, "I was a psychiatrist. I helped people rehabilitate themselves." St. Peter also invited

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KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 (Bernama) -- Condoms sold in Malaysia are safe but the Health Ministry will enforce stringent checks on their quality soon to ensure that defective condoms are not sold to consumers.Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said Monday the ministry, through its Engineering Department, would use the Medical Devices Act 2006, which is in its final stage of enactment, to monitor

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Ministry To Help Generate Income From Health Industry KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry will establish a Healthcare Development Industry Unit to develop and promote the lucrative healthcare industry which is likely to hit RM8 billion in the next five years.Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said Monday the cabinet had approved the ministry's proposal to set up the unit which

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Two molecules isolated from an extract of crushed pineapple stems have shown promise in fighting cancer growth. One molecule called CCS blocks a protein called Ras, which is defective in approximately 30% of all cancers. The other, called CCZ, stimulates the body's own immune system to target and kill cancer cells. It is hoped the research, carried out by Queensland Institute of Medical Research,

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Malaysians at risk of contracting viral hepatitisBy Annie Freeda CruezIt is ironic. Malaysians risk getting viral hepatitis, particularly Hepatitis A, because of improved sanitation. This is because the clean environment has affected the ability of the body to form antibodies. By improving sanitation, providing safe water supply and encouraging personal hygiene, the Government has managed to

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Chua Assures Government Hospitals Clean, SafeBUKIT MERTAJAM, July 14 (Bernama) -- Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek Thursday assured that government hospitals have cleanliness and safety levels that conform to international standards.He said the public need not worry about visiting or being admitted to government hospitals as measures had been taken to reduce the risk of infection among the

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PUTRAJAYA, July 12 (Bernama) -- The government plans to create "super doctor" promotional posts to retain experienced doctors in government hospitals, Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said Tuesday.He said experienced doctors promoted to become directors engaged in administrative matters had been a reason for many resignations.Dr Chua told a press conference that the plan was in accordance

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KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) opposes the government's plan to replace doctors as government hospital directors with paramedics or administrative officers.Its president, Datuk Dr Teoh Siang Chin, said today that only a doctor trained in medicine could perform clinical governance.He feared that the changes would result in a decline in the quality of

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Man faints, dies after seeing epidural Wife sues California hospital for wrongful deathLOS ANGELES - A California woman is suing a hospital for wrongful death because her husband fainted and suffered a fatal injury after helping delivery room staff give her a pain-killing injection.Jeanette Passalaqua, 32, filed the suit against Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Southern California Permanente

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MELBOURNE, July 7 (Bernama) -- Australian scientists are part of an international team awarded a A$28 million grant (about RM78 million) to develop a malaria vaccine, courtesy of multi-billionaire Bill Gates.The team, including scientists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) in Melbourne, the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute in the US and the University of

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Needle exchange programme expected to begin in JanuaryBY AUDREY EDWARDS PETALING JAYA: The needle exchange and condom distribution programme to check the spread of HIV among drug users is expected to start in January. Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said his ministry has decided that the harm reduction programme, involving the two methods and drug substitution therapy, will go ahead. “The

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British government goes after smokers' sex lives The British government launched a series of tough anti-cigarette adverts on Friday with the message that smoking is bad for your sex life because it makes men impotent and women ugly.The campaign is designed to target young Britons' fears about their sexual attractiveness -- an area the government says is more effective than highlighting general

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30% Of Deaths In Sabah Hospitals Due To Heart Problems KOTA KINABALU, July 3 (Bernama) -- A total of 776 people died of heart problems in Sabah government hospitals in 2003, making up 29.76 percent of all deaths recorded in the hospitals, Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman said.He said heart problems constituted the primary cause of death in the state.Quoting further statistics to show the

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KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 (Bernama) -- Medical practitioners and health institutions are now allowed to provide basic information on their services and facilities.Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek announced Tuesday that they could now provide basic information according to disciplines, names, places of practice and credentials but without mentioning experiences or using superlatives.The

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The STAR reports that the baby abducted from the nursery of Sungei Petani hospital recently has been found. Polis is said to have rescued the four-day-old missing baby of Noryati Abu Bakar at a house at about 4 am this morning. The baby is said to be safe and has been warded for observations. A nurse working in Sungai Petani hospital who is said to have taken the baby has been arrested. The

