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A haemodialysis centre is proposed at Sungai Tulai, Meradong, among nine projects still at design and tender stage. 🩺
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Continue reading ↗Sarikei Hospital had about 11,000 inpatients and 39,000 outpatients in 2025, but only 331 parking bays against an estimated need of 450. 🚗
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Continue reading ↗Haze could cost Malaysia RM20mil–RM50mil a day, economists say. Haze-linked respiratory illness alone cost about RM410mil in 2013. 😷
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Continue reading ↗Three teenagers suffered electric shocks during a temple procession in Alor Setar after a flag reportedly contacted a high-voltage power line. They were taken to …
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Continue reading ↗KPJ's AI-assisted colonoscopy at Johor Specialist Hospital uses ENAD to analyse images in real time; doctors retain judgement. 🩺
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Continue reading ↗Schools are shut over haze, but a UM paediatric ENT specialist asks whether we are paying enough attention to the effects on children's health. 😷
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Continue reading ↗At the haze peak, Serian residents breathed air equal to about 23 cigarettes a day, says Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii, citing Berkeley Earth estimates. 🚬
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Continue reading ↗MOH will push to make contract dental and pharmacy officers permanent too, on a quota separate from the 9,000 doctor posts, says Dzulkefly. 🦷
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