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- Health
- Reuters
Mpox is still a health emergency, WHO says
June 9 (Reuters) - The mpox outbreak is still a public health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Monday, with the health body's director-general issuing a revised set of temporary recommendations. The WHO first declared the emergency in August last year, when an outbreak of a new form of mpox spread from the badly-hit Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countries. A public health emergency of international concern is WHO's highest form of alert.
Free Malaysia Today
28-05-2025
- General
- Free Malaysia Today
Head of HKL's emergency dept is new health DG
Mahathar Abd Wahab (right) receiving his letter of appointment as health director-general from chief secretary to the government Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar. (Facebook pic) PETALING JAYA : The head of Hospital Kuala Lumpur's emergency and trauma department has been appointed the new health director-general effective tomorrow. Chief secretary to the government Shamsul Azri Abu Bakar said the King had given his consent to the appointment of Mahathar Abd Wahab, 56, to the post. Mahathar graduated from the University of St Andrews in Scotland with a bachelor of medical science before obtaining a bachelor of medicine and surgery from the University of Manchester and a master of medicine (emergency medicine) at Universiti Sains Malaysia. Shamsul said Mahathar was first appointed as a health ministry medical officer on Oct 1, 1996. Mahathar takes over as health director-general from Radzi Abu Hassan, who retired earlier this month.
Free Malaysia Today
28-05-2025
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
4 medical experts in the running for health DG post
Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad will seek Cabinet approval for the appointment of a new director-general for his ministry in the near future. PETALING JAYA : Four medical professionals are being considered for the position of health director-general, which has been vacant since Dr Radzi Abu Hassan retired. Radzi, who held the post from April 2023, reached the mandatory retirement age of 60 earlier this month. Sources told FMT that four medical professionals are being considered for the post; deputy director general Dr Nor Fariza Ngah (research and technical support), deputy health director (medicine) Dr Nor Azimi Yunus, head of cardiothoracic surgery Dr Basheer Ahamed Abdul Kareem and Kuala Lumpur Hospital director Dr R Harikrishna Nair. Drs Fariza and Nor Azimi are both expected to retire next year, while Dr Basheer and Dr Harikrishna have about five years of their tenure remaining. Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad is expected to seek Cabinet approval for the appointment soon. Nor Farizah is a senior consultant ophthalmologist and currently chairs the National Specialist Registrar's (NSR) ophthalmology sub-committee. Basheer is currently the health ministry's head of cardiothoracic surgery and heads the department at the Penang Hospital. He is also the current serving president of the Malaysian Association for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons. Harikrishna has been instrumental in the successful implementation of the KL Hospital's 365-day transformation plan and has been a pioneer in the area of wound care. Nor Azimi gained widespread recognition for her impactful policies when serving as Terengganu's health director. She is known to be a firm, decisive and effective leader. The incoming director-general will need to tackle a number of longstanding challenges in the public health sector. These include issues surrounding recognition of parallel pathway specialists, contract doctors, ward nurses' 45-hour workweek, and the exodus of doctors and nurses from government service.
