Everyone should adopt healthy behaviours to strengthen their defence against Covid-19, while also reducing the long-term risk from cardiovascular disease itself.
Dr Azhari Rosman from the National Heart Institute (IJN) says the Covid-19 epidemic has led to delayed treatments and follow-up sessions for diabetic patients.
The collaboration aims to empower patients in Malaysia to take control of their health by launching a digital therapeutics platform that focuses on three key therapeutic areas namely smoking cessation, vaccination, and heart health.
Hang Tuah Jaya MP Shamsul Iskandar Akin notes that cardiovascular and kidney disease are the most common causes of death for Malaysians, killing 172,031 people in 2018.
Mukhriz Mahathir asks MOH to increase the budget for research and technical support and to give it to the Institute of Medical Research (IMR) Malaysia, instead of cutting it.