Health Information Today: April 2012

Monday, April 2, 2012

Falls

Falls are the most common home accident in Malaysian children. Children between ages 1 to 4 are more prone to falls. They are at risk because of their development stages and their surrounding environment.

Snake Bite

There are more than 140 species of land snakes found in Malaysia. Only about 17 of these are poisonous.

Important venomous snakes in Malaysia are the cobras (common cobra, king cobra), vipers (Russell's Viper, Malayan pit viper and green tree pit viper) and kraits.

Vaccines

The vaccines currently used in the Ministry of Health Malaysia are based on the Expanded Immunisation Programme (EPI) of the World Health Organisation (WHO). These vaccines are given free of charge to all babies in the government health centres and cover the 10 vaccine-preventable childhood diseases as listed in table (1) in appendix. A wide vaccine coverage is important for the success of the immunisation programme. More vaccines may be added in future depending on factors such as the disease burden, cost-effectiveness and the budget allocation. There may be a slight modification of the immunisation schedule from time to time depending on the combination of vaccines available. The current immunisation schedule is in table (2) in appendix.

Introduction of Immunisation

Immunisation is the process of giving vaccines to the baby with the intention of stimulating the defense mechanism against infectious diseases. These vaccines are killed or weakened virus and whole or part of bacteria.

MAS-TMC tie-up to tap medical tourism

PETALING JAYA (June 30, 2011): Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has teamed up with Tropicana Medical Centre (TMC) to tap into medical tourism following the rising number of foreigners coming here for treatment, MAS executive vice-president of commercial strategy Datuk Dr Amin Khan said.

Vascular Changes or Birthmarks

A newborn baby's delicate skin is prone to a wide array of conditions. Some of these are due to heredity, such as birth marks, but some rashes are due to the mother's hormones still circulating throughout the baby's blood stream. While some of these skin lesions are normal, some may be an indicator of underlying problems and the most common newborn skin lesions are :

Eye Care

Normal eye care

During the first baby check after birth, the doctor will check your baby's eyes for

Congenital abnormalities
Eye infection
Vision

In your daily care, clean around your baby's eyes with a clean moistened soft cloth. Do not use soap as this will sting the eyes.

Excessive Crying

Introduction

Excessive crying in newborns and young infants is a common problem for most parents. Crying is your baby's way of communicating with you that something is not right with him.

Colic

What is colic?

It is a term used to imply crying in a baby due to abdominal pain. Diagnosis is usually made when :

There is continual or persistent bout of intense crying in babies without any apparent reason.
This typically lasts between 2 to 4 hours a day for at least 5 days a week and usually begins at about 2 or 3 weeks of age and subsides by 3 to 4 months.

General Gestational Age (LGA)

What is a big baby at the age of the fetus?

Familiarity normal baby with a birth weight within 3.4 kg to 3.5 kg. Big babyof gestational age is greater than normal babies.

Premature Baby

When is said to be premature baby?
Most of the babies born within 40 weeks of gestation. Baby said to be mature if born between 37-42 weeks gestation. If the baby is born before 37 weeks of gestation is said to be premature.

Ambiguous Genitalia

Introduction

Ambiguous genitalia, also called the disorder of sex development, is a condition when a child’s external sex organs are not clearly male or female. The infant may appear different than expected. The parents of infants who have ambiguous genitalia can get help from the healthcare team to assist them decide what is best for their children. Always remember that you are not alone. Work closely with your health care team.

Exercise & Health

Definition of Exercise
A type of physical activity or exercise is usually performed within a specific time, repeatedly aimed at improving levels of fitness and health.

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Prostar

Based on the situation in which the number of KES HIV / AIDS is affecting the country involve the youth of the majoritinya Prostar embodied.

Organ donation

Award for their invaluable life

The issue of death and organ donation is something that is difficult to say. What more for those who have lost loved ones. It is also a complex matter for the medical staff who are always trying to save the life of a patient. Decision to consent to organ and tissue donor of a loved one when he died, not an easy task. It raised several concerns for the families of the deceased. To relieve the mental burden of the death of our family, we should declare their willingness to donate organs and tissues in our life.

Young Doctors Club

BACKGROUND OF YOUNG DOCTOR

Doctor Young was the school year 4, 5 and 6 are selected and trained as a Peer Mentor, who acted as a catalyst for change in knowledge, attitude and practice of positive health among school students.

A priceless gift of life

It is not easy to decide whether or not to donate the organ of your loved ones. Even the medical practitioners understand the difficulty. So why don’t you pledge as a donor now.

Government Hospitals’ Treatment Charges for Foreigners

Government hospitals provide health treatment to foreign citizens according to the Fees Act (Medical) 1951 for Foreigners. Below is a list of treatments provided in government hospitals, and their respective charges:

Outpatient Charges (Schedule FA)

Special Health Days

World TB Day,Actions for life: Towards a world free of tuberculosis,A focus on the Global Plan to Stop TB, World Health Day,Working together for health,National No Tobacco Week,World Breastfeeding Week, World Heart Day,World Mental Health Day, World Diabetes Day,World AIDS Day.

Minister Of Health Malaysia

Health services in the country's history began even before independence. Construction of the hospital at that time was to treat the workers in the mining industry. Each of the mine workers must pay 50 cents a year for treatment. As the mining industry booming in Bangkok, at the end of the 19th century the state had the most hospitals of 15 pieces. Hospitals are the Taiping Hospital, T applaud Diamond, Tapah, Sg. Snails, Slim River, Sri Manjung, long, Also, South Sulawesi, Kampar, Ipoh, CBD, Fifth Horizontal, Batu Gajah and Tanjung Rambutan.

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