July 2007 archives
I read with utmost respect and admiration Dr. Chua Kaw Bing’s ‘Personal Account of Nipah Virus Outbreak‘. For those who don’t already know him, Dr Chua is the humble pediatrician turned virologist who was instrumental in the discovery of the deadly Nipah virus which wreaked havoc in the late 90s, killing many innocent pig farmers in [...]
Emergency medicine is a relatively new branch of medical specialty, especially so in Malaysia where the first Master of Medicine program (MMed Emerg Med) started off as recently as 1998 . Emergency medicine is attractive as an option for specialization for the following reasons : A large variety of presenting complaints from the entire age spectrum. You [...]