Nursing shortage projected at close to 60 percent by 2030 - Dr Dzulkefly
Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said a collaboration between public and private sectors can help improve shortfall of nursing staff needed.
Fri May 03 2024
Special housing should be built to prepare for ageing population - KLSP2040
KLSP2040 projects that the elderly population will be higher in 2040, namely at 17.3 per cent, compared to 9.2 per cent in 2025.
Wed Nov 15 2023
Private health facilities allowed to hire foreign trained nurses from Oct 1
The foreign nurses must sit for the Malaysian Nursing Board Qualification Examination for Foreign Trained Nurses.
Mon Sep 18 2023
Shut out of jobs, Afghan women retrain as nurses
A growing number of professional women are enrolling in nursing and midwifery courses, fed up of being cooped up in their homes.
Sun Aug 13 2023
Bring in foreign nurses as a short term measure to address shortage - APHM
Malaysia should consider bringing in foreign nurses as a stop-gap measure to address the shortage of nurses in the country.
Wed May 31 2023
South Korea community doctors launch strike in protest over nursing law
Doctors and nursing assistants protest a nursing bill they fear will hurt their jobs even as it improves nurses' pay and working conditions.
Thu May 04 2023
Up to 100,000 nurses across England, Wales, N. Ireland to strike - Union
The Royal College of Nursing had already said that nurses would walk out on Dec. 15 and 20, the first such action in its 100-year history.
Wed Nov 30 2022
Nurses in Britain to strike, nursing college says
The RCN said its members have faced a decade of real-terms pay cuts and that the ballot over the last four weeks was the biggest in history.
Sun Nov 06 2022
UK nurses begin biggest strike ballot in more than 100 years
More than 300,000 members of Britain's largest nursing union will begin voting over a strike to demand a pay rise.
Thu Oct 06 2022
APM rescues 17 nursing home residents trapped in floods
The residents of a nursing home were trapped in a single storey house in Jalan Bruseh due to the flood incident in Bidor.
Thu May 26 2022
Japan braces for Omicron spread as New Year's travelers fan across country
Officials in Osaka confirmed five Omicron cases at a nursing home, believed to be the first cluster of the variant in Japan.
Wed Dec 29 2021
Woman in nursing home dies of COVID-19 infection, not vaccine - Health director
The death of an elderly woman in a nursing home on Sept 12 was due to COVID-19 infection, said Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Federal Territories Health Department director Datuk Dr P. Param Jeeth Singh.
Sat Oct 23 2021
A Chilean tree holds hope for new vaccines - if supplies last
Forestry experts are nursing a plantation of saplings whose bark holds the promise of potent vaccines.
Thu Oct 07 2021
Malaysia needs more nursing homes as population ages - Rina
More nursing homes are needed as the country deals with an ageing population come 2030, Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun said.
Fri Sep 24 2021
Drop in COVID-19 vaccine efficacy against Delta seen in US nursing homes
The spread of the highly infectious Delta variant, which according to CDC data accounted last month for more than 80 pct of new U.S. infections.
Thu Aug 19 2021
COP29 climate summit draft proposes rich countries pay $250 billion per year
The draft finance deal criticised by both developed and developing nations.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Bomb squad sent to London's Gatwick Airport after terminal evacuation
This was following the discovery of a suspected prohibited item in luggage.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Kelantan urges caution amidst northeast monsoon rains
Kelantan has reminded the public in the state to refrain from outdoor activities with the arrival of the Northeast Monsoon season.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern receives UN leadership award
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was given a global leadership award by the United Nations Foundation.
Fri Nov 22 2024
ICC'S arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant an apt decision - PM
The decision of the ICC to issue arrest warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is apt, said Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
Fri Nov 22 2024
KTMB provides two additional ETS trains for Christmas, school holidays
KTMB will provide two additional ETS trains for the KL Sentral-Padang Besar route and return trips in conjunction with the holidays.
Fri Nov 22 2024
BNM'S international reserves rise to USD118 bil as at Nov 15, 2024
Malaysia's international reserves rose to US$118.0 billion as at Nov 15, 2024, up from US$117.6 billion on Oct 30, 2024.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Findings by dark energy researchers back Einstein's conception of gravity
The findings announced are part of a years-long study of the history of the cosmos focusing upon dark energy.
Fri Nov 22 2024
NRES responds to Rimbawatch press release on COP29
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) wishes to offer the following clarifications to the issues raised.
Fri Nov 22 2024
Online Safety Bill and Anti-Cyberbullying Laws must carefully balance rights and protections
The Online Safety Advocacy Group (OSAG) stands united with people in Malaysia in the fight against serious online harms.
Fri Nov 22 2024