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Do not blame the private doctors for dengue!

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Image via malaysiakini.com From Malaysia Kini - The Federation of Private Medical Practitioners’ Associations, Malaysia (FPMPAM) would like to issue the following comments in response to the comments from the Malaysian heath minister on Jan 28, 2015 that private doctors fail to detect symptoms of dengue early. Our members in general practitioner (GP) and family clinics have noted increasing number of dengue cases presenting with differing clinical patterns since the year 2000. Our doctors have been on unrelenting high alert for dengue cases since the year 2000.

Dengue cases at Hospital Kuala Lumpur has not only risen but become more severe

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Image via http://news.asiaone.com From The Star/Asia News Network - The number of dengue cases at Hospital Kuala Lumpur, the oldest and most-visited hospital in the country, has not only risen but become more severe. Its internal medicine physician Dr Saiful Safuan Md Sani said there had been an increase of about 20 per cent of dengue patients at the hospital. Seven dengue patients with encephalitis had also been admitted in the past month, with four of them dying compared to an average of only one or two such cases a year. "We do not know yet why patients are suffering a more severe dengue infection. They should seek treatment immediately if they suffer from vomiting, persistent abdominal pains, lethargy like being unable to get out of bed, and any bleeding," he advised. He said that since late 2013, HKL had between 80 and 100 dengue patients at any one time but in the past month, the number had shot up to 150 patients on some days, with an average increase of

How to estimate a senior's chance of dying within 30 days

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Image via  (AP Photo/Marco Vasini) A test devised by Sydney researchers to determine the likelihood of a patient's death within the next 30 days will be trialled in local hospitals from March. The Criteria for Screening and Triaging to Appropriate aLternative care, or CriSTAL, developed by University of New South Wales researcher Magnolia Cardona-Morrel, would take into account 29 different criteria to assess whether it was worthwhile carrying out life-saving treatments and procedures. Dr Cardona-Morrel said the test was designed to help doctors begin a conversation with terminally ill patients, particularly elderly patients, as to whether they would like to continue to receive treatment and where they would prefer to die. "The test is easy to administer and the [answers] are readily available in the patient's clinical records and it can be completed in five or 10 minutes," she said. "The score by no means decides the treatment." She said the aim o

The Worms that can move throughout your body - your eyes, your tissues and your brain!

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(CNN) - Once you consume them, they can move throughout your body -- your eyes, your tissues and most commonly your brain. They leave doctors puzzled in their wake as they migrate and settle to feed on the body they're invading; a classic parasite, but this one can get into your head. "It had moved from one side of the brain to the other ... very few things move in the brain," says Dr. Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas about a British man found to have a tapeworm moving inside his brain in 2013. This form of tapeworm had never been seen before in the United Kingdom. The patient, who was of Chinese descent, had recently visited China, which along with South Korea, Japan and Thailand, has more regular occurrences of the parasite known as Spirometra erinaceieuropaei. Four years earlier the man had first experienced symptoms, such as headaches, which the team of doctors at Addenbrookes Hospital, in Cambridge, had treated as tuberculosis. But then he returned. "When he reappea

Global Cancer Rates Show The Ill Effects Of Eating Meat

Animal products had a particularly strong correlation with various types of cancer because this kind of diet promotes body growth as well as tumor enlargement, Grant explained in a statement . Specifically, the kinds of cancer affected by this dietary factor include female breast, uterine, kidney, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, testicular, thyroid, and multiple myeloma. Global Cancer Rates Show The Ill Effects Of Eating Meat

Reviews: National University Hospital (NUH) Singapore

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Image via StraitsTimes.com We have searched and sifted the web to find relevant reviews on National University Hospital (NUH) Singapore. In this post, we have compiled a list of relevant consumer reviews and related information on National University Hospital (NUH) Singapore and put them in one place for your convenience.  National University Hospital (NUH) Singapore Reviews   Here is the list in no particular order. From Facebook  -  https://www.facebook.com/NationalUniversityHospital?sk=reviews From SingaporeExpats.com >> Finding medical support on a public holiday Feb 10, 2013 - ...IF IT'S A LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCY, HEAD TO ONE OF THESE 7 HOSPITALS OR CALL 995: Singapore General Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Alexandra Hospital, Changi General Hospital, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, National University Hospital and KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital... forum.singaporeexpats.com/viewtopic.php?p=626123   Having a baby in Singapore without pr

