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Business Insider
2 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
AGL Energy (AGLNF) Gets a Hold from Morgan Stanley
In a report released today, Robert Koh from Morgan Stanley maintained a Hold rating on AGL Energy , with a price target of A$11.88. The company's shares closed last Wednesday at $6.48. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. Make smarter investment decisions with TipRanks' Smart Investor Picks, delivered to your inbox every week. According to TipRanks, Koh is a 3-star analyst with an average return of 2.3% and a 52.70% success rate. Koh covers the Energy sector, focusing on stocks such as Origin Energy Limited, Ampol Limited, and Santos Limited. AGL Energy has an analyst consensus of Strong Buy, with a price target consensus of $7.82. The company has a one-year high of $8.80 and a one-year low of $5.70. Currently, AGL Energy has an average volume of 600.
Bangkok Post
2 days ago
- Climate
- Bangkok Post
Storm Wipha kills 2 Chinese tourists, more rain forecast
PHUKET - Gusting winds and a storm-tossed sea claimed the lives of two Chinese tourists on Sunday, and weathermen on Monday warned of continued downpours as the after-effects of Typhoon Wipha continue to pound parts of Thailand. Pol Lt Sirapat Chupong, of Chalong police station, said that on Sunday a Chinese woman, Wang Yang, 53, was killed by a falling tree at a beach on Koh He island in Phuket's Muang district. Wang and her husband were lying on a beach bench under the tree when it was uprooted by the strong wind. It fell on top of them. Wang's husband escaped with minor injuries and he was given first aid by emergency responders. Wang's body was taken to Chalong Hospital for preliminary post-mortem examination ahead of a full autopsy at Vachira Phuket Hospital. In adjoining Krabi province, the Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre Region 3 reported the death of Shin Yushi, 34, who drowned off Koh Lanta on Sunday. Chaiyaphreuk Weerawong, chief of Mu Koh Lanta National Park, said the visitor was reportedly swimming with a friend. He was swept away by the rough sea. He was found dead about one kilometre away and his body taken to Koh Lanta Hospital for autopsy. (continues below) Phuket and Krabi were among the Andaman coast provinces pounded by heavy rain and stormy seas generated by Typhoon Wipha, which was downgraded to a tropical storm after hitting the China mainland. Storm Wipha also sank a boat transporting goods from mainland Krabi to a resort on Phi Phi island. The boat's driver was rescued by a trawler after clinging desperately to a floating plastic container for at least four hours. More rain to come The Meteorological Department on Monday issued a fresh forecast, warning of more heavy rain and high seas through into Thursday. The department said about half of Thailand would be pounded by more rain due to the impact of Wipha, which made landfall in China 's southern Guangdong province on Sunday. The forecaster said five provinces in the northeastern, eastern and southern regions were at greatest risk from the storm. They are: Chanthaburi Mukdahan Nakhon Phanom Ranong Trat
Daily Express
2 days ago
- Health
- Daily Express
Sabah doctor shortage is serious: Warisan
Published on: Monday, July 21, 2025 Published on: Mon, Jul 21, 2025 By: Abbey Junior Text Size: 'There's a silent collapse happening in the system,' Dr Koh (left) said, referring to rising resignation rates, a growing population, and what appears to be insufficient Federal response to staffing needs. Kota Kinabalu: Sabah's healthcare system is crippled by a severe doctor shortage, ageing facilities and geographic isolation. According to Health Ministry data as of April 2025, Sabah – home to 3.742 million – has only one doctor for every 795 people, nearly double the Health Ministry's target ratio of 1:400 and more than three times below the World Health Organization's recommended ratio of 1:225. Of the 9,356 doctors Sabah needs to meet the Health Ministry's minimum ratio, only 4,708 are currently serving in the State. And of these, just 2,522 are permanent medical officers. Advertisement Dr Istefan Koh, health advisor to Parti Warisan and a former doctor, said the data pointed to a worrying trend. 'There's a silent collapse happening in the system,' he said, referring to rising resignation rates, a growing population, and what appears to be insufficient Federal response to staffing needs. He noted that only 28pc of current medical officers in Sabah are local-born, further exacerbating the state's reliance on federal deployments that are often unpredictable or delayed. The turnover rate among medical officers in Sabah was 46pc in 2024, and had already reached 10.3pc by April this year, with most leaving due to contract expiration, transfers, or burnout. Koh said such instability places a heavier burden on the doctors who remain. In one instance, he claimed that a hospital in Semporna saw six out of 21 doctors leave within a month earlier this year. 'Imagine the weight they are carrying,' he said. 'Doctors are saying they want to quit – it's getting very bad in Sabah. What else can we do but wait for reinforcements?' He added that while the population continues to grow, medical staffing has not increased proportionally. In 2023, the ratio stood at 1:680, and it has since worsened. The data also highlights infrastructure constraints. Sabah has 24 hospitals, the majority over 50 years old, many serving remote areas. Distances between facilities can exceed 550km, with some patients travelling up to six hours one way just to access basic care. Nearly half of Sabahans live in rural or island areas, with many living in poverty, making access to specialist care even more difficult. Koh also pointed to facilities like the newly built Hospital Beluran, which remains underutilised due to staffing constraints, and Tawau Hospital, which he said has enough beds but not enough personnel to provide full services. He urged federal health authorities to accelerate promised reforms and provide immediate manpower support, particularly for rural Sabah.
