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Kes demam denggi meningkat di Perak

IPOH, 18 Okt -- Jumlah kes demam denggi di Perak meningkat dengan mencatatkan 2,486 kes bagi tempoh Januari hingga 12 Okt lepas, iaitu meningkat sebanyak 13.1 peratus berbanding 2,198 kes bagi tempoh yang sama tahun lepas.

Policy Needed For Mental Health Issues

By Siti Radziah Hamzah

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) – "I told her once I wasn't good at anything. She told me survival is a talent," wrote American author Susanna Kaysen in her 1993 memoir Girl, Interrupted, narrating her two-year experience being institutionalised in a psychiatric hospital. 

Survival is a talent, indeed, as mental illness patients have been heavily stigmatised by the community. This is despite gaining proper attention from the government, medical practitioners as well as non-governmental organisations championing the cause.

The aforementioned parties have acknowledged the rise in patients and suicide ideation among those affected with it. However, are the attention being translated into the appropriate measures and policies  to address mental health issues in the country?

Vaping-related lung injury cases in US near 1,500, with 33 deaths

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 -- The United States (US) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday that 1,479 vaping-related lung injury cases had been reported across the country as of Oct 15, Xinhua news agency reported.

UEM Edgenta bantu hospital kerajaan jimat RM23.6 juta menerusi usaha kecekapan tenaga

KUALA LUMPUR, 18 Okt -- Syarikat penyelesaian pengurusan aset dan infrastruktur, UEM Edgenta Bhd membantu 32 hospital kerajaan di wilayah utara Semenanjung Malaysia melakukan penjimatan sebanyak RM23.6 juta menerusi pelaksanaan program pengurusan tenaga.

Public should be concerned about effects of plastic disposal on marine life - Sim

MERSING, Oct -- Everyone should be concerned and sensitive to the effects of plastic disposal on the environment, especially to the marine ecosystem.

K'jaan mahu masyarakat peka kesan pelupusan plastik terhadap hidupan marin - Sim

MERSING, 18 Okt -- Kerajaan mahu segenap lapisan masyarakat terus peka dan sensitif terhadap kesan pelupusan bahan plastik ke atas alam sekitar khususnya ekosistem hidupan marin.

Perlu Dasar Kesihatan Mental Yang Lebih Jelas

Oleh Siti Radziah Hamzah

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) – "Pernah saya beritahu dia bahawa saya tidak pandai membuat sebarang kerja. Namun, beliau membalas, survival atau ikhtiar hidup adalah suatu anugerah”.

Kata-kata ini dipetik daripada buku bertajuk memoir Girl, Interrupted yang ditulis Susanna Kaysen, penulis berbangsa Amerika Syarikat pada 1993.

Kisah memoir yang turut difilemkan itu menceritakan pengalaman Susanna yang menjalani kehidupan sebagai pesakit mental selama dua tahun di sebuah hospital psikiatri di Amerika Syarikat.

“Let’s TALK Healthy Mind” to overcome stigma against mental health

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17  -- The Health Ministry (KKM) today launched the “Let’s Talk Healthy Mind” as an effort to boost awareness and understanding on the problems of mental health to overcome the negative stigma on the ailment among the community.

'Let's TALK Minda Sihat' bantu atasi stigma terhadap kesihatan mental dalam kalangan masyarakat

KUALA LUMPUR, 17 Okt  -- Kementerian Kesihatan (KKM) hari ini melancarkan Kempen ‘Let's TALK Minda Sihat’ sebagai usaha meningkatkan kesedaran dan pemahaman mengenai masalah kesihatan mental bagi mengatasi stigma negatif terhadap penyakit itu dalam kalangan masyarakat.

Only healthy foreign workers can work in Malaysia - Dr Dzulkefly

Only foreign workers who are confirmed healthy and free from any dangerous or contagious diseases will be allowed to work in Malaysia and get a Temporary Employment Visit Pass (PLKS), said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.