TWO experienced community nurses from Sibu division have been given awards for their contributions in the medical field for more than 20 years.
Murni Umar was presented with the Best Community Nurse (Hospital Category) 2010 award by virtue of her service in clinics and hospitals in the rural and urban areas.
A recipient of the Excellent Award [...]
AN LPN is a Licensed Practical Nurse. Carrying this credential means that you have been trained to provide patient care at a certain level in a variety of settings. Hospitals, long-term care facilities, hospice, and home health agencies all use LPN’s to perform their patient services and care.
In Hospitals, LPN’s do a large portion of [...]
Developments in the health care sector demand a more evolved role of nurses. Despite the compliance of nurses to cope with these demands, the general perception of what nurses really do has remained stagnant.
The nurses, described stereotypically as being merely the doctor’s right hand is not even close to the real picture. Doctors usually have [...]
IPOH – It is estimated that 200 million people or three per cent of the world’s population have intellectual disability, and they have little or no access to proper healthcare for the majority of their lives, and Malaysia is no exception.
“Although we are doing a good job compared to other countries, overall I think Malaysia [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – Environmentalists say a proposal to release genetically modified ‘terminator’ mosquitoes in Malaysia to combat deadly dengue fever puts public health at risk.
The Malaysian government has proposed releasing male so-called terminator mosquitoes with ‘killer’ genes that would lead to a reduction in the population of the Aedes mosquito, which carries the dengue virus, [...]
JASIN – Malaysia’s first school for pregnant teenagers opened on Friday but the controversial facility, aimed at curbing an epidemic of “baby dumping”, has yet to sign up a single student.
Conservative commentators in Muslim-majority Malaysia have complained that Sekolah Harapan or “School of Hope” will only encourage premarital sex.
But its chairman Rahaman Karim defended the [...]
MELAKA – Medical specialisation, low costs and friendly service are among the factors which have drawn Indonesians to Melaka to seek treatment for ailments.
Many of these patients, popularly known as health tourists, come from several places in Sumatra, such as Pekan Baru, Aceh, Batam, Dumai, Bengkalis, Medan and Tanjung Pinang.
They learnt about the services and [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia said Monday its dengue fever death rate spiralled 53 percent this year, but backed away from a controversial trial of releasing genetically modified mosquitoes to wipe out the disease.
“There was a major rise in deaths due to dengue fever, with 107 deaths so far this year compared to 70 [...]
MONTREAL, Canada – Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) will soon make a name and enforce its credibility on the international level through efforts to build a Super Hospital.
UiTM Vice-Chancellor Datuk Prof Ir Dr Sahol Hamid Abu Bakar said the university was ready to pioneer a hospital project.
“This project will place UiTM on the world map,” he [...]
A NURSE is a qualified individual who has obtained the education and expertise to assist patients to get well and is seen as the key information resource for patients, new parents, families, and communities.
Tun Tan Cheng Lock (TTCL) College of Nursing, Assunta Hospital has been generating qualified and competent nurses since 1961.
Since its inception, the [...]
