Saturday, 13 Mar 2021 03:51 PM MYT
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says the number of Malaysians with kidney failure is expected to reach 106,000 by 2040. Picture by Miera Zulyana
Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 ― The number of Malaysians with kidney failure is expected to reach 106,000 by 2040, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Dr Noor Hisham said what’s alarming is that 30 per cent of them are young people under the age of 45 and this could have a negative impact on the country s socio-economy.
He said to date there are about 40,000 kidney failure patients undergoing dialysis treatment nationwide.
Hundreds of Uyghurs protest Chinese minister’s Turkey visit
The protesters waved sky blue flags of Uyghur separatists’ self-proclaimed state of East Turkestan as they gathered in Istanbul’s historic old town
Uyghurs in Turkey are pressing Erdogan’s government to join a new wave of Western sanctions against Chinese officials over their actions in Xinjiang
Updated 25 March 2021
March 25, 2021 14:25
ISTANBUL: Nearly 1,000 Uyghurs rallied in Istanbul on Thursday as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Turkish counterpart for talks expected to focus on coronavirus vaccines and the countries’ extradition treaty.
Wang also met privately with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a visit coinciding with a spike in new virus infections that follows an easing of restrictions at the start of the month.