After Thiyagar Nadarajaw graduated from medical college in 1990, he was posted to a district hospital in Sabah, a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo. The hospital director instructed him to take care of the paediatric department. “I hated paediatrics”, recalls Thiyagar. The ward in Sabah did little to change his mind. It was…
Jakarta, February 11th 2019 Subject: Requesting for articles to APJPCH Volume 3 Dear President, be published in the It gives me great pleasure to present to you the second journal issue of the Asia Pacific Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health (APJPCH). I am happy to inform you that APJPCH will publish a journal(s) on…
Dear. Aman Pulungan M.D., PhD, FAAP President of Asia Pacific Pediatrics Association We are writing to ask for young pediatrician who wishes to train in Japanese medical institutes from APPA affiliated countries. Japan Pediatric Society decided to support and organize on-the-job training in Japan, up to 2 people for 3 months. Please find our attached…
Press Statement President of Malaysian Medical Council Improving the Means for Public and Medical Practitioners to Contact the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) The Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) has received numerous feedbacks regarding the difficulties faced by public and Medical Practitioners to contact the MMC via the existing formal phone line as provided in the MMC’s…
Recently, two advanced trainee paediatricians of my acquaintance have become first-time mothers in their early 30s and have felt almost overwhelmed by having a demanding newborn baby. These highly capable young women are used to nocturnal sleep deprivation, although when you are on call you can look forward to some rest when your shift ends.…
We refer to the statement of the Minister of Health, YB Datuk Seri Dzulkifli Ahmad: Cigarette prices to go up, minimum age to buy alcohol raised to 21 We applaud his bravery, concern and care for the rakyat with his move to raise the prices of cigarettes and ban cigarette smoking in eateries. As medical…
Introduction: 15% of our children have special needs with the majority of them having learning disorders. It is important to enable inclusive education at all levels as this benefits all children, not just the disabled. Inclusion is not about success but about acceptance. It is important that we work together to achieve the National Education…
The medical community has much to learn about probiotics and their effects on individual patients before the supplements can be broadly prescribed to achieve uniform effects, results of two new studies show. The randomized, controlled studies, which relied on serial biopsies rather than stool samples, show that whereas some patients appear to benefit of probiotics,…
