Dr Yii urges permanent posting for healthcare workers
KUCHING: Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii has called on the government to provide more permanent postings for healthcare workers in the country. While he welcomed the government’s announcement for medical, dental and pharmaceutical officers to be given a two-year contract after completion of their mandatory service, he said the government must also look into […]
MMA suggests MOH to conduct mass Covid-19 test in HIDE’s hotspot areas
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) suggests the Health Ministry (MOH) to conduct mass Covid-19 screening in hotspots areas identified by Hotspots Identification for Dynamic Engagement (HIDE). Its president, Prof Datuk Dr Subramaniam Muniandy, also proposed that MOH should consider conducting vaccinations en masse, to interrupt the transmission in hotspots. “Targeted mass screening in […]
Sarawak MMA welcomes efforts to speed up vaccination
KUCHING: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA), Sarawak Branch welcomes all efforts to speed up the Covid-19 vaccination. Chairman Dr Teh Siao Hean was responding to Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, who said that Sarawak was looking into the possibility of purchasing extra vaccine to step up the programme. The […]
Test all patients, MoH urged
KUCHING: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has once again urged the Ministry of Health (MoH) to revert to its earlier policy of testing all close contacts instead of only testing symptomatic close contacts. Its president Professor Datuk Dr Subramaniam Muniandy said the improvement is urgently needed in the ministry’s handling of asymptomatic and mild cases […]
MMA urges govt to create more permanent posts for doctors
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has urged the government to immediately create more permanent posts for medical officers as part of efforts to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. MMA president Prof Datuk Dr Subramaniam Muniandy said that addressing human resource issues in government healthcare is vital in the fight against Covid-19 and beyond. “The […]
Body calls for audit on online health services
KUCHING: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has called upon the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) and the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) to conduct an audit on online healthcare services to safeguard patients. MMA president Prof Datuk Dr Subramaniam Muniandysaid this was important to ensure that healthcare services could be properly regulated following the increase in […]
Consider non-Sarawakian doctors in state too
KUCHING: Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) Sarawak has proposed that besides Sarawak-born doctors, the Health Ministry (MoH) should also consider giving permanent posts to non-Sarawakian doctors presently serving in the state and who are married to Sarawakians. “These doctors are likely to serve the state in the longer term with such family ties,” said MMA Sarawak […]
Postpone non-urgent travel to Sarawak
KUCHING: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) Sarawak has urged those who want to travel to the state to do so only if necessary in view of the ever-present Covid-19 pandemic. Its chairman Dr Teh Siao Hean said it might be prudent to exercise patience and postpone non-urgent travel to Sarawak until the overall situation improved […]
Vaccine is for prevention, not cure
KUALA LUMPUR: The Covid-19 vaccine, which is expected to be available in the first quarter of next year, is not for treating the infection but rather as protection against the disease, said the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) president Prof Datuk Dr Subramaniam Muniandy. Dr Subramaniam said that when the vaccine was injected into the human […]
Focus on Sabah’s healthcare, no need to declare emergency
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has urged the federal government to speed up the emergency funds and all related aid needed to mitigate the situation in Sabah which is in dire need of help in its fight against Covid-19, instead of declaring a national emergency. Its president Prof Datuk Dr Subramaniam Muniandy said […]