MMA: Stick to highest disease control standards
PETALING JAYA: All healthcare providers must maintain the highest standards of infection control
to protect themselves while caring for their patients, said Malaysian Medical Association (MMA)
president Dr N. Ganabaskaran.
He said that healthcare providers such as doctors, pharmacists, nurses, assistant medical ofcers and
support staff must take care of themselves at all times in view of the four conrmed cases of novel
coronavirus in Malaysia.
MMA: Care for contract MOs
PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) hopes the government will consider issues
it raised concerning contract medical ofcers (MOs) so that their welfare and career advancement
will be looked after.
Dr N. Ganabaskaran, MMA’s president, said that despite the Cabinet approval that their grade would
start from UD43, there has been little news on the matter.
All healthcare providers must maintain highest standard in infection control, says MMA
PETALING JAYA: All healthcare providers must maintain and adhere to the highest standards of
infection control that is already in place to protect themselves in the line of duty in caring for their
patients, says Dr N. Ganabaskaran.
The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) president said the healthcare providers – doctors,
pharmacists, nurses, assistant medical ofcers, lab technologies and support staff – must take care of
themselves at all times in reference to the four conrmed cases of Wuhan novel coronavirus (nCoV)
in Malaysia.
Upholding professionalism in engineering
I SHARE the sentiments of Ir. Mohd Kamal Haziq Kamaruzaman in his letter “Registering
professional engineers” (The Star, Jan 7). Unlike the healthcare fraternity that went all out to protest
the abolition of the critical service incentive allowance, which also affects the engineering
profession, the silence from the Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) was deafening.
in Malaysia.
Shortage of flu vaccine at GPs
THERE is an acute shortage in the supply of u vaccine from the four main suppliers. Many general
practitioners (GPs) have called the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) to report this problem.
The issue is also currently trending on various social media platforms with GPs voicing their
displeasure over it, and there are claims that there is preference to supply private hospitals while the
fragmented but well-distributed GP clinics are being sidelined.