I was really laughing my head off after reading this article in today’s Star. Coming from our Deputy Prime Minister makes me wonder the type of politicians that are running this country. I am sure many knows the answer to that? Firstly, this is a publicity stunt my the medical college mentioned. Secondly, all speech by [...]
Archive for October, 2011
Clown of the Year award!
Posted in Education on October 21, 2011 | 74 Comments »
For Future Doctors: Housemen Overworked?
Posted in Education on October 13, 2011 | 132 Comments »
One of my loyal follower sent me this 2 articles below which appeared in The Sun (http://www.thesundaily.my/news/167606, http://www.thesundaily.my/news/175519). I have said this many times that medicine is different. You are dealing with life and it does involve a lot of stress. That’s the reason why I started this blog to educate the people of what [...]
Johor Rheumatology Update 2011: 23/10/2011
Posted in Education on October 12, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Malaysian Medical Association in collaboration with Columbia Asia Hospital Nusajaya and Hospital Sultan Ismail will be organising the Johor Rheumatology Update course at Grand Paragon Hotel, Johor Bahru on 23/10/2011. I am the organising chairman for the above course which is being held for the first time in JB, open to all doctors free of charge. Below, is [...]
World Arthritis Day 2011
Posted in Education on October 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
World Arthritis Day is on 12/10/2011 and the Arthritis Foundation of Malaysia(AFM) usually organises public forums to educate the public in creating awareness of various musculoskeletal diseases in Malaysia. For the first time in Johor, on behalf of AFM, I will be organising a public forum this coming Sunday 16/10/2011 in my hospital , Columbia Asia [...]
I told you so……………..
Posted in Education on October 6, 2011 | 44 Comments »
Didn’t I say , it is coming. It is official that the compulsory service for Pharmacist will be reduced from 4 years to 2 years ( including housemanship). This was announced today by MOH. If I am not mistaken, the compulsory service for pharmacist was introduced in 2004 due to shortage of pharmacist in the [...]
For Future Doctors: Are We Slaves?
Posted in Education on October 5, 2011 | 50 Comments »
I am a UK graduate and I’ve been working in Malaysia for almost a year. On my first day, I called my MO by her first name (respectfully) to ask her a question, and she did not answer, so I asked again, and she said to me ‘I would like to be addressed as Dr [...]
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