Understanding hepatitis in children
KUALA LUMPUR: Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver, which can be caused by a variety of reasons, including infectious viruses as well as non-infectious agents, and children are not spared from contracting it. Hepatitis viruses are the most common cause of hepatitis but other infections, drugs, toxins (alcohol), fatty liver disease or autoimmune diseases […]
Medical centre hosts first paediatric intensive care basic course for nurses
KUALA LUMPUR: Sunway Medical Centre Sunway City recently hosted the first paediatric intensive care basic course for nurses in Malaysia in an effort to uphold the highest form of clinical excellence. It said a total of 48 nurses specialising in critical care joined the programme held from Feb 22 to 24 at SunMed Convention Centre, […]
Don’t delay treating migraines
KUCHING: Migraine attacks can afflict men, women, and children but it is not an equal opportunity disorder. Migraine attacks commonly involve a painful throbbing pain – often on one side of the head, sometimes both, and can have far-reaching consequences. Sunway Medical Centre consultant neurologist Dr Raymond Tan said that migraine as an incapacitating neurological […]
Never too late to kick smoking habit
Occasional or social smoking is not okay and it is never too late to stop smoking, said Dr Mohd Kamal Mohd Arshad, a cardiologist from Sunway Medical Centre here. He gave the advice in a statement issued by the centre in conjunction with the World No-Tobacco Day with the theme “Commit to Quit” on the […]
