NEWS LIST

Kelantan Health Dept denies another Orang Asli dies of pneumonia

KOTA BHARU, June 9 (Bernama) -- Kelantan State Health Department has refuted claims that another Orang Asli resident from Kuala Koh, Gua Musang has died at the Raja Perempuan Zainab II Hospital (HRPZ II) today as alleged on social media.

Govt views seriously deaths of Orang Asli in Kuala Koh - DPM

KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 (Bernama) -- Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the government views seriously the deaths among the Bateq tribe of the Orang Asli community in Kuala Koh, Gua Musang, Kelantan.

Pahang Health Dept to monitor Orang Asli's pneumonia cases

KUALA KRAI, June 9 (Bernama) -- The Pahang Health Department has been asked to monitor the spread of pneumonia outbreak at the Orang Asli settlements in the state, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department P Waytha Moorthy.

Kuala Koh's Orang Asli community worries about 'mysterious' disease

KUALA KRAI, June 9 (Bernama) -- “I am worried about my two daughters who are experiencing breathing difficulty,” said a single father, Adidas Om, 32, when met by reporters at the Kuala Krai Hospital here, today.

Kg Kuala Koh crisis: contact with outsiders needs to be restricted - Dr Zaini

KOTA BHARU, June 9 (Bernama) -- The Kelantan Health Department wants contact between the Orang Asli community in Kampung Kuala Koh in Gua Musang and outsiders to be restricted.

Orang Asli deaths in Kg Kuala Koh due to pneumonia - Waytha Moorthy

KOTA BHARU, June 9 (Bernama) -- The two deaths of Orang Asli from the Batek tribe in Kuala Koh, Gua Musang were due to pneumonia, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Senator P.Waytha Moorthy.

Police refute report that two Orang Asli in Gua Musang died of mysterious disease

GUA MUSANG, June 8 (Bernama) -- Police refuted the report that two Orang Asli residents in Kampung Kuala Koh here had died of a mysterious disease on May 29 and yesterday.

MySalam scheme expanded to cover university, military hospitals

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 (Bernama) – The number of hospitals covered by mySalam, the free national health protection scheme for the low-income or B40 group who undergo medical treatment at government hospitals, has been widened to include five university hospitals and five military hospitals.

China streamlines medicine approval to cure Hepatitis C

BEIJING, June 8 (Bernama) -- Wang Fang, a nurse in south China's Guangzhou city, was infected with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) 25 years ago and her disease was cured in eight weeks thanks to a new medicine.

Internet addiction a mental disorder

NILAI, June 8 (Bernama) -- Social media and online video game addiction is detrimental to the wellbeing of netizens.