This speech was read by Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah Director General of Health Malaysia in Opening Ceremony 4th International Public Health Conference: “New Paradigm in Public Health Nutrition: Towards Competent Policy and Practice”, Wednesday, 27 August 2014, 10.00 am, Putrajaya Bismillahirahmanirrahim Yang Berbahagia Prof. Dato’ Dr Raymond […]
Press Response on article in New Straits Times Online, 18th August 2014 “Drug addicts threaten medical officers for methadone” Ministry of Health is grateful over Cuepec’s concern on the security of health care workers providing methadone to drug addicts. The Ministry does not deny the report about aggressiveness […]
PRESS STATEMENT : MALAYSIAN MEDICAL COUNCIL 1. I refer to the article published in the New Straits Times, on the 19 August 2014, Page 9 – “Drop in intake for medical degrees” 2. The Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) would like to clarify that all accredited medical schools in […]
Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera Sesungguhnya tahun ini memberi banyak cabaran kepada seluruh rakyat Malaysia apabila berlakunya insiden yang tidak disangka ke atas pesawat #MH17. Tambahan pula, insiden kehilangan pesawat #MH370 masih lagi segar di dalam ingatan kita semua. Diharap ujian yang diberikan kepada kita ini akan menjadikan negara kita […]
The MH17 DVI Operation was an eye opener and a great experience for those who are directly involved in the operation. We have the professional expertise in handling similar situations elsewhere. Definitely there is room for improvement. MH17 tragedy was a tragic incident and every Malaysian and the […]
Disaster Victims Identification (DVI) is done very systematically. The facility is also arranged in such a way to ensure data is protected and kept systematically as well. These are some of general description on what happen at antemortem data centre, postmortem data centre, mortuary and reconciliation centre… The Data […]
The Disaster Victims Identification (DVI) process was held in Korpraal van Oudheusdenkazerne, Hilversum Military camp, situated about 30 km from Amsterdam, dedicated for military medical education and training. It was the chosen site as it is able to provide security, safety and confidentiality to the DVI personnel, victim […]
A Malaysian Airline (MAS) aircraft codenamed MH17 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur crashed at about 9.00 pm Malaysian time (3.00 pm Ukrainian time) killing all 298 people on board including all of it crew members. It was postulated that the plane was being shot down by a […]
SITUASI SEMASA DEMAM DENGGI DI MALAYSIA Bagi Minggu 33 tahun 2014 (10 – 16 Ogos 2014) Perlaksanaan Pelan Tindakan Jawatankuasa Peringkat Kebangsaan Mengenai Denggi 2014 untuk memeranggi denggi kini telah dilaksanakan selama 5 minggu sejak ianya dilancarkan pada 14 Julai 2014. Pelan Tindakan ini dilaksanakan di tiga negeri […]
Tahun ini merupakan tahun yang ke-22 kita menyambut Minggu Penyusuan Susu Ibu Sedunia, dengan tema Penyusuan Susu Ibu: Satu Matlamat Kejayaan Sepanjang Hayat (Breastfeeding: A Winning Goal for Life). Tema pada tahun ini menekankan kepentingan untuk meningkat dan mengekalkan perlindungan, galakan dan sokongan terhadap penyusuan susu ibu dalam […]
Tahun ini merupakan tahun yang ke-22 kita menyambut Minggu Penyusuan Susu Ibu Sedunia, dengan tema Penyusuan Susu Ibu: Satu Matlamat Kejayaan Sepanjang Hayat (Breastfeeding: A Winning Goal for Life). Tema pada tahun ini menekankan kepentingan untuk meningkatkan dan mengekalkan perlindungan, galakan dan sokongan terhadap penyusuan susu ibu dalam […]
Melentur buluh biarlah dari rebungnya… Saya mengambil kesempatan pada kali ini untuk memperkenalkan program Doktor Muda yang dilaksanakan oleh pihak Kementerian Kesihatan. Ia merupakan suatu program jangka masa panjang bagi menerapkan gaya hidup sihat di kalangan kanak-kanak seterusnya ia diharapkan dapat dikekalkan apabila mereka dewasa kelak, bak kata […]
Klinik Kesihatan Padawan It was my first time coming to this area, 60 km or 1 hour drive from Kuching. This clinic started its services in 1960 by a medical assistant. It was then upgraded to health clinic and officially opened in 1979 by Parliamentary Secretary to the […]
Klinik 1Malaysia Serian It was another interesting moment when I visited Klinik 1Malaysia Serian yesterday. K1M is located about 5 minutes from Hospital Serian. Like other K1M, it provides basic primary care services to cater for minor illnesses like upper respiratory tract infection etc. Procedures like blood cholesterol, […]
Hospital Serian I had an opportunity today to visit Hospital Serian. Serian is one of districts in Bahagian Samarahan, 64 km from Kuching (quite a distance) with a total population of 102,000. It took me about an hour to reach Serian from Kuching. It is good to know […]
