Teaching hospital to complement existing centres
KUCHING: Construction of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s (UNIMAS) university teaching hospital is going smoothly and is expected to see its completion by next year. During the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the university and Normah Medical Specialist Centre on Wednesday (Mar 2), UNIMAS vice chancellor Professor Datuk Mohamad Kadim Suaidi announced that the said hospital would […]
Hope on medical experts for guidelines for self-testing
KUCHING: Sarawak is looking towards medical experts to come up with guidelines on Covid-19 self-testing. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian told New Sarawak Tribune via WhatsApp that SDMC is working out the details. Early on, in a Facebook post on Tuesday (Sept 7), he said Sarawak may need […]
Let experts handle pandemic, not politicians
KUCHING: Sarawak People’s Aspiration Party (Aspirasi) wants the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in Sarawak to be done by experts, and not politicians. Aspirasi president Lina Soo said she would like to see the Sarawak government appoint professionals to manage the pandemic since the situation is not improving. “Pandemic management is not politics; it is […]
Don’t jump to conclusions, says medical expert
KUCHING: A medical expert who wishes to remain anonymous has advised the public not to jump to conclusions that are not based on facts after reading reports of apparent Covid-19 related deaths. He said most sensational reports by ill-informed media heralds involved a miniscule amount of fact enshrouded under layers of malarkey. “The public’s right […]
Unmasking the unknown
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors. — Jim Morrison, American singer and songwriter The germ warfare that is visiting us has made us wonder whether medical experts have discovered an effective vaccine that could either prevent the onslaught or cure the clinically evident effects caused by […]