List of Doctors in Gleneagles Hospital Singapore

Gleneagles Hospital Singapore | Gleneagles Hospital Singapore Reviews Address: 6A Napier Road, Singapore 258500 Telephone Contact Number | Hospital Mainline: +65 6473 7222 Gleneagles Singapore 24 Hour A&E Helpline: Line 1: +65 6470 5688 Gleneagles Singapore 24 Hour A&E Helpline: Line 2: +65 6470 5700  Popular Clinical Specialties in Gleneagles Hospital Singapore ENT Doctors (Ear Nose Throat Specialists) at Gleneagles Hospital Singapore Dr Chew Khet Kuen Dr Huang Shoou Chyuan Dr Jason Hwang Siew Yoong Dr David Lau Pang Cheng Dr Leong Hoo Kwong Dr Lim Chong Teck Dr Loh Kok Kit Dr Stanley Ralph Ernest Popular Conditions treated:  Sinusitis, Sinus infection, Tonsillitis, Allergic Rhinitis Treatment, Sleep Apnoea Popular Procedures : Sinus surgery, Balloon Sinuplasty, Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery (FESS) Obstetricians and Gynaecologists at Gleneagles Hospital Singapore (alphabetical order) Dr Ang Huai Yan Dr Chan Kong Hon Dr Chan Weng Buen Cathryn

Plastic surgeons Singapore: Members of the Singapore Association of Plastic Surgeons

Plastic Surgeons in Singapore   Department of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road Singapore 169608 Tel. : 63264600 (Appt), 6326 6400 Prof Dr Colin SONG (Update: Has moved to Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre) A/Prof Kok-Chai TAN Dr Karen Wei-Ee Sng Dr Yee Siang ONG. Dr Bien-Keem TAN Dr Chin Ho WONG Div of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Department of Surgery. National University Hospital. Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119704 Tel. : 6772 2022 A/Prof Thiam-Chye LIM. Dr Wei Chen ONG Dr Jane LIM. Dr Shu-Jin LEE Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, 3 Mount Elizabeth, Singapore 228510 Dr Erik Sze-Wee ANG. Yap & Ang Surgical Associates, Suite 1208. Tel. : (65) 6836 8238 Dr Chi-Chin CHAN. #08-09. Tel. : (65) 6734 5653 Dr Jun Jin CHUA, #03-05. Tel. : 62353235 Dr Harry Wing-Sang FOK. #14 16. Tel. : 6732 8682 Dr Andrew KM KHOO. #13-08. Tel. : 6733 3712 Dr Choong-Lieng YEAP. #14 13. Tel. : 6734

Reviews on Gleneagles Hospital Singapore

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We have searched and sifted the web to find relevant reviews on Gleneagles Hospital Singapore. In this post, we have compiled a list of relevant consumer reviews on Gleneagles Hospital Singapore and put them in one place for your convenience. Gleneagles Hospital Singapore Reviews Here is the list in no particular order. From Facebook.com > https://www.facebook.com/GleneaglesHospitalSingapore/reviews From Google Reviews > https://www.google.com/search?q=singapore+hospital+review&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=gleneagles+hospital+singapore+reviews&lrd=0x31da1a2024d17459:0x2559534cd241d05c,1  From Yelp.com > http://www.yelp.com.sg/biz/gleneagles-hospital-singapore From MummySg.com This is a discussion thread on Cost of Delivery at Gleneagles Hospital within the Singapore Obstetricians and Gynaecologists forum, part of the Pregnancy Forum category …   Cost of Delivery at Gleneagles Hospital >> http://www.mummysg.com/forums/f37/cost-delivery-glen

Reviews on Singapore General Hospital (SGH)

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We have searched the web to find relevant reviews on Singapore General Hospital. In this post, we have compiled a list of relevant consumer and employee reviews on Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and put them in one place for your convenience. Here is the list in no particular order. Singapore General Hospital Reviews From Facebook.com >  https://www.facebook.com/SingaporeGeneralHospital/reviews   From Google Reviews > https://www.google.com/search?q=singapore+hospital+review&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=singapore+general+hospital&lrd=0x31da196fe64ff417:0x8c48b6b2f984e728,1   From Yelp.com > http://www.yelp.com.sg/biz/singapore-general-hospital-singapore   Singapore General Hospital Employer Reviews From Glassdoor.com  http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Singapore-General-Hospital-Reviews-E139552.htm From Indeed.com http://www.indeed.com.sg/cmp/Singapore-General-Hospital/reviews Did we miss any good reviews sites for Singapore General Hospital.