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New Software Speeds Up Results For Breast Cancer Tests PENANG, June 22 (Bernama) -- It used to take between one and two weeks but a new computer software produced by experts of Universiti Sains Malaysia now enables the result of a breast cancer test to be known in only seconds.Called "Neuralmammo Diagnostic for Breast Cancer Based On Neural Work", the software promises to reduce not only the

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Avoiding soya 'may aid fertility' By Michelle Roberts BBC News health reporter in Copenhagen Women should avoid eating too much soya if they are trying for a baby, a UK fertility expert believes. A study in humans has shown a compound in soya called genistein sabotages the sperm as it swims towards the egg. Professor Lynn Fraser, from King's College London, said even tiny doses in the female

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KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 (Bernama) -- Malaysia has done well in reducing the infant related mortality rates over the past several decades, Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said.He said Malaysia's infant mortality rate had dropped from the ratio of 40.8 per 1000 livebirths in 1970 to 13.0 in 1990 and 6.2 by 2002."Our under five (years old) mortality rate has also fallen by a similar magnitude

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Looks like the withdrawal of recognition of the CSMU medical degree is turning controversial and drawing flak especially from MIC. The MIC president appears to be exasperated. There are said to be some 470 Indian Malaysian medical student in CSMU! Samy is alleged to have accused the MMC of wanting to pevent Indian students from studying medicine. Not providing CSMU with a grace period to rectify

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Father Pleads For Return Of His Newborn Baby Boy SUNGAI PETANI, June 20 (Bernama) -- "Please return my baby. I really want my son back. Please don't do anything to him, his health condition is not okay yet," appealed the father of a six-hour baby boy who was missing from the ward at the Sungai Petani Hospital, Sunday.Mohamad Nordin Idris, 34, said the incident had made him and his family

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GUA MUSANG, June 19 (Bernama) -- Kelantan gives the Health Ministry the most problems as a result of the state government's failure in providing satisfactory health services to its people.Health Minister, Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said his ministry had to provide special allocations of almost RM100,000 yearly to implement specific programmes like clean water availability and food supplementation,

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PUTRAJAYA, June 16 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) has withdrawn recognition of the medical undergraduate programme offered by Ukraine's Crimea State Medical University (CSMU) to any students registered and admitted into academic year one after Dec 31, 2005.MMC president Datuk Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said MMC also decided at its June 14 meeting not to recognise similar programmes

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Malaysia HIV measures under fire By Jonathan Kent BBC News, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia's Health Minister Chua Soi Lek has asked religious leaders to drop their opposition to moves to contain the spread of HIV. Mr Chua was reacting to a World Health Organization warning that the country was on the verge of an HIV epidemic. Senior Muslim clerics have criticised plans to distribute free condoms, saying

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An HIV epidemic is knocking on Malaysia’s door.This startling conclusion was reached by the World Health Organisation (WHO) after its officials studied statistics and spoke to Ministry of Health personnel. It disclosed that some 15,000 children have been orphaned by AIDS in Malaysia. Dr Hans Tieru, the WHO representative, said that the development of the HIV situation here was being monitored

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KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 (Bernama) -- The cost of providing free condoms and syringes to drug addicts is expected to cost RM145 million annually but will help avoid 90,000 new HIV infections, Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said Monday.He said the government was seriously thinking of introducing the measure (free provision of needles and condoms to drug addicts) as the cost of treating HIV

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The Illiterate SurgeonFrom the New York TimesBy NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF ADDIS ABABA, EthiopiaJust about the worst thing that can happen to a teenage girl in this world is to develop an obstetric fistula that leaves her trickling bodily wastes, stinking and shunned by everyone around her. That happened four decades ago to Mamitu Gashe.But the most amazing thing about Ms. Mamitu is not what she endured

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Medical Faculties At Varsities Able To Handle Bigger Intake Of StudentsKUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) -- The government has increased the teaching capacity at the medical faculties of all the public universities to cater to a bigger intake of students, Higher Education Minister Datuk Dr Shafie Mohd Salleh said.He said this was to prevent a recurrence of last year's problem where 128 Sijil

