PUTRAJAYA, Jan 28 — The Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) is investigating allegations of ventilator failure in two incidents involving patients at the hospital.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 27 — Early findings from a study on the effectiveness of management and treatment of cancer patients at the National Cancer Institute (IKN) found that 93 to 95 per cent of breast cancer patients have a survival rate exceeding three years compared to between 86 and 91 per cent a decade ago.

GAZA, Nov 19 — The Israeli army forcibly evacuated about 500 patients from Al-Shifa Hospital in the west of Gaza City, including those who had been injured by its extensive onslaughts, and left them to meet their fate on the streets as they were in serious condition and in need of extensive medical care, the government’s media office in the Gaza Strip said on Saturday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — The World Health Organisation (WHO) has repeated the call that hospitals and other health facilities must be protected from bombardment and military use amid the ongoing Israel indiscriminate attacks on the Gaza Strip since Oct 7.

By Yasmin Ramlan  KUALA SELANGOR, Oct 26 — The Selangor government is looking into developing a digital application (app) to digitalise and connect the database of patients’ health information.  State executive councillor for public health and environment Jamaliah Jamaluddin said that the...

PUTRAJAYA, March 27 — The Bandar Botanik Health Clinic (Klinik Kesihatan) in Klang now operates seven days a week, including on public holidays, as a pilot project to deal with overcrowding at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) Emergency and Trauma Department.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 18 — The public has been urged to refer to nearby health facilities to get treatment for normal and non-emergency cases to help reduce overcrowding at the Emergency Department of the Cyberjaya Hospital.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 6 — The Health Ministry (MOH) will continue to listen and work on identifying solutions pertaining to issues in the emergency department in hospitals.

MELAKA, Dec 5 — More than 20,000 new cancer patients, with an average age of over 40 years,  are detected in Malaysia every year, said National Cancer Society of Malaysia (NCSM) managing director Dr M.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — Severe cases among unvaccinated younger people are outnumbering cases among vaccinated elderly people, which may be possibly linked to vaccine hesitancy, according to doctors in a Covid-19 hospital in Klang.

SHAH ALAM, Sept 21 — Usage of critical care or intensive care unit (ICU) beds for Covid-19 patients in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (HTAR) in Klang has dropped by over 80 per cent, said its director.

PETALING JAYA, Sept 16 — University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) has become the first hospital to use a Malaysian-made Portable Negative Pressure Isolation Carrier (Isopod) which can be used to transport highly contagious Covid-19 patients in ambulances.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 — A total of 19,326 cases or 98.4 per cent of the 19,631 new Covid-19 cases reported today are in categories 1 and 2, involving asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients respectively.

SHAH ALAM, Aug 17 — The number of daily admissions of Covid-19 patients for treatment at Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR), Klang has dropped by over 50 per cent since last week.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 — The good news shared by a Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) medical officer yesterday that the number of Covid-19 patients at its emergency department has dropped was confirmed by its director Dr.

SHAH ALAM, July 22 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) is using Baricitinib, a new drug combination to prevent Covid-19 patients from transitioning to a more severe category, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 —  The Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) will expand the Disaster Management Zone (DMZ) to all Armed Forces Hospitals (HAT), said Armed Forces Health Services Division director-general Lt Gen Datuk Dr Zulkeffeli Mat Jusoh.

By Afix Redzuan SHAH ALAM, July 2 — Covid-19 patients said the home assessment kits provided by the state government made it easier for them to monitor their health condition during the quarantine period. Private sector worker, Mohd Faezuan Mohd Izan, 34, monitored the oxygen level in his...

By Amin Ridzuan Ishak SHAH ALAM, June 11 — The health status of Covid-19 category one and two patients who are supplied with home assessment tools by the Selangor government will be monitored daily, says state executive councillor for public health Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud. She said trained...

PUTRAJAYA, June 3 — The whole country has been embroiled in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic for more than a year now, however, public awareness, positive attitude and good practices to control the spread of the disease are still lacking.