THAILAND- A nurse at Tha Wang Pha hospital in Nan province has won the best research award for treatment of haemophilia patients – which could cut treatment by nearly half and shorten their treatment period.
In addition to the top award and Bt20,000 in prize money presented to Chularat Suriyathip, the Public Health Ministry has awarded [...]
KOTA KINABALU – Nurses who have undergone specialized cardiac training in Kuching and Johor Bahru are forming part of the support staff to the doctors at the Sabah Heart Centre in Queen Elizabeth Hospital 2 (QEH2, formerly Sabah Medical Centre) . The new heart centre, which is purported to be comparable to that [...]
TWENTY-one experts from 12 countries convened near Geneva, Switzerland, in late June to explore current patterns, types, and causal and contributing factors of global nurse faculty migration, a phenomenon where nursing faculty leave their country of origin to work elsewhere. This international summit, convened by the International Council of Nurses (ICN) and the Honor Society [...]
IPOH – The Perak Barisan Nasional Public Service and Complaints Centre wants to increase the number of organ donors in the state.
Perak Barisan information chief Datuk Hamdi Abu Bakar, who is adviser to the centre, said it had managed to get 151 people to pledge their organs and tissues to those in need.
Among those who [...]
ALOR GAJAH – Leptospirosis, a rat urine-borne disease that has caused the deaths of nine people in the country so far, has been made a notifiable disease, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
He said medical practitioners that come across or treat patients with bacterial infections related to leptospirosis or melioidosis would have to [...]
HULU SELANGOR – The government will upgrade the services provided at community clinics nationwide under the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
Liow said under the 10MP which will be carried out in stages, a medical attendant or medical officer would be placed at every community clinic.
He said currently community [...]
DEMC Specialist Hospital in Shah Alam, Selangor considers itself to be in the league of healthcare providers which looks to “futuristic” type medical treatment.
Stem cells therapy, for instance, is one of the advances which has inspired the hospital to go beyond the range of conventional medical and surgical services.
Chief executive officer Datuk Dr Omar Abdul [...]
BASED on a report by the World Health Organisation on worldwide shortage of healthcare personnel, students pursuing healthcare-related education will not only find fulfillment in their careers but will also find that it is easier to find employment here and overseas.
Physiotherapists restore optimum movement and functional abilities of patients.
The profession focuses on movement as central [...]
KOTA KINABALU – Sabah Health Director Dr Mohd Yusof Haji Ibrahim has called on the people in the state to be patient, saying that they would be able to enjoy better health and medical facilities and services in 30 months.
The contractor has, since early July, mobilized high-rise cranes, tractors and workers and delivery of building [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – The Institute of Medical Research (IMR) is coordinating bacteria surveillance for the New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1) gene, which makes bacteria resistant to almost all antibiotics and thus turning them into “Superbugs”.
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said the surveillance is performed by a network of hospital-based microbiology laboratories.
“Altough NDM-1 resistance [...]