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Govt Acts To Create A Nation Of Healthy PeoplePORT DICKSON, June 11 (Bernama) -- The government is turning words into deeds in its desire to create a nation of healthy people.Today it announced a plan to establish a community health promotion centre in every state under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (2006-2010).The announcement was made by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi in his speech

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Health Minister Declines Open Debate On Free Condoms For AddictsCAMERON HIGHLANDS, June 10 (Bernama) -- Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said Friday he did not wish to engage in an open debate, including through the media, on his ministry's proposal to distribute free needles and condoms to self-confessed drug addicts to check the spread of HIV/Aids."I will not respond to any opinion on the

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Government Hospitals May Not Accept Patients From Private HospitalsTEMERLOH, June 9 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry may cease the practice of government hospitals accepting patients from private hospitals for post-surgery treatment.Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said the co-operation between government and private hospitals, established on mutual understanding and on humanitarian grounds, had

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June 02, 2005 15:23 PM Govt Mulls Needle Exchange, Free Condoms To Addicts - Dr ChuaKUALA LUMPUR, June 2 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry is seriously considering providing needles and condoms to drug addicts to reduce the spread of HIV, the AIDS-causing virus, Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said Thursday.As an initial step, he said, the ministry would embark on a six-month pilot project to

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From a Malaysiakini letter writer :: Totally Put OffJun 7, 05 1:43pmI was appalled to read the recent expose on the latest example of crony capitalism in Malaysia involving the award of an monopoly concession to label all medicines and drugs before they can be sold in Malaysia. There was no open, competitive bidding for this concession, no terms of reference, nothing. The company that received

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The NST Sunday InterviewTHE SUNDAY INTERVIEW: Ensuring healthcare delivery system worksBy Annie Freeda CruezDatuk Dr Ismail Merican, the Director-General of Health, has been making his rounds, meeting the doctors, nurses and administrators of public hospitals around the country. Putting faces to names is just the first step of his mission to make public hospitals the first, rather than last, cho

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The Darwinian logic behind the female orgasm has long remained elusive. Women can have sexual intercourse and even become pregnant, doing their part for the perpetuation of the species, without experiencing orgasm. So what is its purpose? Over the last four decades, scientists have come up with a variety of theories, arguing, for example, that orgasm encourages women to have sex and reproduce or

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ALOR STAR, June 1 (Bernama) -- A team of local medical experts successfully operated on a pair of twins to repair their deformed spines although the operation on one of them was stopped due to complications.The operation on the 25 year-old twins, Norbarkhih and Norbarkhiyah Mohd Yusoff, which took 17 hours since yesterday until about 2am Wednesday, made history in the country's medical

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Cervical swab may be enough for prenatal testing Fri May 27, 2:13 PM ETResearchers in Australia have worked out a way to isolate single cells from a fetus in the cervical mucus of a pregnant woman, and to use these cells to test for genetic abnormalities.According to Dr. Mandy G. Katz-Jaffe and colleagues at Monash University in Melbourne, current methods for detecting chromosomal abnormalities

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Associated PressSat May 28,10:05 PM ETA baby girl who underwent surgery to remove a second head that was sharing a blood vessel with her brain has been released from the hospital, her doctors said Saturday.Manar Maged was born March 30, 2004, with a rare birth defect, craniopagus parasiticus, that occurs when an embryo begins to split into identical twins but fails to complete the process,

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KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry is making efforts to train at least 375 dentists a year to alleviate the severe shortage of the professionals in the country, its minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said Thursday.He said Malaysia now had 2,720 dentists, 3,780 short of the desired figure."At the ministry, only 890 vacancies or 57 per cent of positions available for dentists had

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SERDANG, May 26 (Bernama) -- The government has agreed to raise on-call allowances of Health Ministry's doctors and medical specialists by 100 per cent in some cases.The review, the first in 20 years, would take effect next month, said Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek, Thursday.He said with the review, specialists' allowance for "active call" of over 16 hours continuously on a working day

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KUALA LUMPUR, May 26 (Bernama) -- The Serdang Hospital near here which has been completed at a cost of RM690 million, will begin operations in July, Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said.He said the 620-bed hospital would be capable of catering to the needs of about 300,000 people from Bangi, Kajang, Puchong and Putrajaya and right up to parts of Negeri Sembilan.The hospital, one of five

