Consider This: War on Gaza — Healthcare, Code Red
A new report has just been released by the international medical humanitarian organisation, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) titled ‘Gaza’s Silent Killings’. The report documents the destruction of the healthcare system and the thousands of individuals who have died as a result of entirely preventable circumstances or from their critical healthcare being disrupted due to the conflict. On this episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to Mercè Rocaspana Moncayo, Health Advisor to the Emergency Unit for Doctors Without Borders.
Tue Apr 30 2024
King Charles to visit cancer centre on his return to public duties
Buckingham Palace announced that doctors were sufficiently pleased with King Charles's response to treatment for unspecified form of cancer.
Tue Apr 30 2024
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
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
Pendekatan berhemah, waspada perlu dalam kes babitkan wartawan Bloomberg - Johan Jaaffar
Tan Sri Johan Jaaffar menggesa pihak polis untuk mengambil pendekatan berhemah, penuh waspada dan penuh pemahaman dalam mengendalikan kes membabitkan seorang wartawan Bloomberg, Ram Anand.
Mon May 06 2024
Filipina, AS tembak 'tentera penceroboh' dalam latihan di Laut China Selatan
Tentera Amerika Syarikat dan Filipina melepaskan tembakan peluru berpandu dan artileri ke arah pasukan 'tentera penceroboh' dalam latihan perang di pantai utara Filipina pada Isnin.
Mon May 06 2024
Rakaman dashcam puting beliung di Nebraska
Visual yang anda saksikan tadi adalah rakaman video kamera papan pemuka (dashcam) yang menunjukkan detik puting beliung di Nebraska pada 26 April lalu.
Rakaman itu menunjukkan puting beliung dahsyat itu memusnahkan bangunan di Lincoln di Nebraska.
Rakaman itu menunjukkan puting beliung dahsyat itu memusnahkan bangunan di Lincoln di Nebraska.
Mon May 06 2024
Kenakan sekatan, hanti eksport senjata ke Israel - OIC
Pertubuhan Kerjasama Islam (OIC) mengecam 'pembunuhan beramai-ramai' di Gaza dan menggesa 57 negara anggotanya mengenakan sekatan ke atas Israel dalam resolusi yang diterima pakai pada penghujung sidang kemuncaknya di Gambia pada 5 Mei.
Mon May 06 2024
Qantas Airways sedia bayar penalti 100 juta dolar Australia
Qantas Airways berkata pada Isnin bersetuju untuk membayar penalti sebanyak A$100 juta dolar Australia untuk menyelesaikan tuntutan mahkamah susulan kes menjual tiket yang telah dibatalkan.
Mon May 06 2024
Putin angkat sumpah untuk penggal kelima pada selasa
Majlis itu yang dijadualkan berlangsung di Kremlin, menandakan permulaan penggal selama enam tahun untuk pentadbiran Putin yang memenangi 87 peratus undi semasa Pilihan Raya Presiden yang berlangsung pada Mac.
Mon May 06 2024
Faisal kini dirawat di ICU, perlu jalani beberapa pembedahan
Pemain skuad kebangsaan, Faisal Halim, kini menjalani rawatan di Unit Rawatan Rapi (ICU) susulan kejadian disimbah asid di sebuah pasar raya di Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya.
Mon May 06 2024
Jemaah wanita dinasihat kurangkan pergerakan jika disahkan hamil
Ada nasihat siberikan Pengarah Operasi Madinah (Perubatan) Dr Mahyin Kudong kepada jemaah haji wanita yang disahkan hamil semasa musim haji baik sebelum atau selepas tiba di Tanah Suci.
Mon May 06 2024
Anak akan rindu nyanyian 'live' Hail Amir
Ridauddin Daud, Wartawan Astro AWANI
Mon May 06 2024
Polis tingkat kawalan keselamatan pemain TFC
Polis Terengganu meningkatkan kawalan keselamatan terhadap pemain Terengganu FC susulan insiden serangan yang menimpa dua pemain bola sepak tempatan minggu lalu.
Mon May 06 2024