KOTA KINABALU – The Society For Sabah Heart Fund (SOSHF) hopes to raise up to RM750,000 to build or purchase a property that could be used as a ‘halfway home’ for congenital heart patients seeking treatment at the Likas Hospital, near here.
SOSHF honorary secretary Eva Susau told a press conference held in conjunction with a [...]
GEORGE TOWN – The state government recently mooted a proposal for a dental hospital to be set up in Batu Kawan.
Deputy Chief Minister II Prof P. Ramasamy said the set up of such a hospital will be good for dental tourism.
“There is land and the second link will be completed in 2013.
“A specialist dental hospital [...]
KUALA LUMPUR - The first campaign began with 300 dental clinics offering free check-ups during Oral Health Month in 2004. This year, the number of participating clinics offering free check-ups has risen to over 700.
The annual campaign, now in its eighth year, has successfully educated the public in the importance of good oral hygiene.
Last year, [...]
KUALA LUMPUR - Deaths due to dengue fever has dropped significantly in 2011 as only nine deaths were recorded from Jan until April 9, compared with 47 deaths in the same period last year.
Health Director-General Datuk Dr Hasan Abdul Rahman said it was a drop of 81 per cent or 38 deaths.
During the same period, [...]
KOTA KINABALU – The cholera control operations room for Penampang and Putatan, near here, has been activated following reports of two cholera cases there early this week, Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Yahya Hussin said. He said one of the cases was reported at a “kongsi” house of a construction project in Putatan and [...]
Alliance Research is generally positive on Masterskill Education Bhd’s venture into Indonesia due to its huge potential market.
However, the research house only expects the venture to contribute meaningfully from financial year 2014 onwards.
At present, specific details are still scant. Thus, Masterskill’s fundamentals remain unchanged.
Alliance Research lauds the overseas venture based on several factors which include [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – More surgeons will be trained to perform advanced laparascopic procedure, or keyhole surgery, when the Advanced Surgical Skills Centre in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC) is completed by the end of this year.
Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said that previously, laparascopy was only performed on patients suffering from gallstone.
“However, [...]
TAPAH – Perak received an allocation of about RM1.9 billion for various health projects and programmes under the Tenth Malaysia Plan (10MP), said State Health and Environment Committee chairman Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon.
He said among the major projects were the Allied Health Science College in Ipoh and upgrading works at the Taiping Hospital and [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – Taxi driver K. Kalaimani, 49, has been suffering from blurred vision in both eyes for years.
To make matters worse, the father of five, with three school-going children, was diagnosed with coronary artery disease a month ago and this has disrupted his daily routine.
Earning only RM800 a month, he can hardly afford to [...]
KOTA KINABALU – Lung cancer tops the list of terminally ill patients seeking care at the Palliative Care Association Kota Kinabalu (PCAKK) last year.
According to PCAKK medical officer Dr Joseph Ninan, the association took care of 198 terminally ill patients, 45 of whom suffered from lung cancer.
Other types of prevalent cancer suffered by the patients [...]
