tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54787682024-03-13T11:32:34.369+08:00Materia Medica MalaysianaMalaysian Medical News: keeping you up to date with news sourced from various online sites, put in one place for your convenience, with a searchable archivePalmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.comBlogger5369125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-29751403068738424912015-07-19T05:58:00.001+08:002015-07-19T05:58:27.954+08:00Dengue cases in Penang triple last year’s, says deputy health ministerMalay Mail Online
NIBONG TEBAL, July 18 — The number of dengue fever cases in Penang this year up to yesterday was 2,990, more than triple that of the corresponding period last year, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya.The number of cases for the corresponding period last year was only 982, he said.Penang remained at fourth place among the states with a large number of cases, Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-65744081558780843982015-07-12T07:30:00.001+08:002015-07-12T07:30:07.769+08:00New hope for liver cancer patients BorneoPost Online
SGH among 29 centres in Asia-Pacific set to undertake clinical trial on cutting-edge therapyKUCHING: Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) has become the first public hospital under the Health Ministry (MOH) in the country to conduct a clinical trial on the ‘Yttrium-90 Resin Microspheres’ therapy for liver cancer patients.The cutting-edge systemic oral chemotherapy was disclosedPalmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-62373400599478680232015-06-30T14:22:00.001+08:002015-06-30T14:22:41.351+08:00Najib: Medical tourism expected to rake in RM1bil this yearThe Star Online
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia's medical tourism industry continues to rake in more income for the country, with RM1bil expected to come from healthcare travellers this year.Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (pic) said medical tourism would be made "a priority area" for Malaysia so it could be the best in the region."Malaysia's share of the medical tourism market has nearlyPalmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-13270642503243620412015-06-28T20:50:00.001+08:002015-06-28T20:50:25.144+08:00Plans to increase cigarette prices, smoke-free zones, says health ministerThe Malaysian Insider
Malaysia has adopted two strategies so that the country will eventually achieve a smoke-free zone, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam.
One is to increase, in stages, the smoke-free zones in the country and the other, to reduce the number of places where cigarettes are allowed to be sold, he said.
"These are two of the strategies to control and reduce the Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-5295375019519406662015-06-28T11:22:00.001+08:002015-06-28T11:22:27.548+08:00Fake rice allegation was untrue, baseless\New Straits Times
PUTRAJAYA: Health Ministry clarified allegations that a rice producing factory in Kedah produces fake rice was untrue and baseless. "Based on our checks in the factory, we found that allegations on the factory is untrue," said the ministry's director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. With the clarification, he advised the public not to be worried as monitoring and Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-57826230930544124702015-06-27T12:08:00.001+08:002015-06-27T12:08:19.990+08:0031 healthcare facilities damaged after Sabah quake, says minister The Malaysian Insider
The earthquake, which struck Sabah on June 5 and the following aftershocks, damaged 31 healthcare facilities, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam.
Of the total, 11 were in Ranau, comprising five rural clinics, four health clinics and the Ranau Hospital quarters while damage in Tuaran involved a health clinic, a maternal and child health clinic and six rural Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-16946585163229434442015-06-24T21:46:00.001+08:002015-06-24T21:46:36.098+08:00Spike in dengue cases highest ever in MalaysiaAsiaOne
KUALA LUMPUR - The spike in the number of dengue cases this year is the highest in Malaysia's history and the problem could be endemic, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam.There have been twice as many deaths this years compared to last year with 157 fatalities in the first six months, and more than 40,000 cases, an increase of more than 30 per cent.He said the ministry wasPalmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-5316014431329529562015-06-22T14:07:00.001+08:002015-06-22T14:07:48.249+08:00Anti-dengue kits for high risk statesThe Star
PETALING JAYA: A new anti-dengue kit will be distributed to communities in three states with the highest recorded number of cases this year.
A total of 100,000 kits – each containing a Mousticide biolarvicide that kills aedes larvae, a Denguard mosquito repellent and ALOT Aedes Larvae Ovitrap that traps mosquitoes into breeding in the treated water and kills the larvae – willPalmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-63396216016829746762015-06-22T14:02:00.001+08:002015-06-22T14:03:47.859+08:00Hundreds get free HPV vaccineThe Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Hundreds of young women turned up to take advantage of MCA’s drive to protect them from cervical cancer at Wisma MCA’s Dewan San Choon.