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SERDANG, May 26 (Bernama) -- Four more hospitals are expected to be completed and handed over to the Health Ministry before the end of the year, Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu said Thursday.They are Ampang Hospital, Sungai Buloh Hospital, Sungai Petani Hospital and Alor Star Hospital.The hospitals are expected to be handed over on July 15, July 31, Oct 31 and Dec 31 respectively, he

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LAPORAN PARLIMEN KESEBELAS26 April 2005Dr. Rozaidah binti Talib [Ampang] minta Menteri Pengajian Tinggi menyatakan bagaimanakah pihak kementerian dapat membantu hasrat melahirkan lebih ramai jururawat terlatih di negara ini memandangkan hanya sebahagian kecil daripada kursus kejururawatan di IPTS mendapat pengiktirafan Lembaga Akreditasi Negara. Setiausaha Parlimen Pengajian Tinggi [Datuk Dr.

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Health Ministry Will Review Security Label Usage If IneffectiveKUALA LUMPUR, May 24 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry will not hesitate to review the usage of security labels for products registered under the Drug Control Authority (DCA) if it is proven to be ineffective, Minister Dr Chua Soi Lek said Tuesday.However, any change must be supported by valid claims, he told reporters after launching

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Doctors can now advertise but not oversell By Annie Freeda Cruz Doctors and hospitals can now advertise their services. However, they cannot exaggerate their abilities and facilities or oversell themselves. The Malaysian Medical Association has decided to allow this to enable the public and the world to know what Malaysia has to offer in the field of medicine.MMA president Datuk Dr N. Arumugam (

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In its frontpage today the NST has called the variously named NHFS/NHIF as the "Pay For Your Health" scheme. According to the NST, the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme (another name to add to the confusion) is scheduled to take off at the end of next year, with most Malaysians required to make mandatory contributions. The NST has much more to say regarding this NHI scheme than the

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Affordable Health Care For Low Income Group Under Insurance Fund KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 (Bernama) -- The poor and the lower income group will continue to have access to affordable health care from government hospitals even when the proposed National Health Insurance Fund is implemented under the ninth Malaysian Plan, a senior Health Ministry official said Thursday.Its Evaluation, Planning and

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The PM, Pak Lah, who is presently in German, has dashed hopes of more Royal Commissions to enhance services in other areas of the gomen. Aliran has called urgently for the setting up of a Royal Commission on the Judiciary; while yours truly has suggested that there be a Royal Commission on the Health Services. The PM appears to have responded negatively.Has the Pandora's Box opened by the Royal

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PUTRAJAYA, May 18 (Bernama) -- The use and sale of the methodone alternative drug proposed to be prescribed to drug addicts to kick their drug addiction habit will be monitored and controlled to check abuse.Deputy Minister of Internal Security Datuk Noh Omar said the Health Ministry's drug addicts' treatment and rehabilitation committee headed by Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek would

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KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's success in the health sector, especially in maternal and child health, has been given recognition in this year's World Health Report.Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said Tuesday Malaysia's success in reducing maternal mortality was depicted in the report."I hope this is an inspiration to other developing countries to invest in maternal and child

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Wow, finally the Report on the Royal Commission to Enhance the Operation and Management of the PDRM is out. This took a total of 18 months from the formation of the Royal Commission to the handing over of the final report. Meanwhile our present gomen has used up some 14 months of its lifespan, that is, before the 12th election is upon us, which could be as early as some time in 2008.It is time

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PENANG, May 13 (Bernama) -- A local private hospital, Gleneagles Medical Centre (GMC) Friday launched a 64-slice multi-slice detector computed tomography (MDCT) scanner, the first of its kind in the country.GMC general manager Ronald Koh said the hospital was the first in the country to purchase the device, which was the world's most expensive scanner."With a cost of up to RM4.6 million, the

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Doctors can apply for practising cert earlyDoctors can now apply for their Annual Practising Certificate (APC) starting July 1 instead of Dec 1 as was the practice earlier. Malaysian Medical Council president Datuk Dr Ismail Merican said the change was to avoid late applications.He said some doctors were in the habit of submitting applications at the eleventh hour and were often imposed a RM50

