Common sense should prevail, and the Ministry of Health should not implement widespread public health measures for the sake of appearing to be doing something.
Newly-appointed Health director-general Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan is praised for his low-profile and team-oriented approach by the medical community.
Ras Adiba understands OKU rights and what is required for Malaysia to realise those rights. The excellent work that she has put in has only just begun to bear fruit.
With the exemption of liquid nicotine from the Poisons Act amid the uncertain passage of the tobacco bill that includes the GEG, we are surely treading on dangerous grounds with an apparent policy vacuum that has unleashed a worrying situation.
A UMMC doctor claims the university hospital is on a witch-hunt, searching for the complainant who previously wrote to CodeBlue about alleged wage theft at UMMC. Till now, “enslaved” internal medicine MOs still can’t claim their passive on-call allowance.
Light exposure from spending time outdoors has been proven to prevent and slow down myopia. There is now an evidence-based medical device delivering low-level red light therapy that can help children reduce and even reverse myopia, without them having to step outside.
A medical officer at Bentong Hospital, Pahang, complains about overwork and inability to claim payment for extra shifts. "Imagine not getting enough sleep, but having to attend to critical Red Zone cases that require a lot of work and focus".