It’s OK to ‘dit’ on your forehead! Last updated on
The new norm of RMCO: Register your arrival by scanning the MySejahtera QR code and have your body temperature checked using a non-contact infrared thermometer (familiar with the ‘dit’ sound? or “dah tembak?” or “dah check”?) before entering any shops or premises in Malaysia. Scanning the QR code serves to facilitate contact tracing in the...
Pandemic Struggles Vol 4 – Doctors (Part II) Last updated on
Continuing our Pandemic Struggles series, we take a closer look at the struggles faced by our colleagues in the medical profession. In the second half of our Doctors Two-Parter Episode, we are glad to have Dr Hema Darshinee Johnson, a Medical Officer since December 2018 from the Radiology and Oncology Department from Hospital Sultan Ismail,...
Pandemic Struggles Vol 4: Doctors (Part I) Last updated on
The Pandemic Struggles series will not be complete without the doctors' perspectives. Being the key front-liner in triage, screening, diagnosis and prescribing, this battle to COVID-19 would have been lost without them. In our special two-part episode, we share a snippet of the challenges faced by a doctor who has been serving for 9 years...
Subtle Reminders: We are NOT out in the clear (yet) Last updated on
Four months into the Movement Control Order since 18th March 2020, life has never been the same for us anymore. Masks, hand sanitisers, QR codes for contact tracing, temperature checks… these are new norms as we re-enter our normal lives till this day. Who would have thought we are able to experience a pandemic in...
Pandemic Struggles Vol 3: Medical Assistants Last updated on
Medical assistants - one of the frontliners that we are not as familiar with, but nonetheless key personnel in handling the pandemic. In this week's Pandemic Struggles, we take a look at the challenges that a medical assistant have during the toughest parts of the MCO. Can you introduce a little about yourself? My name...