Published 20 hours ago on 22 October 2018 OCTOBER 22 — We refer to the statement of the Minister of Health, Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad: Cigarette prices to go up, minimum age to buy alcohol raised to 21We applaud his bravery, concern and care for the rakyat with his move to raise the prices of cigarettes and…
MEDIA STATEMENT BY ASTHMA MALAYSIA and MYDIN Group of Companies Gazetting restaurants as no-smoking zones Kuala Lumpur, 9 October 2018 – The announcement by Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, the Minister of Health, on 6 October 2018 that his Ministry will be gazetting all open eateries as no-smoking areas is a long-awaited move that will have a…
I REFER to the report “Five teens and AED save footballer’s life” (The Star, Sept 17). It is noteworthy that automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are readily available in many areas in Penang. This is not the case in the rest of the country, however. These life-saving medical devices can detect electrocardiographic (ECG) rhythms and administer…
Coach Sunny Shalesh and his wife, Raaginee make it their biggest goal to empower and bring joy to the lives disabled children through sports. Coach Sunny Shalesh and his wife, Raaginee make it their biggest goal to empower and bring joy to the lives disabled children through sports.
The following letter is signed by 30 Malaysian medical organisations. We represent the majority of the medical fraternity in Malaysia. We are writing to express our support for the Ministry of Health’s recent announcement by the Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye that the Ministry intends to gazette alfresco restaurants as no-smoking zones under…
UJIAN sampel cecair hidung merupakan salah satu cara untuk mengesan jangkitan influenza. TENGAH malam itu Noreen Azliza Norzlan, 33, tersedar daripada lena apabila dikejutkan anaknya yang mengadu tubuhnya berasa sejuk. Ironinya, apabila disentuh, badan kanak-kanak berusia 11 tahun itu begitu panas dengan suhu mencecah 39 darjah Celsius. Dia juga berada dalam keadaan sedikit menggigil. Bimbang…
Dr Teh Kok Hoi Pediatric Hemato-Oncologist in Hospital Kuala Lumpur was interviewed on 20.8.18. The full segment also available on Facebook at 38minutes 44 seconds of the show till 57minutes 36 seconds of the show. (It includes interviews with family of a child with stage IV lymphoma and also a song performed by Qistina.)…
Assalamualaikum and Salam Sejahtera to esteemed members of MPA. Friends and Colleagues! How’s the new look of our MPA website, mpaeds.my? I do hope, ALL, if not most of you have had a chance to visit this fresh new look of MPA. For those who have not, do spend a little bit of your precious…
IT was with great sadness that we learnt of the passing of five-month-old Adam Rayqal Mohd Sufi as a result of traumatic brain injuries. Our condolences to his grieving family. As paediatricians, we would like to remind Malaysians that injuries are an important preventable cause of death among children. Studies published more than two decades…
Posing for a photo at the session are (from left) Prof Tan, Prof Zamberi, University Malaya Medical Centre visiting senior clinical consultant Prof Dr Yasmin Abdul Malik, Dr Musa and Assoc Prof Pang. IN the modern world, influenza can spread more easily from one end of the world to the other, with certain individuals being…