personal protective equipment (PPE) Archives

27 February 2023

Audit: Over 1 Million Covid Vaccine Doses Expired, PPE Usage Extremely Low

Malaysia has wasted more than 1.1 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, while excess PPE stock is causing storage issues in a number of major government hospitals (only 3% of protective suits in stock were used), revealed the Auditor-General’s report.

10 January 2023

Malaysia

MOH Directly Awarded 680 Contracts, One By Tender In 2021

The Ministry of Health made large numbers of emergency purchases during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, including PPEs, test kits, medicines, ambulances, and hybrid ICUs.

23 March 2021

Malaysia

Active Covid-19 Surveillance Needed For Health Workers: Expert

Health care workers who experience mild Covid-19 symptoms should not go to work and get tested instead if necessary, says an infectious disease expert from UM.

10 February 2021

Letter

Concerned Over Rising Prices Of Disposable Gloves — Malaysian Private Dental Practitioners’ Association

Dentists are burdened by the increasing costs of PPE, an essential item for their work.

18 September 2020

Malaysia

MOH Raises Covid-19 Testing Capacity To 38,000 Tests Daily

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has adequate protective gear for all infection and control activities that can last for at least two months.

4 August 2020

Malaysia

MOH Has Enough PPE Stock For Three Months

The Ministry of Health has spent RM252.7 million from a total allocation of RM299.4 million for protective gear for frontliners.

28 July 2020

Malaysia

Stampin MP Raises Poor Quarantine Conditions For Sentosa Hospital Staff

Health Minister Dr Adham Baba also acknowledges PPE shortages during MCO 2, 3, and 4.

21 July 2020

Malaysia

Bintulu MP Denounces Antigen Rapid Tests, Bemoans Late Sarawak PPE Supply

Tiong King Sing says the federal government sent Sarawak personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontliners only right at the end of the Covid-19 outbreak at the coping stage.

12 June 2020

Malaysia

MOH Suggests Testing Hospital Patients For Covid-19 Before Treatment

It’s more cost-effective, says Health DG, amid complaints of expensive PPE charged to patients at a private hospital.

12 June 2020

Malaysia

PJ Hospital Charges Patients Up To RM500 For Staff PPE

A Petaling Jaya private hospital's charges to two patients for nurses’ protective gear are more expensive than their drugs and medical procedures.

Tag: personal protective equipment (PPE)

Audit: Over 1 Million Covid Vaccine Doses Expired, PPE Usage Extremely Low

MOH Directly Awarded 680 Contracts, One By Tender In 2021

Active Covid-19 Surveillance Needed For Health Workers: Expert

Concerned Over Rising Prices Of Disposable Gloves — Malaysian Private Dental Practitioners’ Association

MOH Raises Covid-19 Testing Capacity To 38,000 Tests Daily

MOH Has Enough PPE Stock For Three Months

Stampin MP Raises Poor Quarantine Conditions For Sentosa Hospital Staff

Bintulu MP Denounces Antigen Rapid Tests, Bemoans Late Sarawak PPE Supply

MOH Suggests Testing Hospital Patients For Covid-19 Before Treatment

PJ Hospital Charges Patients Up To RM500 For Staff PPE

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