STAT: Staunch medical brain drain, Tackle emergency department overcrowding, Address fire safety in public health care facilities, Table the tobacco control bill.
GE15 led to a new government, with the major coalitions having health and health care in their manifestos. Will there be substantial changes in health and health care management?
The past two years of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis have demonstrated that the burden and responsibility of tackling future and emerging infectious disease threats should not and must not be the sole responsibility of the Ministry of Health.
I’m deeply honoured that the medical fraternity across the public and private sectors chose to place their trust in CodeBlue to make their voices heard.
Period poverty refers to a lack of access to menstrual products, sanitation facilities, and adequate education about menstruation. It is also about lacking access to girl-friendly, functioning toilets.
Since the 1970s, medical officers in Sarawak have been trained and have provided life-saving emergency surgical, orthopaedic, and obstetric operations in district hospitals.
The two studies on the patient safety culture in public hospitals are reasonable cause for concern for doctors who refer patients to public hospitals and to patients themselves.
The arrogance of GEG advocates not only killed a bill, but will likely damage overall tobacco control efforts and wide-ranging health care reform proposals, regardless who forms the next government.