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28 Aug - 01 Sep 2022
The International Surgical Week (ISW)
Kuala Lumpur

31 Aug – 2 Sept 2022
Medical Fair Asia
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

3-9 September
Medical Fair Asia
Digital, Online

9-10 September 2022
World Pediatrics Conference
Bangkok, Thailand

9-10 September 2022
World Heart and Cardiothoracic Surgery Conference
Bangkok, Thailand

19-21 September 2022
23rd SE-Asian Healthcare & Pharma Show
Kuala Lumpur

27-29 September 2022
Smart Healthcare Expo (Health Malaysia)
MITEC

27-29 September 2022
Asia Pandemic Congress
Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre

19-20 September 2022
23nd Global Nursing Education Conference
Brisbane, Australia

30 Sep - 2 Oct 2022
Malaysia International Dental Show (MIDS)
Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre, Subang Jaya, Malaysia

7-9 November 2022
Saudi International MedLab Expo
Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center

7-9 November 2022
Saudi International Pharma Expo
Riyadh International Convention and Exhibition Center

11-13 November 2022
Eldercare Exhibition and Conference Asia (ELDEX Asia 2022)
Suntex Singapore Exhibition and Convention Centre

14-15 November 2022
Healthcare Asia Pacific
Osaka, Japan

2023 Events

30 May – 1 June 2023
APHM
KL Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur

13-15 September 2023
Medical Fair Thailand
BITEC, Bangkok


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Health Ministry to improve health services in Sabah, Sarawak, says minister

The Ministry of Health (MoH) will improve health services, especially in terms of infrastructure, in Sabah and Sarawak.

Its minister, Dr Zaliha Mustafa said her ministry has taken note of the complaints and problems related to health services in both these states.

She said these included the incident on Tuesday involving an elderly woman from Lawas who was reported to have died while being sent to the Miri Hospital after the ambulance was unable to pass through the Sungai Tujoh Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) Complex in Miri, Sarawak.

“Actually, we are aware of the health services issues in Sabah and Sarawak, and we have also seen what caused it to happen in Lawas.

“It is about infrastructure… the trip from Lawas to the hospital in Miri is very far away and there are several checkpoints to pass through, therefore, these are among the issues we need to try to improve,” she told reporters after paying a working visit to the Segamat Hospital here today.

According to a Borneo Post report, there was no one at the gate of the ICQS complex when the ambulance arrived at the complex at around 1.30am.

Dr Zaliha said efforts to improve these health services need the integrated cooperation of other government agencies.

In the meantime, Dr Zaliha said she would examine one by one the earlier reported 13 ‘sick’ projects under the MoH before any action is taken.

“We need to look into each ‘ailment’ and then go into detail. We need to look at the complaints and diagnosis, and only then we can do something to overcome the problem,” she said.

In September, former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin was reported to have said that efforts were underway in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Works to find a way either to speed up the projects involved or through the process of appointing a ‘rescue contractor’.

Meanwhile, Dr Zaliha, who is also the Sekijang member of parliament, said the Segamat Hospital’s additional new building, worth RM90.5 million, will be operational early next year.

She also said the new building, which began construction in 2018, will be equipped with four operation theatres, an intensive care unit (ICU) as well as a respiratory and hydrodynamics unit (RHU) that could accommodate the needs of 223,000 residents in this district.

“With the facilities provided in this additional block, Segamat Hospital will be able to further expand its services to meet the needs of the residents in the district,” she added.

Also present during the working visit were MoH secretary-general Datuk Harjeet Singh, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah and Johor Health director Datuk Dr Aman Rabu. — Bernama