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Pelajar pesakit kronik juga perlu berpeluang tuntut ilmu

SHAH ALAM, 23 April (Bernama) -- Peluang menuntut ilmu pengetahuan seharusnya diberikan kepada semua pihak, khususnya pelajar yang menghidap penyakit kronik.

36 peratus kematian warga ATM berkait NCD - Dr Amin

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 April (Bernama) -- Sebanyak 36 peratus kematian warga Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) pada 2017 adalah berkaitan dengan penyakit tidak berjangkit (Non Communicable Disease - NCD), kata Ketua Pengarah Perkhidmatan Kesihatan ATM Lt Jen Datuk Dr Md Amin Muslan.

979 people have undergone health screening under PeKa B40 - Dr Lee

SEREMBAN, April 22 (Bernama) -- Some 979 people have undergone health screening under the B40 Healthcare Scheme (PeKa B40) since it began on April 15, said Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye.

Hospital Wanita dan Kanak-Kanak bernilai RM500 juta bakal dibina di Melaka

Sebuah Hospital Wanita dan Kanak-Kanak (WCH) yang dianggarkan bernilai RM500 juta akan dibina berhampiran Hospital Melaka (HM) bagi mengurangkan kesesakan di HM, khususnya di Wad Pediatrik serta Obstetrik dan Ginekologi.

Only 12.5 per cent of TB cases last year involved foreigners

MELAKA, April 22 (Bernama) -- Only about 12.5 per cent or 3,242 of the total 25,837 tuberculosis (TB) cases last year involved foreigners in this country, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. 

PeKa B40: seramai 979 orang telah jalani saringan kesihatan - Dr Lee

SEREMBAN, 22 April (Bernama) -- Seramai 979 orang telah menjalani saringan kesihatan bagi Skim Peduli Kesihatan untuk Kumpulan B40 (PeKa B40) sejak ia bermula 15 April lepas, kata Timbalan Menteri Kesihatan Dr Lee Boon Chye.

Perak govt implements programmes to encourage mammogram screenings

IPOH, April 22 (Bernama) -- The Perak government through the National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) has implemented various programmes in efforts to promote and encourage women in the state to undergo mammogram screenings.

Hanya 12.5 peratus kes tibi tahun lepas libat warga asing

MELAKA, 22 April (Bernama) -- Hanya 12.5 peratus iaitu 3,242 daripada keseluruhan 25,837 kes tuberkulosis atau tibi tahun lepas melibatkan warga asing di negara ini, kata Menteri Kesihatan Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. 

Perak sedia pelbagai program galak wanita buat pemeriksaan mamogram

IPOH, 22 April (Bernama) -- Kerajaan negeri Perak menerusi Lembaga Penduduk dan Pembangunan Keluarga Negara (LPPKN) menyediakan pelbagai program dalam usaha mempromosikan serta menggalakkan inisiatif pemeriksaan mamogram untuk golongan wanita di negeri ini.

Misinformation Causing Parents To Reject Vaccines

By Shaidathul Suhana Ros

MELAKA (Bernama) -- Aida (not her real name) seemed nervous and fidgety as she held her eight-month-old baby close to her chest, clutching an immunisation brochure in her hand as she waited for the government clinic in Ayer Keroh here, to open.

She was obviously there to get her daughter immunised but still had doubts if she was doing the right thing. Apparently, she had read an article on social media stating that vaccines could cause death as they contained substances that were not only harmful but forbidden in Islam.

Out of fear, Aida did not take her baby to the clinic for the first round of immunisation when she was two months old.