South Korea set to adjust medical reforms in bid to end walkout, say media reports
South Korea says it is willing to adjust plans to raise medical school admissions in a bid to end a walkout by junior doctors.
Fri Apr 19 2024
Sweden passes law to make it easier to change legal gender
Swedes have been able to change legal gender since 1972, but requires a thorough investigation and a doctor's diagnosis of gender dysphoria.
Thu Apr 18 2024
20 Malaysians to join Freedom Flotilla Coalition mission to Gaza
Dr Kamal Nashruddin Mustapha said the twenty participants consisted of media practitioners, doctors and humanitarian activists.
Tue Apr 16 2024
South Korea's medical professors join protests, reduce hours in practice
Professors will start scaling back outpatient treatment to focus on emergency and severely ill patients, while some submit resignations.
Mon Mar 25 2024
INSIGHT - In Gaza, starving children fill hospital wards as famine looms
There are widespread shortages of food, medicines and clean water in Gaza, doctors and aid agencies say.
Sat Mar 23 2024
INSIGHT - Millions of Sudanese go hungry as war disrupts food supply
People venturing out from their homes in a desperate search for food at the risk of being hit by artillery shells.
Sat Mar 16 2024
South Korea opens hotline to support doctors defying walkout
The health minister said hotline is to support physicians who faced harassment or peer pressure if they chose not to join a mass walkout.
Tue Mar 12 2024
South Korea deploys military, public doctors to strike-hit hospitals
Twenty military surgeons along with 138 public health doctors will be assigned to 20 hospitals for four weeks, the Health Minister said.
Mon Mar 11 2024
The Future is Female: #IWD2024 - Gender Pain Gap: Women's Pain Matters
To commemorate #InternationalWomensDay 2024, this episode of #TheFutureIsFemale aims to shine a spotlight on a pressing issue at the intersection of gender equality and healthcare: the gender pain gap. Melisa Idris speaks to Dr Hannah Nazri, Director and Founder of the collective, Malaysian Doctors for Women & Children. She is a National Institute for Health and Care Research Academic Clinical Fellow in Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the University of Warwick, and has completed her PhD in endometriosis research at the Oxford University. She is also a member of the Board of Advisors for the Asia Network to End FGM/C.
Sun Mar 10 2024
South Korea police to question medical body officials over trainee doctors walkout
South Korean police called in for questioning officials from a doctors' association over accusations they had broken medical law.
Wed Mar 06 2024
South Korea says to start legal action against doctors over walkout
Protesting trainee doctors could face administrative and legal penalties including suspension of medical licences and fines or a jail term.
Mon Mar 04 2024
South Korean doctors holds a mass rally against medical policy
Up to 40,000 doctors joined the rally, demanding the government scrap the plan to increase medical school admissions.
Mon Mar 04 2024
South Korea police launch raid on doctors' association over walkout
The raid comes ahead of a mass demonstration in Seoul planned for Sunday by doctors, after the walkout, which began on Feb 20, disrupted major hospitals.
Fri Mar 01 2024
54 per cent of medical officers left public sector in 2022 - Dr Dzulkefly
Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said, the ministry's survey also found that of the total number of doctors who left, 45 pct are currently working abroad.
Wed Feb 28 2024
South Korea nurses to take on more medical work due to doctor walkout
Nurses have complained about the legal risk and heavier workload they face after trainee doctors walked off the job last week.
Tue Feb 27 2024
AWANI Ringkas: Nahas helikopter TLDM | Pengedaran dadah
Ikuti rangkuman berita utama yang menjadi tumpuan sepanjang hari di Astro AWANI menerusi AWANI Ringkas.
Wed Apr 24 2024
Polis tumpaskan sindiket seludup dadah ke Sarawak, tahan dua lelaki
Polis percaya berjaya menumpaskan sindiket penyeludupan dadah ke Sarawak dengan penahanan dua buruh binaan dan merampas pelbagai dadah bernilai RM1.76 juta di dua lokasi berasingan, pada Isnin lepas.
Wed Apr 24 2024
Umat Islam perlu celik digital untuk tunai umrah
Forum Umrah dan Ziarah 2024, kali ini diadakan di Madinah menjadi platform penting bagi mengumpulkan semua pemain industri perkhidmatan
Wed Apr 24 2024
Panggilan ‘daddy’ di pengebumian wira Wan Rezaudeen Kamal buat orang ramai sebak
Antara yang turut mengiringi perjalanan terakhir Allahyarham adalah Menteri Pertahanan, Mohamed Khaled Nordin.
Wed Apr 24 2024
AWANI Tonight: Bridging gaps in AUKU for better student empowerment
Amendments to the Universities and University Colleges Act give students more autonomy in managing their associations’ finances. Rasydan Mohd Hassan, formerly of the National Student Consultative Council, explains what this means for student empowerment.
Wed Apr 24 2024
AWANI Tonight: UN Human Rights calls for independent investigation on Gaza mass graves
The UN Human Rights calls for an independent and transparent investigation into the mass graves found in and around hospitals in Gaza, including the Nasser Hospital.
Wed Apr 24 2024
AWANI Tonight: The US Senate approves bill to ban TikTok
The US Senate has approved a controversial landmark bill that could see TikTok banned in America, with President Joe Biden saying he would sign it into law as soon as it reaches his desk.
Wed Apr 24 2024
Capital A zahirkan minat beli lapangan terbang di ASEAN
Aviation Services iaitu perkhidmatan penerbangan di bawah Capital A Bhd menzahirkan minat memiliki lapangan terbang di seluruh ASEAN.
Wed Apr 24 2024
Nahas helikopter Lumut: Jenazah Komander Muhammad Firdaus selamat dikebumi di kampung halaman
Jenazah Allahyarham Muhammad Firdaus disemadi dengan penuh istiadat pengebumian ketenteraan di Tanah Perkuburan Islam Masjid Jamek Sungai Nibong Besar.
Wed Apr 24 2024
AWANI Tonight: 24 April 2024
#AWANITonight with @_farhanasheikh
1. MACC detains MB's son, five others
2. TikTok faces US ban
#AWANIEnglish #AWANINews
1. MACC detains MB's son, five others
2. TikTok faces US ban
#AWANIEnglish #AWANINews
Wed Apr 24 2024