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2022-2023 EVENTS



2022 Events

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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No special treatment for VIPs at hospitals

VIPs are not prioritised for treatment over urgent cases involving the general public at government hospitals, says health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

In denying claims that such practice was common, he said the health ministry’s policy was clear in giving priority to “emergency and urgent cases”.

“It is important to note that the ministry’s policy puts emergency and urgent cases first in order to ensure treatment is provided without any delay,” he told FMT.

Recently, the news portal CodeBlue uploaded an article purportedly written by a doctor at Hospital Serdang who claimed there would be calls from “higher ups” to immediately attend to VIPs at the emergency department despite their being in stable condition.

The doctor alleged other specialists would also be called in to expedite care for the VIPs despite long queues of patients who had been brought to the department before the VIPs.

Urging the complainant to furnish facts to support the allegations that the practice was common, Noor Hisham pointed out that public hospitals have no special lane for VIPs or VVIPs.

“We (only) have a special lane for the elderly,” he said.

Separately, Noor Hisham encouraged the public to schedule appointments to avoid congestion.

“We encourage scheduling an appointment. This helps to manage congestion and unnecessary overcrowding,” he said.

Yesterday, health minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said the ministry has begun drawing up plans to resolve overcrowding at government hospitals.

The issue was raised in the auditor general’s report for 2018, published on June 24, 2019.

The report stated that such a situation did not only exist at government hospitals’ emergency and trauma department, but also at its outpatient clinics and inpatient wards, as well as the government health clinics (KK). – FMT