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Dr Julian Lee embraces passion for music and medicine

By Muhammad Basir Roslan KUALA LUMPUR: Dr Julian Lee is a soulful violinist and doctor, whose mission is to use his musical talent to serve and inspire others. Embracing his two passions in music and  medicine, the good doctor is a firm believer that “music heals.” When the 29-year old from Gelugor, Penang was caught […]

Flying doctor service Dec 1-15

KUCHING: The Flying Doctor Service (PDU) of the State Health Department (JKNS) is scheduled to visit Sri Aman, Sarikei, Sibu, Kapit, Miri and Limbang Divisions from Dec 1 to 15. Communities living in the relevant areas are expected to wait in their respective homes or longhouses to make way for the PDU to come in. […]

Imposter doctor was never given official duties

KUCHING: The State Health Department has clarified that the imposter ‘Dr Shah’ has never been given official duties nor administered any Covid-19 vaccines. “Our internal investigation revealed that the individual who impersonated a doctor came once in a while to the vaccination centre (PPV) at Stadium Perpaduan and was first seen there on June 16. […]

Medical personnel share challenges faced by mobile vaccination units

GEORGE TOWN: Chief assistant medical officer E. Kalimuthu, who is the coordinator for the mobile vaccination units in Penang, was cheering and comforting nearly a dozen of elderly people in an old folk’s home at Jalan Yap Chor Ee here on June 9. He reassured them that the Covid-19 vaccine jab was nothing but a […]

30 doctors, 100 paramedics needed to open new field hospital

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) requires at least 30 doctors and 100 paramedics to open a new field hospital in the country, says Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said the construction of the field hospital would depend on the number of staff provided by the government. According to Ismail […]

Doctor held for drug distribution

KUALA LUMPUR: A doctor at a government hospital in Selangor was among six individuals arrested on suspicion of being involved in a drug trafficking syndicate at a house in Taman Sri Manja, Petaling Jaya, here, today. All of the detained were local men aged between 26 and 30 years old. Petaling Jaya district police chief […]

Crash leaves doctor with broken arm

BAU: A doctor suffered from a broken right arm following a lorry-car collision at Jalan Stenggang-Lundu on Thursday. Bau fire chief Tawang Lingem said his station received a distress call at 5.22pm and despatched his men to the scene. Upon arriving, the team found an injured man trapped in his car after colliding with a […]

Malaysian doctor in UK succumbs to Coronavirus

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian neonatology specialist consultant based at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital was among the Covid-19 fatalities in the United Kingdom where the number of deaths is now close to 20,000. According to Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Trust in a tribute post on its official website on Friday, the 48-year-old Dr Vishna Rasiah leaves behind his wife, Liza, […]