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KOTA DAMANSARA, Oct 2 — Thomson Hospital Kota Damansara (Thomson) has unveiled handheld, robotic-assisted technology in its operating theatres, bringing a new level of surgical precision to minimally invasive total knee replacement. This new service strengthens the hospital’s…
All three are doctors. A primary care doctor is a doctor, a hospital doctor is a doctor, and a public health doctor is also a doctor. All practise medicine. What differs is their…
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) Sabah said yesterday that only 47 out of 138 medical officers from outside Sabah assigned to hospital postings in…
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) urged medical officers today to report for duty by October 7 at their new placements, amid many early no-shows in Sabah and…
I owe a great deal to my housemanship. Much of the doctor I became, and the way I lead today, began there. But reading the recent accounts of housemen’s working conditions, I…
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 — Although nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) is a relatively rare cancer globally, Malaysia remains one of the countries with the highest burdens of the head and…
The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) calls on the government to urgently revert to the previous percentage-based Regional Incentive Payment (BIW) and introduce stronger…
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 — A Warisan leader has sounded the alarm on the high number of medical officers not reporting for duty for permanent positions in Sabah and Sarawak…
Three years after the decriminalisation of attempted suicide, the Madani government has reaffirmed its commitment to mental health with the launch of the National Suicide and…
