Dealing with a Backlog of 50,000 Non-COVID Procedures February 11, 2022 Dr. In The House, Medical Ethics & Economics, Medical Innovations & Advancements After two years of a continuous battle against COVID-19, the Ministry of Health now finds itself with a backlog of more than 50,000 non-COVID procedures. How will this impact the health of patients and the...
Putting The COVID-19 Testing Strategy To Use January 14, 2022 Dr. In The House, Medical Innovations & Advancements The National COVID-19 Testing Strategy was launched late last year to help the country transition to living with COVID-19 as an endemic disease. The testing strategy is meant to enable safe reopening of...
What Omicron Means for the Pandemic in 202 January 7, 2022 Dr. In The House, Medical Innovations & Advancements 2021 was a rollercoaster year. When vaccines began rolling out worldwide, many thought that it meant the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the SARS-CoV-2 virus continued to mutate amidst...
First Professor of Urology in Cambridge November 26, 2021 Dr. In The House, Medical Innovations & Advancements The Doctor in the House meets the first Professor of Urology in Cambridge University. Consultant urologist Dr George Lee joins us for a chat with Prof Vincent Gnanapragasam - also an honorary consultant...
Malaysia Says ‘No’ to Ivermectin November 12, 2021 Dr. In The House, Health & Aging, Medical Ethics & Economics, Medical Innovations & Advancements The Ministry of Health Malaysia has released the results of its study on ivermectin, which found that the drug does not prevent patients with COVID-19 symptoms from progressing into stage four or five, and...
Doctor in the House: How is the Health Budget Put Together? October 29, 2021 Dr. In The House, Medical Innovations & Advancements What exactly goes into planning a budget for health? With Budget 2022 being tabled today (29th October), we take a look into what the process looks like - who is involved, how long it takes and the...
World Polio Day – Malaysia Ends Polio October 22, 2021 Dr. In The House, Health & Aging, Medical Innovations & Advancements In December 2019, polio was detected in Malaysia for the first time in 27 years. In September 2021, the country declared the polio outbreak to be over. To commemorate World Polio Day on 24 September,...
Ready or Not, COVID-19 is Here to Stay October 15, 2021 Dr. In The House, Health & Aging, Medical Innovations & Advancements “We have to learn to live with COVID-19” is a phrase we’ve been hearing all too often these days. Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has reiterated that we need to reopen safely and to start treating...
On Vaccinating Teens and Real-World Efficacy of COVID Vaccines October 1, 2021 Dr. In The House, Health & Aging, Medical Innovations & Advancements With COVID-19 vaccinations for adolescents aged between 12 to 17 years old underway, we take a look at what concerns parents might still have and some of the misinformation that is going around. We also...
A Chat With An Award-Winning Cancer Researcher September 10, 2021 Dr. In The House, Medical Innovations & Advancements Recipient of the prestigious Dr Josef Steiner Award for cancer genome research in 2019, Dr Serena Nik-Zainal was recently also honoured with the Francis Crick Medal and Lecture 2022. We catch up with the...