In an event jointly coordinated by Wanita MCA and the National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) here yesterday, women aged 18 above received free vaccinations against the human papillomavirus (HPV).
“This isPalmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-84611902500310099812015-06-08T15:30:00.001+08:002015-06-08T15:30:46.249+08:00Move to reduce maternal mortality rateThe Star Online
KUCHING: Malaysia needs to improve awareness and accessibility to healthcare to further reduce the country’s maternal mortality rate.There are now about 26 deaths per 100,000 live births in the country compared with above 50 in 1990.Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Malaysia (OGSM) secretary-general Dr Thaneemalai Jeganathan said the number of deaths decreased drastically Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-49065664466713213062015-06-05T16:30:00.001+08:002015-06-05T16:30:20.513+08:00Despite subsidies, most Malaysians still save money for healthcare, survey findsMalay Mail Online
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — A majority of Malaysians target setting aside money for medical expenses despite the availability of free or subsidised public healthcare, a survey of Asian investment and saving habits has found.Manulife Asset Management’s “One step forward, half a step back: Meeting financial goals in Asia” report in its Aging Asia series also found that out-of-pocket Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-66033094392216753802015-05-30T14:09:00.001+08:002015-05-30T14:09:14.002+08:00Health Ministry allocates RM200 million to rebuild Kelantan clinics The Malaysian Insider
The Health Ministry has put aside RM200 million to rebuild clinics in Kelantan which was hit by floods last December. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, May 30, 2015.The Health Ministry is rebuilding 11 rural clinics in Kelantan which were destroyed in the floods last December with an RM200 million allocation from the federal government.Its Deputy Minister Datuk Seri Dr Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-35765602534684856242015-05-30T05:23:00.001+08:002015-05-30T05:23:23.891+08:00Malaysia back to square one in dengue research The Star Online
GEORGE TOWN: Malaysia appears to be heading nowhere with dengue research.The plan to release genetically altered male Aedes mosquitoes so that they cannot breed with wild females has proven too costly and impractical.Another plan for a dengue vaccine by a pharmaceutical company which was slated to be marketed next month was shot down by the Health Ministry since it was not Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-29704920836512963382015-05-26T12:18:00.001+08:002015-05-26T12:18:51.115+08:00Malaysia: Dengue cases top 45,000, ‘monkey malaria’ accounts for majority of human malaria cases Outbreak News Today
Mosquito borne diseases are taking a significant role in the health of Malaysians as some 200 additionaldengue fever cases are reported on a daily basis and two out of three cases of malaria in the country are derived from monkeys, according to health officials.Image/CDCAs of Friday, the Malaysia Health Ministry has reported 45,284 dengue Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-34251496877312224562015-05-24T11:15:00.001+08:002015-05-24T11:15:46.846+08:00Health Ministry prepared to conduct screenings on Rohingya migrants The Star Online
GEORGE TOWN: The Health Ministry is prepared to conduct health screenings on Rohingya migrants if they are accepted into the country, says Deputy Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya.He said it was normal for health screenings to be conducted on foreign nationals when they were accepted to live in the country to ensure they were disease-free.“We will carry out health Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-18080748653005807252015-05-21T15:10:00.001+08:002015-05-21T15:10:42.364+08:00Nurses question why govt hospital understaffed but grads jobless BorneoPost Online
KUCHING: Nurses working in a public sector hospital have questioned how it is possible for thousands of nursing graduates to be jobless when the hospital they work for is acutely short of nurses.According to them, it was heartbreaking to read of the plight of the nursing graduates in thesundaypost as most wards in their hospital are understaffed.They claimed many nurses Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-69875235756097297532015-05-14T21:23:00.001+08:002015-05-14T21:23:36.327+08:00Health minister: Government providing aid to thousands of migrants in LangkawiMalay Mail Online
KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 ― The Health Ministry, Foreign Ministry and National Security Council will jointly hold discussions to address the entry of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar who landed in Langkawi last Sunday.Health Minister Datuk Seri S.Subramaniam said at present the government had yet to make a decision on the status of these illegals but had given them Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-59571171201460181702015-05-08T02:45:00.001+08:002015-05-08T02:45:08.580+08:00IHH, Sime Darby Said to Make Bids for HMI Malaysia Hospital Bloomberg Business
