SHAH ALAM, Feb 12 — The Selangor Zakat Board (LZS) distributed food packs to 1,250 frontline staff at Sungai Buloh Hospital and Selayang Hospital, over a period of four weeks beginning Wednesday (February 10).

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 9 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is looking for more volunteers to take part in phase 3 of Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has received a huge boost in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic when 95 private hospitals agreed to help the government treat the patients, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

TANAH MERAH, Jan 18 — Part of a seven-storey block under construction at the Tanah Merah Hospital here caught fire last night.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — The Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) Integrated Hospital near here will start operating on Jan 24 to treat Covid-19 patients in categories three, four and five to be stabilised before they are sent for intensive treatment to the hospital.

TAMPIN, Dec 31 — Police are tracking down a Covid-19 patient who fled from Tampin Hospital yesterday.

SHAH ALAM, Dec 22 — An Immigration officer, who is in a private hospital for high blood and heart problems, was charged with accepting RM3,000 as an inducement to not pursue an investigation he was conducting.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 — The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Service (Cuepacs) has disagreed with the proposal that disciplinary action be taken against hospital staff who fail to comply with standard operating procedures (SOP) to prevent Covid-19 transmission.

PETALING JAYA, Nov 17 — Two foreign men who were confirmed positive for Covid-19 today were charged from a lockup and a hospital ward respectively through the ‘Zoom’ video-conferencing application.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 31 — About 40 per cent of the 16,060 beds for treating Covid-19 patients at hospitals and Quarantine and Low Risk Treatment Centres (PKRC) nationwide are being used as of 10 pm on Thursday.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 27 — Director-General of Health, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has refuted allegations that the health system in Sabah was collapsing due to the spike in Covid-19 cases in the state.

JELEBU, Oct 20 — A total of 207 Kuala Klawang Mara Junior Science College (MRSM) students were down with food poisoning since early morning today after eating at the school’s dining hall yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has increased bed capacity in hospitals and Covid-19 Low-risk Quarantine Treatment Centres (PKRC) to 11,076 to ensure the country’s healthcare system is able to deal with Covid-19.

KOTA KINABALU, Oct 9 — Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor has tested positive for Covid-19 and is now undergoing treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Public Relations Secretary to the Chief Minister Effendi Mohamed Sunoh said.

SHAH ALAM, Sept 15 — The Selangor Zakat Board (LZS) yesterday distributed over RM1.8 million to its patient welfare funds at 17 hospitals around Selangor and Kuala Lumpur to help the asnaf (tithe recipients) who are in need of medical assistance.

PUTRAJAYA, June 9 — The Health Ministry (MOH) will hold joint discussions with the Education Ministry (MOE) today regarding the reopening dates for schools during the recovery movement control order (RMCO) period.

SUNGAI PETANI, June 8 — Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental illness that, if not treated early, can badly affect the people living with it, an expert says.

PUTRAJAYA, June 8 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has set aside 30 per cent of hospital beds for Covid-19 patients although the number of coronavirus cases has continued to drop, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — National hammer thrower Jackie Wong was finally discharged today after being hospitalised for more than two months for Covid-19, according to the Malaysian Athletics Federation (MAF) president Datuk S.M.

PUTRAJAYA, May 27 — All Covid-19 patients in the country will be discharged even if they still test positive after 14 days of hospital treatment, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.