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PELBAGAI usaha diteruskan pelbagai pihak dalam dunia perubatan sebagai ikhtiar terbaik mengurangkan kadar kematian akibat kanser terutama barah paru-paru.Kaedah suntikan prembrolizumab atau terapi sasaran Anti PDI ini khusus untuk merawat kanser paru-paru yang diluluskan Kementerian Kesihatan baru-baru ini.Pengarah Urusan Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD), syarikat berasaskan farmaseutikal terkemuka, Ashish Pal, berkata suntikan ini membuktikan komitmen berterusan pihaknya dalam meningkatkan peluang hidup buat penghidap kanser paru-paru.Beliau berkata, suntikan pembrolizumab (100mg) bertujuan meningkatkan sistem imunisasi badan bagi mengesan dan melawan sel tumor secara sasaran.
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“Rawatan berbeza dengan kaedah kemoterapi yang turut mematikan semua sel baik dalam tubuh,” katanya pada Majlis Pelancaran Keytruda dengan Kombinasi Kimoterapi di Kuala Lumpur, baru-baru ini.Pakar Perunding Onkologi klinikal, Pusat Perubatan Sunway, Dr Tho Lye Mun, berkata penemuan kaedah suntikan pembrolizumab kepada pesakit kanser paru-paru berupaya mengurangkan separuh kematian.Kaedah ini juga kata beliau, berupaya memanjangkan tempoh hayat pesakit dan meningkatkan perkembangan pejuang berbanding rawatan kemoterapi.Sementara itu, Perunding Onkologi klinikal dan Radioterapi, pusat rawatan sama, Dr Matin Mellor Abdullah, berkata sejak beberapa tahun lalu, dunia menyaksikan inovasi dalam merawat kanser paru-paru.Beliau berkata, kaedah rawatan menerusi terapi sasaran atau suntikan prembrolizumab ini lebih khusus menjurus kepada proses pemulihan dengan meningkatkan sistem imun badan pesakit.
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PUTRAJAYA: The mySalam insurance protection scheme for the B40 will cover those who are diagnosed with critical illness from Jan 1, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng (pic).Those with pre-existing conditions will not be covered and neither should those with good health register for the scheme.“We have to set a time-frame for those who can sign up. It has been decided that it should be from Jan 1.“Those who do not have any medical condition also cannot pre-register but if they fall ill later, they can be part of the scheme,” he said.The scheme was launched in January and is set to benefit some 3.69 million people nationwide.The scheme was announced during the tabling of Budget 2019 with an initial fund size of RM2bil contributed by insurance company Great Eastern.The 36 critical illnesses covered by the scheme include cancer, heart attacks and Alzheimer’s.
Recipients will receive a one-off payment of RM8,000 if they are diagnosed with one of the illnesses.Each will also receive daily payments of RM50 for up to 14 days as income replacement.Lim said there is no limit on how many people in the family could claim for mySalam benefits.“If more than one person in a family has been inflicted with critical illness, how can we turn them down?” he said.He also said while some were of the opinion that the money for this scheme could be used to improve health facilities, the minister said that the financial benefits go a long way for those in the B40.
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HASRAT kerajaan ingin membantu golongan petani miskin di luar bandar wajar dialu-alukan kerana mereka terpaksa mengalami tekanan hidup tanpa memiliki pendapatan yang sentiasa terjamin. Mereka yang terpaksa menanggung perbelanjaan harian keluarga seperti orang lain kerapkali berasa gelisah apabila harga hasil tanaman mereka seperti getah dan kelapa sawit semakin terjejas di peringkat antarabangsa. Permintaan antarabangsa terhadap minyak kelapa seperti China menyebabkan harganya merudum sekali gus memberi kesan kepada pekebun kecil tempatan.Pesawah di utara Semenanjung juga mengalami pelbagai musibah tanaman sehingga menyebabkan hasil keluaran terjejas. Tambahan pula kerajaan sekarang mengurangkan bantuan sara hidup mereka.
Sehubungan itu beberapa langkah perlu diambil oleh pihak berwajib bagi membantu meningkatkan hasil pendapatan harian atau bulanan petani serta pekebun kecil di luar bandar yang semakin terhimpit kehidupan masing-masing. Tidak ada guna dasar baharu digubal bagi memulihkan ekonomi negara sedangkan kesannya gagal mengatasi masalah sebenar dihadapi rakyat miskin seperti petani dan pekebun kecil.Penggunaan teknologi tinggi dalam sektor pertanian tidak semestinya berjaya mengubah nasib petani dan pekebun kecil terbabit sekiranya mereka masih memiliki saiz tanah seluas kangkang kera. Kerajaan terkini mesti berusaha mendapatkan pendapatan tinggi negara hasil daripada kutipan cukai terhadap industri perdagangan berskala besar supaya ia dapat dimanfaat dan disalurkan semula ke dalam pembangunan pelbagai sektor termasuk bidang pertanian.
