Dr Tan Poh Tin writes about her experience as a student volunteer at the maternal and child health clinics run by the Sarawak Anglican Church in the villages of Benuk and Mentu from 1970-1971.
Khairy Jamaluddin tells the first HWP town hall, held in Sarawak, that he will talk to the Advisory Council co-chairs about representation from Sarawak, Sabah, and pharmacists.
Sarawak General Hospital (SGH), Clinical Research Malaysia, and Novartis have signed an MOU, where SGH will be the multinational pharmaceutical company’s preferred clinical research centre.
As many as 35 participants (10 cyclists and around 25 volunteers), including two cancer survivors, participated in a 10-day bicycle ride from Sandakan to Sibu from July 15-25.
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.
Dr Kelvin Yii warns the government of a potential crisis, noting that some conditions are life-threatening if patients can’t get medications immediately.
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.
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.