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No ICU, testing lab for 28 lakh residents of Patuakhali, Barguna
Thu Jul 29, 2021 12:00 AM
While undiagnosed patients with Covid symptoms are pouring out on the hallway floor of the ‘Covid Isolation Ward’ at 250-bed Patuakhali medical college hospital, specialised beds in the hospital’s ICU unit, below, are going unserved due to the absence of a central oxygen supply system and necessary workforce. Photo: Sohrab Hossain >
While undiagnosed patients with Covid symptoms are pouring out on the hallway floor of the ‘Covid Isolation Ward’ at 250-bed Patuakhali medical college hospital, specialised beds in the hospital’s ICU unit, below, are going unserved due to the absence of a central oxygen supply system and necessary workforce. Photo: Sohrab Hossain
In demand: A BIG Pharmacy staff member displaying the pre-order notice for the self-test kits in front of the store.
PETALING JAYA: Covid-19 self-test kits, which will soon hit the shelves after being allowed to be imported and sold in Malaysia, could become a game changer to help Malaysians live with the virus, say health experts.
With these self-test devices, experts said active case detection could easily be done from the comfort of one’s own home.
The kits can also be deployed for weekly workplace screening so that people may return to work and get the economy up and running.
12 Jul 2021 / 09:22 H. Bernama
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia should take a risk-based approach in the implementation of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme as it ramps up its vaccination drive, according to public health expert Datuk Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman.
Dr Lokman Hakim, who is the professor of public health and Pro Vice Chancellor at the International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, said to maximise the impact of the nation’s current vaccine supply, vaccination of the elderly population and people with comorbidities must be expedited.
He said the vaccination drive should also zoom in on densely populated urban areas with a high level of economic activities. Since Covid-19 transmissions are highly localised, people living and working in such areas face a higher risk of infection, said Dr Lokman Hakim, who is also a member of the WHO Advisory Group for Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Programme.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 The Academy of Medicine of Malaysia (AMM) has called upon the government to prioritise Covid-19 interventions that will help reduce cases, as well as protect hospitals and intensive care facilities during the full-scale lockdown. It said doing so would also give Malaysian.