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Plan to speed up treatmentKUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry wants treatment to be provided to patients within 90 minutes of registration at general hospitals, and has engaged a consultant to propose how this can be done. Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said the consultant had two months to submit a report to enable the ministry to meet the stipulation in its Clients Charter of the maximum 90-

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Govt Hospitals To Have Fast Lane For Old People, Pensioners PENANG, May 6 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry Friday directed all government hospitals in the country to immediately establish a fast lane for outpatient treatment of old people, pensioners and those who require immediate medical attention.Director General of Health Datuk Dr Ismail Merican said it was discourteous to make these

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Promotion opportunities lostBy R.M. Petaling JayaIT has become almost the norm to extend the tenures of senior government officers beyond retirement. In recent years, the most senior positions in a number of ministries have been held by those whose services were extended one or two years. Even the head of the Public Service Department had his term extended.Last year, the Government announced an

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KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 (Bernama) -- An addiction specialist Tuesday suggested that hardcore drug addicts be given a prescription of Methadone or Subutex.Prof Hussain Habil, of Universiti Malaya's Medical Faculty, said the two drugs were introduced in the country in 1975 but efforts to reduce the number of drug dependants with the use of these drugs had not been successful owing to a lack of drug

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KOTA BHARU, May 1 (Bernama) -- The number of typhoid cases reported at hospitals in Kelantan has seen a drop from between 60 to 80 cases daily two weeks ago to below 60 a day now.Kelantan Health director, Datuk Dr Ahmad Razin Ahmad Mahir said that although the figure was still considered to be high, it was a positive development compared to the steep rise in cases after the disease surfaced in

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KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 (Bernama) -- The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) will discuss with the government the issues and concerns of the public and medical practitioners regarding the proposed National Health Financing Scheme.Its president Datuk Dr N. Arumugam said patients and doctors felt they were being "kept in the dark" about the scheme.He said many people were worried because free

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Free treatment at public hospitals to end next year Annie Freeda Cruez KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 25:There isn't going to be any more free treatment at government hospitals! From next year, some eight million Malaysians will have to pay for their medical treatment. This is when the National Health Financing Scheme comes into force. Those exempted will be the one million civil servants, some 200,000

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Special Report in The Manila TimesDoctors work abroad as nurses By Patricia B. Gatbonton, MDPosted on Monday, February 09, 2004 The exodus of doctors from the Philippines has been continuing. But this is hardly news anymore. Over the past few years, however, the exodus has taken a new twist: Filipino doctors are moving abroad to look for jobs not as physicians but as nurses. And the country’s

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All Donated Blood Tested Before Being Issued To Recipeints KUALA TERENGGANU, April 18 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry, Monday gave an assurance that all blood issued to patients had gone through various test and were free of infectious diseases.Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said that among the tests carried out on donated blood before being issued to patients who needed them were

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Methadone Can Reduce Cravings But Not Cure AddictionKUALA LUMPUR, April 18 (Bernama) -- The use of the synthetic drug methadone is a method to reduce the cravings experienced by drug addicts but is not a cure for addiction, director-general of the National Drugs Agency Datuk Hamzah Abdullah said.He said that the use of methadone was not new and had been used by private clinics and private drug

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PUTRAJAYA, 17 April (Bernama) -- The government is now in the final stage of a study on the use of "Methadone" to treat drug addicts, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.The government, through the National Anti-Drugs Action Committee, was now carrying out a pioneer project in treating drug addicts by giving them the synthetic drug.The outcome of the study conducted by the

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Be Self-sufficient In Vaccine Production, OIC Countries ToldKUALA LUMPUR, April 15 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Friday stressed the need for the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) member countries to be self-sufficient in vaccine production to ensure adequate supply and better development of halal vaccines for the ummah.The prime minister said there was a risk of

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F.D.A. Panel Backs Breast Implants From One MakerBy GARDINER HARRIS The New York TimePublished: April 14, 2005AITHERSBURG, Md., April 13 - Silicone breast implants made by a California company should be available to women who undergo cosmetic breast surgery, a federal advisory panel voted on Wednesday, rejecting arguments about serious health problems.The panel chairman called the 7-to-2 vote to

