NEWS LIST

Alternative learning material for Pasir Gudang students

JOHOR BAHRU, June 27 (Bernama) -- The Johor State Education Department (JPN) has provided alternative learning material to schoolchildren in Pasir Gudang who are affected by the contamination there so that their studies will go on as usual.

80 per cent govt hospitals equipped with special wound care teams

MELAKA, June 26  (Bernama) -- About 80 per cent of the 145 government hospitals nationwide have special teams offering wound care services, said Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye.

Cause of toxic air in Pasir Gudang yet to be identified - Yeo

JOHOR BAHRU, June 26 (Bernama) -- The exact cause of the air pollution causing vomiting and breathing difficulties among students in Pasir Gudang since last Thursday has not been ascertained until now.

Calm turns to alarm after thermometer bursts in school lab

MELAKA, June 26 (Bernama) -- Pupils at Sekolah Rendah Islam Ar-Rahmah Solok Gaung experienced nausea and dizziness soon after the thermometer they were using during a science laboratory experiment today burst causing the mercury inside the glass tube to leak.

Another Orang Asli down with measles - Terengganu health director

KUALA TERENGGANU, June 26  (Bernama) --  Another Orang Asli who is still warded at the Hulu Terengganu Hospital in Kuala Berang, has tested positive for measles, bringing the total number of Orang Asli currently diagnosed with the infection to 11.

UniSZA teaching hospital over 50 per cent completed

KUALA NERUS, June 26 (Bernama) -- Construction of the Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) Teaching Hospital is more than 50 per cent completed and it is expected to be operational by June 2020 as scheduled.

Three Tawau General Hospital subcontractors issued attendance notice

TAWAU, June 26 (Bernama) -- The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) here today issued a notice of attendance to three subcontractors involved in the construction of Tawau General Hospital additional building, requesting their presence at the statutory office.

More water samples collected from Kuala Koh - NADMA

GUA MUSANG, June 26 (Bernama) -- The Health Ministry, Department of Environment and the Department of Minerals and Geoscience have been collecting water samples from four separate locations to test the accuracy of the cause behind the disease affected the Batek tribe in Kuala Koh.

NGO gives Pasir Gudang air pollution patients, those on duty young coconuts 

JOHOR BAHRU, June 26 (Bernama) – Empathy for those affected by the latest episode of air pollution in Pasir Gudang has led to Persatuan Kebajikan Ikhlas Johor Bahru (PKIJB) contributing young coconuts with water that has health properties to victims and those on duty at the Pasir Gudang Indoor Stadium.

Kuala Koh Batek tribesmen's lives back to normal - Wan Azizah

PUTRAJAYA, June 26 (Bernama) -- The Orang Asli community in Kampung Kuala Koh, Gua Musang, Kelantan, who lost 15 members to a measles outbreak recently, have returned to normal lives and their daily routines.