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Perak Zika patient's death possibly due to local virus infection

IPOH, Oct 18   -- The Health Ministry did not rule of the possibility that the death of a 30-year-old man from Manjung due to Zika virus, could be due to local virus infection.

Dengue fever cases in Perak on the rise

IPOH, Oct 18   -- A total of 2,486 cases of dengue fever have been reported in Perak between January and Oct 12 this year, an increase of  13.1 percent from 2,198 cases for the corresponding period last year.

Kematian pesakit Zika di Perak mungkin akibat virus tempatan

IPOH, 18 Okt -- Kementerian Kesihatan tidak menolak kemungkinan kes kematian seorang lelaki di Manjung akibat Zika berpunca daripada jangkitan virus tempatan.

480 anggota MKN Sabah diberi suntikan vaksin Hepatitis B, Influenza

SANDAKAN, 18 Okt -- Seramai 480 pegawai dan anggota Majlis Keselamatan Negara (MKN) di Sabah yang berdepan risiko penyakit berjangkit ketika melaksanakan tugas diberi suntikan vaksin Hepatitis B dan Influenza. 

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.