NEWS LIST

IMAM, FIMA supports compulsory vaccination

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 (Bernama) -- The Islamic Medical Association of Malaysia (IMAM) and Federation of Islamic Medical Associations (FIMA) fully support compulsory vaccination for babies and children to ensure there are no defects and deaths among them.

Advisory council looks for mechanism for public, private hospital cooperation

PETALING JAYA, March 8 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry (KKM) through the Health Advisory Council is looking for the best mechanism to create an effective and continuous cooperation between public and private hospitals.

JASNS to carry out enforcement on 29 dialysis centres - Exco

SEREMBAN, March 8 (Bernama) --The Negeri Sembilan Environment Department (JASNS) will carry out enforcement on all 29 private hemodialysis centres in the state to ensure that clinical wastes at the premises are disposed of according to the regulations.

Santen focuses sight on raising disease awareness during World Glaucoma Week

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 (Bernama) -- Santen Pharmaceutical Co Ltd, a specialised company dedicated to ophthalmology, will sponsor worldwide activities to raise public awareness of glaucoma during the week-long World Glaucoma Week (WGW), beginning March 10.

21 students still in hospital over fumes inhalation - Teo

JOHOR BAHRU, March 8 (Bernama) -- Twenty-one students are still in hospital after having inadvertently inhaled methane fumes from a chemical dumped into a river near their school in Pasir Gudang yesterday, said Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching.

Death toll in Nigeria from 'lassa' fever outbreak hits 93

LAGOS, March 8 (Bernama) -- The death toll in Nigeria from the latest outbreak of Lassa fever has risen to 93, according to official figures released Thursday, reported Anadolu Agency.

Kim Kim River chemical pollution victims: 35 people

JOHOR BAHRU, March 7 (Bernama) -- The number of victims following the dumping of chemical waste in the Kim Kim River, near Pasir Gudang stands at 35 people as of 5 pm today.

Two schools closed, 35 treated due to chemical gas pollution

JOHOR BAHRU, March 7 (Bernama) -- Two schools were closed while 35 people, mostly students, were treated at the Sultan Ismail Hospital after sniffing chemical gas resulting from the dumping of chemical waste into the Kim Kim River near Pasir Gudang, early this morning.

Thirty people hospitalised after sniffing chemical from river

JOHOR BAHRU, March 7 (Bernama) -- The number of victims, who were believed to have sniffed the chemical which was dumped into the KimKim River, have gone up to 30 people, to date.

Learn CPR to save heart patients - Raja Bahrin

KUALA TERENGGANU, March 7 (Bernama) --  Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training given to civil servants should be extended so that more people have the skills to save the lives of heart attack patients.