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Gomen considering supply free drugs to addicts? The report by BERNAMA began like so :: The government supplying drugs to addicts for free? It may sound nonsensical, but the Internal Security Ministry is prepared to look at the proposal as part of the measures to tackle the drug addiction problem in the country.Is this for real? This suggestion of free drugs was made by Baharum Mohamed (BN

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MELBOURNE, April 11 (Bernama) -- Malaysian-born surgeon, Prof Tan Hock Lim, has been appointed to the executive committee of the newly-established high-powered Australia-Malaysia Institute.He joins a select group of distinguished Australians in a committee that will help further strengthen and promote relations between Australia and Malaysia.The chairman of the institute is barrister Michael

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From THE AGEPaternity shock for AbbottBy Jason Koutsoukis and Misha SchubertCanberraMarch 22, 2005Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott has discovered that a 27-year-old man he believed to be his love child was fathered by another man.Just weeks after Mr Abbott's extraordinary public declaration that Daniel O'Connor, an ABC television sound engineeer, was his son, DNA tests have established they

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March 22, 2005 19:23 PM Chua Says Doctors Who Refused Clinical Work May Not Be Promoted KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 (Bernama) -- Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said Tuesday that the refusal of government doctors performing administrative functions to do clinical work as required could jeopardise their prospects for promotion.He said the requirement was made in a directive issued by the ministry

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From the NSTALOR STAR, Sun. - A group of doctors, including senior administrators in government hospitals, will spend tomorrow learning to give emergency first aid. The Kedah Health Department ordered this special training session following an incident where doctors at a meeting could not give cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, to a fellow doctor who collapsed.More than 50 doctors will attend

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MELBOURNE, March 20 (Bernama) - Researchers in Sydney have begun a clinical trial to investigate if traditional Chinese herbal medicines can slow the debilitating progress of dementia.As the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer's Disease, vascular dementia can be caused by anything which slows blood flow to the brain including changes in blood pressure, high cholesterol and an

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March 6, 2005Study shows no link between autism and MMR vaccine PARIS - A major Japanese study should dispel lingering fears from a 12-year-old scare that a multiple vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) is to blame for a rise in autism, the British weeklyNew Scientist says. The panic, unleashed in 1998, prompted tens of thousands of British parents to refuse the vaccine for their

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From :: Stuff14 March 2005 By JOANNA DAVISChristchurch's young doctors must remember they are dressing for work and not nightclubs, says a health lobby group fed up with hipsters, bare midriffs and the cleavage on show. A letter of complaint from Elder Care Canterbury prompted the Christchurch School of Medicine to review its lack of dress code and update its student handbook to include one.

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Ministry To Take Back Hospital Only After It's Considered Safe JOHOR BAHARU, March 7 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry will only take back the Sultan Ismail Hospital (HSI) which was closed last September due to a fungal attack after it is satisfied that it is safe for patients and staff, according to Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek.He said contractors and the Works Ministry were still

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KUALA LUMPUR, March 5 (Bernama) -- Children in developing countries, especially in Asia, are falling victim to obesity, a worrying trend as it leads to severe health complications at a tender age, warned an expert."The United States (US) is very involved in obesity but now it is definitely spreading to Southeast Asia and in particular we are seeing it in younger people, they are getting diabetes,

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Bernama.comMalaysian National News AgencyRehab Programme For Workers With Back, Cervical Pain Launched GeneralFebruary 28, 2005 15:45 PM KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 (Bernama) -- The Social Security Organisation (Socso) Monday launched a rehabilitation programme for workers who lose their ability to work as a result of severe spine and cervical injuries.Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn

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MELBOURNE, Feb 26 (Bernama) -- South Australian craniofacial surgeons will help train doctors in Malaysia as part of a new research and teaching programme.Prof David David from the Adelaide-based Australian Craniofacial Institute will finalise the arrangements with Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in Penang.Under the memorandum of understanding, the institute will provide clinical support,

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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 (Bernama) -- Patients with heat-induced ailments have soared following weeks of hot and dry weather afflicting the country, according to a Health Ministry study in Port Klang.Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said the study found a dramatic increase in patients registering at the public hospital complaining about ailments relating to heat.He said there were 1,412 cases in

