Dear MPA members, Members of the Malaysian Paediatric Association may be interested to know that as of Friday October 16th 2020 full text Cochrane reviews on the Cochrane Library can now be accessed from any computer anywhere in Malaysia. This has been made available by the Ministry of Health. Members who wish to access Cochrane…
The world’s youngest reported Covid-19 death is a two-day-old baby who was born prematurely in South Africa on 21 May to a Covid-19 positive mother. On 5 October 2020, a one-year-old Malaysian girl in Sabah succumbed to Covid-19, the first paediatric death in Malaysia. She was brought to the Tawau Hospital Emergency and Trauma Department…
QUARANTINE or isolation: What is the difference? Isolation keeps an infected person with the virus away from others until he tests negative and is no longer infectious. Quarantine keeps someone who might have been exposed to the virus away from others for a sufficiently long period during which he may develop symptoms or until his…
Dear esteemed friends and colleagues, Greetings!! I hope everyone has been keeping well during this COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly affected many aspects of our lives and the NEW NORMAL that we practice today. We have to innovate to adapt amid the challenges brought about by the pandemic, to minimise the disruption of health services that…
IT isn’t a crime to put a baby in a baby hatch. “This is because a baby hatch is a secure facility, and the infant’s life will be protected. “It is, however, a crime to abandon a baby in an unsafe area, ” says OrphanCare Foundation trustee Noraini Hashim (pic). Hoping that more would…
We all know we are in this pandemic for the long haul and may need to maintain prevention measures for the next two to three years. This means we need sustainable measures that all of us can adhere to and keep for another two to three years. No one can predict what is going to…
Source: CodeBlue, 10 July 2020
