Wednesday 17 June 2009

Treating the symptoms, not the disease, that's Malaysia

Reading this letter Proper diagnosis, early treatment immediately after reading the headline news Infected teen girl has unwittingly exposed 20 people to A (H1N1) virus gives me the feeling of deep unease. In the letter by Elaine Wong, wherein she described how her husband almost died of dengue fever, and how the Govt and Private hospital staff seemingly took a nonchalant attitude towards patients, even with a very strong suspicion of having contracted dengue. Her printed remark that her husband would go to Indonesia for medical treatment, the next time he becomes ill is a slap on the face of our Health Services. More ominously, it brings out the scary thought.... Is our country and our Govt capable of keeping the spread of the H1Ni flu pandemic under control. Are our experienced doctors just concerned with making money,and thus treat the symptoms and not the disease? It will be a sad day for our country, if indeed Malaysians again exhibit the uncaring attitude in the wake of an attack by a virulent virus

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