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SINGAPORE, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- A 33-year-old woman died shortly after one of her kidneys was removed and donated to her ailing husband last week, the Straits Times reported.Her husband, 35, who has been on dialysis with kidney failure for several years, survived the Feb 16 operation and will soon be discharged from the National University Hospital, a report in the newspaper said.The couple have

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Aussie government minister meets son he gave up for adoptionSYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Australia's health minister and the son he gave up for adoption nearly 30 years ago have met for the first time, and in an amazing twist of fate discovered that they worked alongside each other in the country's Parliament building. Daniel O'Connor was a newborn when Tony Abbott and his then-girlfriend Kathy

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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 (Bernama) -- The number of trainee nurses who pass their qualifying test in nurses training colleges run by the Health Ministry is very low and worrying, Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said Monday.Last year, only 44.4 per cent, less than half of the 2,000 trainee nurses passed the test, he said.The ministry viewed the matter seriously as the country was still lagging

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PLAIN TALK: Proper management of services needed Brendan Pereira Feb 13:TWENTY. That is the number of years the Government has been mulling over the idea of abandoning the country's highly-subsidised healthcare in favour of a national health financing scheme. Twelve. That is the number of studies commissioned by the Government over the years to evaluate health financing schemes.There is a reason

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PUTRAJAYA, Feb 2 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry will shorten the three-year compulsory service in government hospitals in a move to attract Malaysian specialists to return to serve in the country.Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek said the relaxation offered to specialists with degrees and qualifications recognised by the Malaysian Medical Council was among steps taken to overcome shortage

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KUCHING, Jan 25 (Bernama) -- The measles outbreak which killed 13 Penan children and one adult in Long Urun in the Bakun area last month was not caused by a new strain of the disease, Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan said Tuesday.Dr Chan, who is also state Modernisation of Agriculture Minister, said samples analysed by a team from the Sarawak Medical Department and Universiti Malaysia

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Mentakab Hospital Conducts Dengue Checks Every Three Days KUANTAN, Jan 26 (Bernama) -- The Mentakab Hospital, which was among 142 premises issued compound notices for breeding the Aedes mosquito, has taken the initiative to conduct dengue checks every three days.Its director, Dr Bahari Che Awang Ngah, told Bernama here Wednesday that apart from conducting regular checks, the surrounding

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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 (Bernama) -- The central and interior regions of Bakun in Sarawak have been declared as areas under quarantine beginning Sunday following a measles outbreak that killed 13 children and an adult recently, the Health Ministry's Communicable Disease Control Director Dr Ramlee Rahmat said Sunday.He said the quarantine order was issued by the Sarawak Health Department."This is in

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From the NSTFor the first time, local councils will be fined for failing to destroy mosquito breeding grounds. The Health Ministry will fine local councils RM500 for each breeding ground found in areas under their jurisdiction, said Health Minister Datuk Dr Chua Soi Lek.The councils will also be fined for breeding grounds found on their own premises. These fines are imposed under the Destruction

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Source: http://www.medicinenet.comHeart Attack: Less Treatment May Be BetterBy Ed EdelsonHealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, Jan. 21 (HealthDayNews) -- Someone who has a heart attack or other life-threatening heart condition may be better off going to a general community hospital than to one with a sophisticated cardiology facility, a new, large study finds.Because the study covers so many countries, some

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Thu Jan 20,11:39 PM ETWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A "morning after" treatment for the AIDS virus can help prevent infection after a rape, contact with a contaminated needle or even a night of passion without a condom, U.S. health officials said on Thursday. Taking drug cocktails for four weeks seems to greatly reduce the risk of becoming infected with the virus, which is transmitted through sex --

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1. Dengue Cases Rising RapidlyPUTRAJAYA, Jan 20 (Bernama) -- The number of dengue cases is rising fast, hitting 1,415 cases in the second week of this year from 1,054 the previous week or up 34.9 per cent.Health Ministry disease control division director Dr Ramlee Rahmat said Selangor recorded the most number of cases, increasing by 153 cases to 654 in the Jan 9 to 15 period.It was followed by

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