Product Of The System

Sabah hospitals akin to Vietnamese refugee camp

Sabah hospitals akin to Vietnamese refugee camp

Health Minister, you owe Sabah answers

Health Minister, you owe Sabah answers

Prescription, dispensing, suffering (Pt 2)

Prescription, dispensing, suffering (Pt 2)

The move to restrict doctors to prescribing only while conveniently ignoring the shortcomings and excesses among the pharmacy profession is biased and favors the pharmacists’ interests.
Prescription, dispensing, suffering (Pt 1)

Prescription, dispensing, suffering (Pt 1)

Common scene in Malaysian healthcare: An anthology of errors initiated by doctors, propagated by the patient's health seeking behaviour and perpetuated by a pharmacist.
Slab scheme for doctors needs review

Slab scheme for doctors needs review

New state gov'ts - don't blow it

New state gov'ts - don't blow it

Fun with idioms: dogs in the Malaysian nutshell

Fun with idioms: dogs in the Malaysian nutshell

The Balaams and Jonahs of Malaysia

The Balaams and Jonahs of Malaysia

Now, everyone can be a Bajau!

Now, everyone can be a Bajau!

Merdeka series Sabahans are hapless in the face of politically-engineered handouts to the beneficiaries of 'Project IC'.
Our ailing healthcare system

Our ailing healthcare system

While healthcare in much of the rest of the modern world is cruising ahead, Malaysia's is so very wedged in the medieval ages.
A tribute to Umnoputras

A tribute to Umnoputras

Merdeka stories for Pak Lah and Khairy

Merdeka stories for Pak Lah and Khairy

Umnos meritocracy myth

Umnos meritocracy myth

The annual intake of our local universities is best summarised as the epitome of Malay supremacy. It is Umno's style of sending the message that above all else, the Malay factor is still the most...
Malaysians could end up boiled frogs

Malaysians could end up boiled frogs

The adage goes that if a frog is placed in a pot of boiling water, it would immediately jump out to avoid death. Conversely however, if the frog is placed in cool and pleasant water...
BN manifesto - what they really meant

BN manifesto - what they really meant

The prime minister was quoted earlier this week to have said that the Barisan Nasional has fulfilled its election promises with the unveiling of the...
Beautiful land, ugly government

Beautiful land, ugly government

The unbelievable Professor Hashim Yaacob

The unbelievable Professor Hashim Yaacob

After a whole year of grandiose proclamations and self-adoration, the UM figurehead can't seem to satisfy his lust for cheap publicity.
Stories for my fellow citizens, Happy Merdeka

Stories for my fellow citizens, Happy Merdeka


A 15-year-old boy was brought to the hospital with a one-day history of refractory generalised seizures. He was previously a bright, healthy teenager.
UM medical lecturer/student ratio 1:6? Hogwash!

UM medical lecturer/student ratio 1:6? Hogwash!

The recent and sudden de-recognition of the Crimea State Medical University (CSMU) is in itself not so much an issue as compared to the manner in which it was handled by...
Medical schools ailing from know who syndrome

Medical schools ailing from know who syndrome

I am a medical graduate from a local public university. My experiences over the last five years in a public university have convinced me that the present government is...