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Year: 2010

Year: 2010

Alarming medical error statistics

admin March 20, 2010 0 Comments
Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) recently came across the findings presented in the Research Highlights of a study on “Patient Safety in Primary Care”. This study was conducted by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in 12 of their primary care clinics in 4 states in Malaysia. From the results, we are alarmed to note that more than 50% of the medical records reviewed from primary healthcare...
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Malaysian wildlife kingpin mentioned in National Geographic: Make investigations public

admin February 1, 2010 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) had received queries on follow-up action pertaining to the National Geographic report, “Asia’s Wildlife Trade: The Kingpin” (Jan 2010), concerning the alleged involvement of a high-ranking officer from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks with a notorious wildlife dealer. This investigative write-up in a well-known magazine is very serious and the claims...
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Issue 40-1 Jan-Feb 2010

admin February 1, 2010 0 Comments
  U N C O M M O N    E X P O S E S ,   V I E W S   &   W I S D O M Bimonthly Paper of Consumers Association of Penang We have stories which you will not find in other papers -- hard-hitting stuff with no holds barred, for we name the brands, companies or people in our exposes, unlike the commercial papers which are dependent on companies for their advertisements or are owned by...
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1Malaysia clinics – in the spirit of primary healthcare

admin January 6, 2010 0 Comments
Consumer’s Association of Penang (CAP) lauds the Governments initiative in introducing the 1Malaysia community clinic network to help to meet the urgent health needs of the rakyat in urban areas. In the past CAP has called for more government clinics in urban areas across the country to help reduce the number of patients in General Hospitals.  A random survey by CAP on the number of private...
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