NEWS LIST

No e-coli bacteria, water supply safe for direct consumption, says SPAN

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 20 (Bernama) -- The National Water Service Commission (SPAN) has confirmed that the country’s water supply is free from E-Coli bacteria and safe for direct consumption.

Selangor Health Department seize unregistered products, cosmetics

SHAH ALAM, Oct 20 (Bernama) – The Selangor State Health Department has seized 2,669 boxes of non-registered products and unnotified cosmetics worth about RM407,000, in raids at several locations in the state on Tuesday.

52 tahfiz students down with food poisoning

SEREMBAN, Oct 19 (Bernama) -- Fifty-two pupils of Tahfiz Darul Ulum in Senawang near here, suffered food poisoning after eating tumeric chicken dish, which was provided by a donor for dinner yesterday.

IJN to appoint Oxford-based research lecturer as visiting research advisor

From Nurul Hanis Izmir

OXFORD (United Kingdom), Oct 19 (Bernama) – The National Heart Institute (IJN) is to appoint Dr Masliza Mahmod, a Malaysian research lecturer from the University of Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research (OCMR), Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, as its visiting advisor in the IJN Research Department.

Healthcare innovation a necessity, no longer a novelty - Dr Dzulkefly 

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 (Bernama) -- Innovation in healthcare is no longer a novelty but a necessity and an integral part of medicine today, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

Health Ministry seizes unregistered medicines worth RM25.7 million

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry seized unregistered medicines worth RM25.7 million after carrying out more than 1,000 raids nationwide from January to September this year.

Eight quarantined in Johor over diphtheria

JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 18 (Bernama) -- The Johor health authorities have quarantined eight people who had come into contact with a baby girl who died of diphtheria and developed symptoms of the disease.

KL to host prestigious Regional Medical Physics Congress in Nov

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 18 (Bernama) – Malaysia will host the 18th Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics (AOCMP) and the 16th South-East Asia Congress of Medical Physics (SEACOMP)  from Nov 11 to 14.

IJN: construction of Johor Bahru hospital to start next year

From Nurul Hanis Izmir

LONDON, Oct 18 (Bernama) – Institut Jantung Negara Holdings Sdn Bhd (IJN) is expected to start the construction of its second heart centre in Johor Bahru next year and slated for completion in the next three to four years, said Chief Executive Officer Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Azhari Yakub.

Toddler dies of diptheria in JB

JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 17 (Bernama) – A 14-month-old girl died of diphtheria in this district two days ago.