frontliners Archives

6 March 2025

Opinion

“The Medical Frontliners’ Ballad”: Chronicling The Untold Stories Of Malaysia’s Covid-19 Heroes

Ahmad Faisal Ahmad Ramzi's book, "The Medical Frontliners' Ballad", chronicles 15 frontliners who battled Covid-19 in 2020. "Sharing their stories became a way to process and cope with the chaos, the exhaustion, and the emotional toll of the pandemic."

8 June 2023

Malaysia

Suhakam Reveals Pandemic’s Disproportionate Impact On Women, Children

Suhakam's 2020 report spotlights child arrests for MCO violations, and how Covid lockdowns affected reproductive health services and access to justice for divorced women, besides increasing women's caregiving burden as health services shifted to Covid.

8 September 2021

Letter

Third Covid-19 Jab Warranted For Health Workers, Frontliners — FPMPAM, MMA, MPCAM

A third dose and consequentially periodical booster doses must be considered for health care workers.

25 May 2021

Letter

Tired Frontliners Near Breaking Point — Dr Tachdjian

Patients can be stranded in the emergency department at Kuala Lumpur Hospital for days waiting for admissions to the ward.

15 April 2021

Letter

Sibu Hospital’s Ridiculous Policy For Covid-19 Ward — Anonymous Frontliners

Even though our nurses have already served the medication and attended to all patients’ vital signs, they are not allowed to take off their PPE, but stand in the ward doing nothing until the next batch/shift colleagues come in.

5 April 2021

Malaysia

Malaysia’s Covid-19 Vaccine Demand Outstrips Supply: Khairy

Vaccine Minister Khairy Jamaluddin says that Malaysia’s Covid-19 vaccine supply will only exceed demand in July, when Malaysia is due to receive bulk vaccine deliveries from manufacturers.

23 March 2021

Malaysia

Perlis To Complete Frontliner Two-Dose Vaccination By April 8: Adham

Perlis managed to inoculate all registered frontliners, numbering at 9,526, with the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine by March 18, covering 3.7% of its population.

12 March 2021

Malaysia

Community Pharmacists Listed In Phase One For Early Covid-19 Jabs

Community pharmacists are placed in the second category of frontliners, together with private GPs and dentists, among others, says Dr Adham Baba.

9 March 2021

Malaysia

Malaysia Vaccinates One Third Of Frontliners Within Fortnight

If the current pace continues, the government will need another 26 days to administer at least the first Covid-19 vaccine dose to all 500,000 frontline workers, just slightly missing the March 31 target by three days.

2 March 2021

Letter

List All Health Workers Exposed To Covid-19 Under Category 1 Of Vaccination Programme — MMA

Although vaccinations for Category 1 and 2 of frontliners are meant to run concurrently, this is not reflected at the ground level, says the Malaysian Medical Association.

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“The Medical Frontliners’ Ballad”: Chronicling The Untold Stories Of Malaysia’s Covid-19 Heroes

Suhakam Reveals Pandemic’s Disproportionate Impact On Women, Children

Third Covid-19 Jab Warranted For Health Workers, Frontliners — FPMPAM, MMA, MPCAM

Tired Frontliners Near Breaking Point — Dr Tachdjian

Sibu Hospital’s Ridiculous Policy For Covid-19 Ward — Anonymous Frontliners

Malaysia’s Covid-19 Vaccine Demand Outstrips Supply: Khairy

Perlis To Complete Frontliner Two-Dose Vaccination By April 8: Adham

Community Pharmacists Listed In Phase One For Early Covid-19 Jabs

Malaysia Vaccinates One Third Of Frontliners Within Fortnight

List All Health Workers Exposed To Covid-19 Under Category 1 Of Vaccination Programme — MMA

Pork Importers Back Pig Farming Ban In Selangor

Time To Phase Out Colonial-Era PTD Scheme From Malaysia’s Civil Service

Sultan Sharafuddin Wants Total Pig Farming Ban In Selangor

Half Of EPF Members Have Under RM50,000, KWAP Warns Of ‘Optimism Bias’

Critical Manpower Shortage, Unsafe Working Conditions At HTAR Klang — Medical Officer