Prologue Though less has been mentioned of this particular infectious disease, there leaves a lot to be dwelled on when it comes to mind. Not many healthcare practitioners, especially the more junior ones would have come across it as it…
“There’s no specific drug to treat Ebola. Patients need constant supervision to make sure their blood pressure doesn’t crash to deadly levels, one by one they die. A Major Public Health threat to mankind” – Dhesi Baha Raja Yambuku, It…
We have seen a series of disease outbreaks in Malaysia. SARS, Nipah virus, Japanese encephalitis, H1N1, to name a few. The effects from those outbreaks are shattering. Fathers lose their sons, daughters lose their mothers, and the basic family unit…
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.…