Lim Kit Siang (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
Now that Datuk Liow Tiong Lai has secured the second highest votes and elected as MCA Vice President, it is time that he returns quickly and diligently to his duties as Health Minister which he had considerably neglected of date. As a result, Malaysians face many grave medical and health problems whether the dengue [...]
ShadowFox's hideout (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Caught this from Malaysiakini. http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/93640 Semua biskut M'sia bebas melamine Nov 24, 08 2:56pm "...Kesemua biskut yang dijual dalam pasaran tempatan dan dieksport oleh Malaysia bebas daripada pencemaran melamine, kata Menteri Kesihatan Datuk Liow Tiong Lai...." Maciam mana pundek macam lu boleh gerenti itu semua biskut sudah bersih? Jangan tipu lah, you tak...
Best Recipes (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
According to the news on Malaysiakini, all the biscuits in Malaysia and those for export are free of melamine contamination. Kesemua biskut yang dijual dalam pasaran tempatan dan dieksport oleh Malaysia bebas daripada pencemaran melamine, kata Menteri Kesihatan Datuk Liow Tiong Lai. A batch of chocolate chip cookies my son baked. It is fun [...] Related posts: Melamine Alert : Singapore...
Materia Medica Malaysiana (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
Star: MALACCA: The Health Ministry will send its officers overseas to help restore confidence in locally-manufactured biscuits with the help of the International Trade and Industry Ministry. Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said the officers would brief concerned parties on the measures the Government had taken to produce melamine-free biscuits. The move was important because Malaysian...
Materia Medica Malaysiana (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Star: KOTA KINABALU: A third hospital is being considered for the state capital as the Health Ministry is mulling over whether to buy the private Sabah Medical Centre (SMC) with a view to turning it into a cardiac centre. Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said a new general hospital was needed to ease congestion at the [...]
Materia Medica Malaysiana (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Star: KUALA LUMPUR: Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai wants public health officers to be more active in efforts to curb communicable and non-communicable diseases in the country. He said health officers could not be complacent when it comes to educating the public on diseases like dengue and chikungunya. “I want to see more effective action. We [...]
Materia Medica Malaysiana (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
NST: KUALA LUMPUR: Some RM14 million was spent to solve the problem of fungus attack at the Sultan Ismail Hospital in Johor in 2005. Now the government will have to spend another RM3 million on the same problem. This is the amount Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai has set aside after directing his officers in the [...]
Materia Medica Malaysiana (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Star: KUALA LUMPUR: Government nurses with degrees can now reach higher pay grades under the Health Ministry. Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said nurses with first degrees would be in pay grades from U41 to U54. Currently, the highest pay grade nurses reach is U48. The basic pay for fresh graduates in grade U41 is nearly RM2,000 [...]
Materia Medica Malaysiana (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Star: KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry has banned food products worth RM3.28mil from China due to the presence of melamine. Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said 366,681kg of food products that contained melamine were banned under the Food Act 1983. “Until October, 360 types of food products were tested to determine their level of melamine content [...]
Materia Medica Malaysiana (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Star: KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry is training 5,000 nurses annually to beef up the number of nurses in hospitals. According to its minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai the current nurse to patient ratio is 1:375. With the training of new nurses every year, the ministry hopes to improve this ratio to 1:200 by the year 2015. He [...]
Materia Medica Malaysiana (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
NST: SUBANG JAYA: The Health Ministry will intensify its enforcement to punish restaurant owners who allow smoking in air-conditioned restaurants. Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said the ministry had been receiving complaints from the public about smokers in air-conditioned restaurants, which are supposed to be smoke-free. “If the owners want to have smoking areas, they should [...]...
Materia Medica Malaysiana (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
NST: SUBANG JAYA: The Health Ministry has given an assurance that its Centre for Disease Control and Prevention is always on the alert for the Nipah virus. “Our centre is advanced. In fact, we were the ones who identified the Nipah virus and we know how to control it,” Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said [...]
Materia Medica Malaysiana (Free subscription) | 25/10/2008
Star: PUTRAJAYA: Some 70% of outpatient departments have been able to keep the waiting time for patients below 30 minutes. Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said the average time at such departments in government hospitals and health clinics had reached 70.4% since improvements were made in the past four months. The waiting time of 30 minutes [...]
Materia Medica Malaysiana (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
Star: Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai, who revealed this, said the Government’s many promotions to get people to lead a healthy lifestyle, did not seem to have worked. “Nearly half or 43.1% of the adult population are overweight and this is a serious problem,” he said, adding that leading a sedentary lifestyle could pose serious [...]
Materia Medica Malaysiana (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
NST: PUTRAJAYA: With 31 types of tainted biscuits now removed from sale, 142 other types are considered safe for consumption. Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said Malaysian manufacturers did not use the ammonium bicarbonate rising agent from three companies blamed by the Chinese government for causing the contamination. The three companies were Broadtech Chemical Int Co [...]