Indianapolis Star
5 days ago
- Health
- Indianapolis Star
Caitlin Clark's 4 different muscle injuries better than aggravating same injury, per doctor
Caitlin Clark spent much of the WNBA off-season in the weight room, getting stronger, building muscle, revealing biceps that went viral in a photo, to come out with an edge in her second year with the Indiana Fever. And research shows very clearly, said Dr. Jason Koh, that "getting stronger is associated with decreased risk of muscle strains," especially at elite-level sports. Yet, Clark is out with injury again, this time a right groin injury that will cause her to miss the WNBA All-Star competition this weekend. She suffered her fourth muscle injury of the season in the final seconds of the Fever's win over Connecticut on Tuesday. "I'm incredibly sad and disappointed to say I can't participate in the 3-point contest or the All-Star game," Clark posted to X Thursday. "I have to rest my body." And that is a smart decision, said Koh, a sports medicine doctor who is chair of orthopedic surgery at Endeavor Health in suburban Chicago, the chief medical officer for the Chicago Fire soccer team and previously was a team physician for the Chicago Cubs. "If she hasn't recovered enough (and she played), she could potentially get injured again. If something is partially healed or there's some scar tissue, it can get aggravated again, and that might slow down her ability to play later in the season," he said. "Or it might delay her return to the team for games that could get them into the playoffs." IndyStar talked in detail with Koh about Clark's latest injury, what it is and what it means in light of her three other injuries this season -- Clark's left quad tightness that kept her out of the preseason opener, a quad strain in May that led to missing five games and a left groin injury that kept her out another five. Koh has not treated or seen Clark as a patient. Clark's latest groin injury is her fourth separate muscle injury of the season. "And typically when we think about a groin injury, we think about the muscles and tendons that help move the leg. There are muscles called the adductors, and a groin strain is involving the muscles on the inside part of your thigh that help you bring your leg across your body," said Koh. "So crossing over or cutting from side to side or suddenly having to cut one way but your muscles are still contracting a different way, that's what happens." It's an injury Koh sees a lot in professional soccer players who are running at fast speeds, then they cut or pivot. Koh, who has been following Clark since her Iowa days (his brother-in-law is a professor of surgery at the University of Iowa), said he saw the pain in her face Tuesday. "My sense is she looked pretty uncomfortable and I know she's really tough," he said. "So this must have been something that really bothered her to take her out." There are different levels of strains of the muscles, said Koh, "and I think we've probably, all of us may have had strained your calf or your hamstring at some point, and sometimes it gets better in just a few minutes. And then sometimes, it might take a few days." For professional athletes, their injuries typically happen under much greater force, he said. "And so if it's a bad enough strain, it can take several weeks to recover." Clark's left groin injury, which the Fever said was revealed when she reported pain after the team's West Coast road trip, led to an MRI. Clark then missed four more regular-season games, as well as the Commissioner's Cup championship, and came back July 9. Six days later, Clark suffered a right groin injury. MRIs are used in groin injuries to show the amount of tissue damage, which can occur in several different areas, said Koh. "Sometimes, it's where the tendon attaches to the bone and sometimes it's in the muscle and then sometimes it's where the tendon attaches to the muscle," he said. "And fortunately, almost all of these can be treated without surgery and will heal, but it can take some time to heal." IndyStar asked Koh, from a medical standpoint, if it is better that Clark has had four separate injuries versus continuing to injure the same muscle. "To me, it's a good sign that she hasn't re-injured the other things, which tells us that she can heal pretty well. So to that extent, I think that if she's going to get injured, it's probably better to get an injury in a different part rather than keep re-injuring the same thing because sometimes that indicates it's having a hard time healing," he said. "And she was able to heal those other injuries, so I think that's a good sign." If Clark doesn't need surgery for her latest injury, which Koh said would only be required in an extreme case, she likely wouldn't be out for the season. "The tissue takes some time to heal. We've all seen this when you get a cut, there's a clot that forms, and then it forms scar tissue, and then it becomes finally more soft and more normal again," he said. "That's what's happening inside the body with how it's healing. And then, over time, it gets remodeled and changes from that scar into something that comes back to like normal muscle." The key is to rest the patient so that the tissue has a chance to heal "and get things to stick together," Koh said. "And then gradually start decreasing the motion and then eventually some strengthening to sort of retrain the tissue to heal in the right way so that she gets her strength back," he said. "And meanwhile I'm sure that she's doing a bunch of other activities to keep herself in good shape." While Clark said she won't be competing in All-Star weekend, "I will still be at Gainbridge Fieldhouse for all the action, and I'm looking forward to helping Sandy (Brondello) coach our team to a win."
Business Insider
5 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Morgan Stanley Remains a Hold on Qube Holdings (1K1)
Morgan Stanley analyst Robert Koh maintained a Hold rating on Qube Holdings today and set a price target of A$4.20. The company's shares closed last Tuesday at €2.36. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks Premium at 50% off! Unlock powerful investing tools, advanced data, and expert analyst insights to help you invest with confidence. Make smarter investment decisions with TipRanks' Smart Investor Picks, delivered to your inbox every week. According to TipRanks, Koh is a 3-star analyst with an average return of 2.3% and a 52.05% success rate. Koh covers the Energy sector, focusing on stocks such as Origin Energy Limited, Ampol Limited, and Santos Limited. Qube Holdings has an analyst consensus of Moderate Buy, with a price target consensus of €2.51, representing a 6.36% upside. In a report released on July 14, RBC Capital also maintained a Hold rating on the stock with a A$4.30 price target. 1K1 market cap is currently €4.2B and has a P/E ratio of 30.69.
