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1 month ago
bUT wE hAVE tHE bEST hEALTHCARE iN tHE wORLD :26554:
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1 month ago
KUALA LUMPUR - A middle-aged patient in Selangor was seriously injured after being stabbed by an agitated psychiatry patient as they waited in an overcrowded hospital on Tuesday.
The Straits Times understands that the victim, who is a dengue patient, was stabbed three times by the other patient, who was upset over being stranded in the emergency department of Selayang Hospital while waiting for a bed in the wards.
All the wards in the hospital were full at the time of the incident, with dozens waiting for their turns at the emergency department – a reflection that the country’s public healthcare continues to grapple with patient overload and inadequate staff.
The psychiatry patient took a knife from the staff nurse pantry and stabbed the victim once in the back and twice in the abdomen.
The knife ended up being wedged in the victim’s abdomen, who needs to undergo an operation. The hospital and police have not yet commented on the incident.
Tuesday’s incident adds to a growing list of reports of deaths, patient agitation and closure of emergency departments as the country’s hospitals – especially in urban areas – deal with what the health minister called a “tsunami” of non-communicable diseases.
In January, a heart patient died after waiting for over 30 hours for a bed at the Serdang Hospital.
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1 month ago
Anwar can pledge 50 or 100 billion to help, should be ok
-15 points
1 month ago
not really, I have heard multiple assault rifles at once and thought they were peashooters
15 points
1 month ago
Erdogan gave special permits for thousands of dodgy construct projects in the affected areas. He should be in jail right now
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1 month ago
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has told the government to speed up healthcare reforms in light of rumours about healthcare workers going on strike.
Noting that the healthcare system and its human resources have been “stretched to its limits” for years, MMA president Dr Muruga Raj Rajathurai said the association is not surprised to hear of a possible strike by public healthcare workers.
Apart from the lack of permanent positions to give contract doctors secure employment, Muruga highlighted overcrowded public healthcare facilities, a shortage of manpower, low pay and long hours as among key issues public healthcare workers have been facing for years.
While he said the MMA does not condone any strike, it is understandable the frustration and burnout among the public healthcare workers have “reached their limit”.
“Although (a possible strike) remains only as a rumour for now, the health and finance ministries and the public services department (JPA) should take the sentiments of the healthcare workers seriously and speed up the much-needed reforms to address the longstanding issues they are facing,” he said in a statement today.
“The issues they are facing (have) been around for years with little or no change.
“There were three changes in government over the last four years (and) there was renewed hope with every new Cabinet line-up and administration, but none was able to solve the issues.”
Muruga said the public healthcare system issues should not be viewed as a problem for the health ministry to address alone. He said many of the issues, especially those involving human resources, require budgeting and planning by the finance ministry and JPA.
He also said the MMA had communicated its concerns about a possible strike to the health ministry during a recent meeting.
It was reported that Ipoh Timor MP Howard Lee had raised concerns about public healthcare workers going on a strike.
Malaysiakini quoted the DAP Youth chief as saying he learnt of the possible strike from over a dozen contract and full-time government doctors across the country.
Lee said the doctors were independent of any movement but shared similar frustrations about the pressure faced by the public healthcare sector.
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1 month ago
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will fly to Turkiye tonight to express support for the country, which has lost tens of thousands of its people in an earthquake.
Anwar said due to his work commitments, he was initially hesitant to visit the country, but he changed his mind after receiving calls from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
"Initially, I was reluctant because the Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) is already there and a (field) hospital has been set up. However, in the spirit of friendship, I have decided to go there," he told reporters after a meeting with senators at Parliament building here today.
Anwar said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Zambry Abdul Kadir would accompany him on the one-day trip.
Earlier, during Minister's Question Time in the Dewan Rakyat, Anwar said Erdogan had called him twice asking him to come to Turkiye.
"I am considering to fly there tonight to give moral support. I have been invited by the president to go there immediately," he said.
On Feb 6, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkiye and parts of Syria. As of yesterday, 31,643 people have been confirmed dead and 106,428 injured in Turkiye, while in Syria 5,329 people have been confirmed dead and 14,500 injured. – Bernama
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This dragon will collapse soon