Bencana banjir pada tahun ini telah menyebabkan kesan musibah yang amat getir terhadap mereka yang terpaksa mengharunginya. Adalah sukar untuk memastikan keselamatan dan kesihatan penghuni semasa menghadapi bencana ini. Tetapi, jika kita dapat mengikuti peraturan mudah dan peringatan tentang banjir…
Having had no previous clinical experience, I was very nervous, especially whenever an emergency occurred in my cubicle and even when diluting intravenous medication. I still remember my first time cleaning a patient’s bowel movement. I was fighting with myself…
Sekiranya anda membaca akhbar baru-baru ini, saya yakin ramai yang tersentak dengan statistik tuberkulosis (tibi) yang menggemparkan, sebagaimana yang dilaporkan oleh Menteri Kesihatan, Datuk Seri Dr. S. Subramaniam. Tuberkulosis ialah penyakit kedua paling menular di dunia selepas HIV/AIDS. Tahun lepas,…
“Penyakit Ebola tiada penawar. Pesakit memerlukan pemerhatian berterusan untuk memastikan tekanan darah mereka tidak menjunam ke aras yang boleh membawa maut, dan seorang demi seorang daripada mereka menemui ajal. Ia adalah ancaman kesihatan awam terhadap manusia”- Dhesi Baha Raja Yambuku,…
As we mourn the senseless loss of the innocent lives taken, in addition, the medical community appears to have also suffered an unexpected blow. When my colleague wrote on his Facebook status that many doctors were on the ill fated…
The government has a responsibility to protect the health of its population, some difficult decisions will have to be made, and we need a strong-willed government to make the necessary changes in the country to enable behavioural change and shift…
As you browse the newspaper recently, I am sure many are alarmed by the staggering tuberculosis (TB) health statistics reported by the Health Minister, Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam. Tuberculosis is the second most contagious disease after HIV/ AIDS worldwide.…
Hari Kesihatan Sedunia disambut pada 7 April setiap tahun bagi memperingati penubuhan Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia (WHO) pada tahun 1948. Setiap tahun, tema yang berbeza dipilih bagi memberi penekanan kepada usaha untuk meningkatkan kesedaran masyarakat mengenai isu-isu kesihatan global semasa yang…
Throughout the centuries, the timeline of events in the history of drugs can be traced back as early as in the year 5000 B.C when the Sumerian people in the Middle East first used opium as recreational drug. The development…
Our prayers take flight – Dr Hidayatul Radziah Ismawi Where were you that fateful day? When all that was left to do was pray When our hearts sank at news so sad For hope and faith were all…