1 July 2022
Dr John Chew Chee Ming, a consultant anaesthetist from Sarawak, previously served as council member on the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) and is currently a committee member of the MMC.
Tag: Sarawak
13 June 2022
Dr Kelvin Yii warns the government of a potential crisis, noting that some conditions are life-threatening if patients can’t get medications immediately.
9 June 2022
The private Children & Heart Specialist Clinic asks for help from Miri Hospital to sell or loan supplies, as it will run out of all paediatric medicines in 3-5 days or a week at best.
23 March 2022
According to Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin calls Sarawak “Darul Vaksin” with nearly 70% of under-12 children in the state receiving at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose.
11 March 2022
Sarawak General Hospital and Sibu Hospital are facing at least 5% reduction of their health care workforce over Covid quarantine, straining capacity to maintain elective care.
27 January 2022
Sarawak officials say the state’s hospital admission data includes suspected Covid patients and asymptomatic or mild cases isolating in quarantine centres.
28 December 2021
Khairy Jamaluddin says 85% of booster recipients in Sarawak received Pfizer and no serious AEFI was reported, while Covid-19 infections, ICU cases, and deaths dropped amid an aggressive booster campaign.
28 December 2021
Tiong King Sing says an Omicron case in Bintulu, Sarawak, was released from a quarantine hotel before his test results were out and later played basketball with other people.
27 December 2021
People need to know that in Sibu, wards were extremely crowded, patients were waiting to receive intensive care, and oxygen ports were insufficient.
24 December 2021
The case involves a woman in Kuching with no recent travel history; separately, Indonesia reported Dec 23 three imported Omicron cases from Congo and Malaysia among Indonesian migrant workers.