Category: Health

The Kuala Lumpur General Hospital should re-establish a heart unit to cater for the needs for poor heart patients

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 4th March 1993:

The Kuala Lumpur General Hospital should re-establish a heart unit to cater for the needs for poor heart patients

The Health Minister, Datuk Lee Kim Sai said last Saturday that a Cabinet committee had been set up to find ways to help poor heart patients seeking treatment at the National Heart Institute in Kuala Lumpur. Continue reading The Kuala Lumpur General Hospital should re-establish a heart unit to cater for the needs for poor heart patients

DAP calls for full public inquiry as to how the government’s nationwide Hepatitis B programme of newborns and children turned into a Hepatitis B infection programme

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Sunday, 7th July 1991

DAP calls for full public inquiry as to how the government’s nationwide Hepatitis B programme of newborns and children turned into a Hepatitis B infection programme

A month ago, panic was created among new parents all over the country over the babies BCG over-dosage in government hospitals. Continue reading DAP calls for full public inquiry as to how the government’s nationwide Hepatitis B programme of newborns and children turned into a Hepatitis B infection programme

DAP calls for an independent public inquiry into the government hospitals’ babies BCG overdose scandal

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Wednesday, 12th June 1991:

DAP calls for an independent public inquiry into the government hospitals’ babies BCG overdose scandal

DAP calls for an independent committee of inquiry into the scandal of the government hospitals throughout the country giving an overdose of the BCG vaccine to all newborn babies early this year. Continue reading DAP calls for an independent public inquiry into the government hospitals’ babies BCG overdose scandal

Proposal by Mahathir to allow foreign doctors to practise in private is most startling

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Tanjung, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Saturday, June 8 1991:

Proposal by Mahathir to allow foreign doctors to practise in private is most startling

The proposal by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr.Mahathir Mohamed, to allow foreign doctors to work in private hospitals an even set up clinics is most startling. Continue reading Proposal by Mahathir to allow foreign doctors to practise in private is most startling

DAP calls for the establishment of a new university each year for the next five years under the fifth Malaysia Plan to meet demands for higher education by Malaysians

by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary- General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Malacca on Tuesday, Sept. 10.1985:

DAP calls for the establishment of a new university each year for the next five years under the fifth Malaysia Plan to meet demands for higher education by Malaysians

In the Ungku Omar memorial lecture on ‘Education and development’ at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) last weekend, the University of Malaya Vice Chancellor Royal Prof. Ungku Aziz said an increase in the number of universities in the country will lead to a decline in academic standards, and advocated that it was better to have a few universities which emphasized on quality in education. Continue reading DAP calls for the establishment of a new university each year for the next five years under the fifth Malaysia Plan to meet demands for higher education by Malaysians

Call on Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to respect the views of the people of Papan and reconsider the radioactive waste dumping ground project

By Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Kota Melaka, Lim Kit Siang, in Petaling Jaya on Thursday, 7.6.1984:

Call on Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to respect the views of the people of Papan and reconsider the radioactive waste dumping ground project

The announcement by the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamed, that the government would go ahead with the construction of the radioactive waste dumping ground in Papan, Perak, is most shocking, especially as the people of Papan and the surrounding regions have made clear their opposition to the project on the grounds of health and welfare of the people in the region, as well as for future generations. Continue reading Call on Dr. Mahathir Mohamed to respect the views of the people of Papan and reconsider the radioactive waste dumping ground project

Medical Places For Non-Malay Students

(Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Monday, 8th June 1981 on the motion to extend the Parliamentary resolution requiring new doctors to perform three years of compulsory government service)

Call on the Government to treble the intake of non-bumiputra students for local medical places to help solve the acute doctor shortage in the country

The requirement of new doctors to perform three years of compulsory government service was introduced 10 years ago as a measure to counter the acute doctor shortage in the hospitals and government service. Continue reading Medical Places For Non-Malay Students

Call on the Government to treble the intake of non-buniputra students for medical places for next year’s academic year

Speech Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, when speaking at the Taiping DAP branch Dinner in Taiping on Friday, 30th January 1981 at 8 p.m.

Call on the Government to treble the intake of non-buniputra students for medical places for next year’s academic year.

Throughout the country hospital, the government faces an acute shortage of doctor and in particular, specialists. Every year, Malaysia has to recruit doctors from Indonesia, India and Bangladesh, countries which need doctors even more than Malaysia, to help fill some of the vacancies in Malaysia hospitals. Continue reading Call on the Government to treble the intake of non-buniputra students for medical places for next year’s academic year

DAP calls for the strict principle of merit to be applied in staffing medical school and hospitals to ensure high medical standard in Malaysia

Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, when inaugurating the protem committee of the Kemaman DAP Branch in Kemaman, Trengganu, on Thursday, 4th September 1980 at 5p.m.

DAP calls for the strict principle of merit to be applied in staffing medical school and hospitals to ensure high medical standard in Malaysia.

Meritocracy has been a much-abused word in Malaysia recently. Those who insist on merit are accused of having ulterior motive to perpetuate long-standing injustices and imbalances in education and economic fields, for instance. Continue reading DAP calls for the strict principle of merit to be applied in staffing medical school and hospitals to ensure high medical standard in Malaysia

Royal Commission Of Inquiry Into Health Services

(Speech by Parliamentary Opposition Leader, DAP Secretary-General and MP for Petaling, Lim Kit Siang, in the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday, 17th June 1980 when introducing motion calling for establishing of Royal Commission of Inquiry into Health Services)

DAP calls for Royal Commission of Inquiry into Health Services

I move:

“That this House TAKES NOTE of the recent report of a Committee of the Malayan Medical Association Council under the Chairmanship of Dr.M.K.Rajakumar on ‘the Future of the Health Services in Malaysia’ and RESOLVES that a Royal Commission of Inquiry be established to study, and make recommendation for the realization of, the health needs of Malaysians for the next two decades.”

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