IHH Healthcare Bhd. and Sime Darby Bhd.’s medical venture made offers for a Malaysian hospital owned by Health Management International Ltd., people with knowledge of the matter said.The two companies submitted first-round bids for the Mahkota Medical Centre in the state of Malacca, the people said, asking not to be named as the process is private. Health Management, which is Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-60744866306769470392015-05-08T02:43:00.001+08:002015-05-08T02:43:37.105+08:00Teen pregnancies, child marriage behind high maternal deaths in Malaysia, say activists Malay Mail Online
KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — The higher risk of women dying during pregnancy or in childbirth in Malaysia compared to Singapore is because of teen pregnancies and child marriage, activists said today.Social activist Azrul Mohd Khalib said the government’s push for pro-abstinence sex education has resulted in the rise of teen pregnancies and child marriages, which affects the girls’ Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-30158420892595326352015-05-08T02:42:00.001+08:002015-05-08T02:42:08.472+08:00Health Ministry: No reports of products containing DNP in Malaysian marketThe Star OnlinePETALING JAYA: There have been no reports of dietary products containing 2.4-dinitrophenol (DNP) in the Malaysian market, says the Health Ministry.The Ministry’s pharmacy enforcement division deputy director Mazlan Ismail said, however, that the situation was being monitored closely, especially after Interpol’s global alert on Monday.“Based on the monitoring and post marketing Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-82103153803423709872015-05-07T06:37:00.001+08:002015-05-07T06:37:29.215+08:00MMA donates RM20,000 to Nepal's relief fundtheSundaily
theSun news editor Annie Freeda (3rd left) receiving the cheque from MMA president Dr H. Krishna Kumar (second from left). SUNPIX by SYED AZAHAR SYED OSMANPETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) donated RM20,000 to the Nepal Disaster relief fund under Mercy Malaysia.MMA President Dr Krishna Kumar said that although the sum is small, he hopes that it will help the Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-10647608896575125562015-05-05T11:07:00.001+08:002015-05-05T11:07:39.795+08:00Study on factors affecting youth’s reproductive health underway – BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Daily News | Largest English Daily In BorneoBorneoPost Online
MIRI: The National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) is doing a research on Risk and Protective Factors Affecting Youth’s Sexual and Reproductive Health in Sarawak and Sabah.In revealing this, Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim said a similar research was conducted in Peninsular Malaysia in 2011.“A research on Risk and Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-31532154802300507642015-05-05T11:06:00.001+08:002015-05-05T11:06:40.668+08:00Dengue cases top 40,000 in MalaysiaOutbreak News Today
Although the Malaysia Health Ministry has not updated the dengue fever death toll in two weeks (remains at 117), the country’s total case count has exceeded 40,000 as of May 2 after an additional 179 cases were reported on that day.
To date, Malaysia has seen 40,007 dengue fever cases with 23,376 cases reported from Selangor state alone.Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-13955463407392832182015-05-02T11:41:00.001+08:002015-05-02T11:41:22.616+08:00Clinic finally taking shape in Kg Terian: Resort to rescue of 1,400 folksDaily Express Newspaper
Kota Kinabalu: Some 1,400 people in remote Kg Terian near the Crocker Range Park need not have to walk for hours anymore to get medical treatment.Shangri-La's Tanjung Aru Resort & Spa's construction of a concrete two-storey clinic is running on schedule and due for completion in July."When the construction of this clinic is completed, the villagers living around Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5478768.post-66797477194092964922015-05-01T16:55:00.001+08:002015-05-01T16:55:38.865+08:00Malaysia Named World’s Medical Travel Destination for 2015 – BusinessNewsAsia.com
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MALAYSIA – The International Medical Travel Journal (IMTJ) Medical Travel Awards 2015 has named Malaysia as “Medical Travel Destination of the Year”, further boosting the country’s medical tourism sector.Malaysia won the award, which was handed at the Royal Garden Hotel in London, based on all-round excellence in promoting inbound medical tourism, verified statistics of Palmdochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12186215846685002902noreply@blogger.com0