Attention all patients who have prescriptions scheduled for refill and pick-up at the local hospital or health clinics during the Movement Control Order (MCO), this guide is for you. You need to read this because chances are, 1) you do not have enough medications to get you through the MCO…
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Over the past few weeks, many countries all over the world have issued stay-at-home or social distancing orders in their effort to curb the spread of the COVID-19 infection. Although the orders are for everyone, people with vulnerabilities especially those with chronic illnesses (i.e. diabetes, hypertension, chronic lung diseases, cardiovascular…
Roughly two weeks ago, a video of a doctor losing his cool at a government health clinic in Rasah, Negeri Sembilan went viral. The short clip showed a doctor shouting at the patient who was recording the video, asking her to either wait outside the consultation room or leave the…
There is no other stereotypical view of doctors that I refuse to subscribe to quite like the old adage that doctors make the worst patients. I don’t believe that it is necessarily true or that any doctor who becomes a patient should find any comfort or pride in it. If…
It was rather unfortunate that I had to make a complaint against a doctor recently. Due to its confidentiality, I won’t be delving into any details here. All I can say is that it was my very first complaint of such nature and I am not proud of it. Making…