Tag: Professor Dr Helmy Hazmi

Healthy workers contribute to growth

KUCHING: The Ministry of Health’s (MoH) recent recommendation that employers provide an additional day off for workers to undergo health screening is a gesture of goodwill from the government to highlight the importance of health to both employers and their workers. In stating this, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s (UNIMAS) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences public […]

Two sides to the cannabis coin

KUCHING: The jury, it would appear, is still out on the benefit of cannabis in medicine. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s (Unimas) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences public health expert Associate Professor Dr Helmy Hazmi said though the economic benefit may be alluring, the health and soberness of society is what propels the people forward. “Since […]

Chances for monkeypox to spread less

KUCHING: Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. As per the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC, monkeypox virus is part of the same family of viruses as variola virus, the virus that causes smallpox. Monkeypox symptoms are similar to smallpox symptoms, but milder, and monkeypox is […]

Healthy earth, healthy people

KUCHING: In order for humans to be healthy, it is equally important for the planet to be healthy. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences public health expert Associate Professor Dr Helmy Hazmi who drew the parallel said it was therefore time to rethink and relearn. To illustrated his point, he gave […]

Unnecessary to revise Covid-19 test protocols, says expert

KUCHING: The need to revise the current isolation and quarantine days based on the Cycle Threshold (CT) value is not necessary, says Dr Helmy Hazmi, an associate professor with Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. The public health expert said that isolation and quarantine should be triaged against the incubation period, the […]

Surge in COVID-19 cases in Sarawak due to people’s movement, social activities

KUCHING: The people’s movements and social activities that involve the removal of masks are among the reasons contributed to the recent surge of COVID-19 cases in Sarawak. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences public health expert Associate Professor Dr Helmy Hazmi said social activities that involve the removal of masks for […]