Penulis bersetuju dengan cadangan Kementerian Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani agar penggunaan tanah terbiar dalam bidang tanaman kontan dan ternakan lembu serta kambing dapat digiatkan secepat mungkin terutama melalui Pertubuhan Peladang Kawasan (PPK) di setiap negeri melalui agensi kerajaan yang ditubuhkan sebelum ini. Selain ternakan, Lembaga Kemajuan Tanah Persekutuan (Felda) dan Lembaga Penyatuan dan Pemulihan Tanah Persekutuan (Felcra) memiliki tanah beribu hektar di negara ini boleh mengusahakan tanaman herba yang semakin mendapat permintaan tinggi dewasa ini.
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KEPALA BATAS 27 Feb. - Seorang lelaki warga emas berusia 67 tahun terpaksa berputih mata apabila wang simpanannya berjumlah RM14,100 lesap selepas diperdaya sindiket parcel scam.Ketua Polis Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Asisten Komisioner Noorzainy Mohd Noor berkata, mangsa pada mulanya telah berkenalan dengan seorang perempuan di Facebook yang memperkenalkan diri sebagai 'Silver Vuyana’ pada 18 Februari lalu.“Pada 20 Februari, mangsa yang bekerja sendiri di Perai, menerima panggilan daripada kurier dan mendakwa ada satu bungkusan yang dikirim kepadanya namun mangsa perlu membuat pembayaran duti import dan caj penghantaran terlebih dahulu.“Mangsa kemudian teringat mengenai rakan yang dikenali melalui Facebook yang sebelum itu memberitahu akan mengirim hadiah kepadanya dan tanpa mengesyaki apa-apa dia kemudian membuat bayaran sebanyak RM14,100 sebanyak tiga kali transaksi melalui mesin deposit tunai di sebuah bank di Raja Uda pada Selasa lalu," katanya di sini hari ini.
Menurut Noorzainy sehingga kelmarin, mangsa tidak menerima bungkusan tersebut."Dia kemudiannya menyedari telah ditipu sindiket terbabit lalu bertindak membuat laporan polis dan kes ini disiasat mengikut Seksyen 420 Kanun Keseksaan," katanya. - UTUSAN ONLINE
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KOTA KINABALU: Two more Borneo pygmy elephants have been found dead in Sabah’s east coast as the poaching threat continues unabated into the new year.An adult cow was found dead near a plantation area at Sukau close to the high conservation area of Kinabatangan, while another was found near a state-owned plantation area in Tawau.Both the elephants were found in decomposing condition by the workers on Monday.Sabah Wildlife Department and police were informed of the two discoveries.Sabah Wildlife Department director Augustine Tuuga said yesterday that the post-mortem has yet to be done.Tuuga, however, declined further comment on the matter.
The two deaths, according to a conservationist who declined to be named, comes after five elephant deaths were reported between December and January this year.At least two of the elephants were believed to have been shot by poachers while the others could have been poisoned or succumbed to natural causes in the incidents in Kinabatangan, Tawau and Lahad Datu.Last year Sabah saw some 27 elephants deaths related to poisoning, poaching and natural causes as the state government put together an action plan to work with plantations and villagers to help mitigate the problems of human-elephant conflict.WWF Malaysia and other conservation groups have also been involved in mitigating the problems faced by the critically endangered Borneo Pygmy elephants.There is an estimated 1,500 to 2,500 elephants left in the wild and shrinking forest habitats are further putting pressure on the elephants and other wildlife in Sabah’s east coast forests.
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AN ILLEGAL water connection to a construction site in Mont Kiara has been cut off by National Water Services Commission (SPAN), following an alert by Selangor Water Management Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor).A team sent by SPAN to the site at Lot 57503, Jalan 4/70C, Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur, discovered an extension from the 600mm Air Selangor main pipe that used a 32mm HDPE poly pipe.The extension was linked to a pond which channelled water to three cement mixers there.A chlorine test indicated that it was treated water.
According to Section 123 (1) Water Services Industry Act 2006 (Act 655), no one is allowed to make any connection to a water pipe service without a licence, and offenders will be fined, not exceeding RM100,000, or jailed not exceeding one year or both, as stated in Section 123 (3) in the same Act.According to Selangor Water Management Sdn Bhd customer relationship and communication head Abdul Raof Ahmad, this year alone, there has been 58 cases of illegal water tapping in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya – 49 were for commercial use and nine for domestic use.“I urge the public to report to us if they notice any water-tapping activity,” Abdul said, adding that the process to register for water supply was easy.
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SEMENYIH: Kerajaan sememangnya bercadang untuk mengambil alih konsesi lebuh raya di negara ini, namun akan dilakukan secara berperingkat dan perlu melalui proses yang betul, kata Menteri Hal Ehwal Ekonomi Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali.Beliau berkata proses pengambilalihan tol lebuh raya memerlukan perbincangan menyeluruh seperti melihat kembali perjanjian yang ditandatangani serta implikasi kewangan yang bakal terjadi selepas pengambilalihan.“Satu per satu lah (ambil alih tol), tadi kamu (pemberita) kata beban kewangan besar bila laksanakan ambil alih.“Apabila kerajaan ambil empat (tol) kata tidak ada kemampuan nak bayar, sekarang nak suruh ambil lagi satu pula,” katanya kepada pemberita di sini.
Beliau mengulas kenyataan Timbalan Presiden UMNO, Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, yang bertanya mengapa kerajaan tidak turut mengambil alih syarikat konsesi lebuh raya milik Plus Malaysia Berhad (PLUS).Sabtu lalu, Pejabat Perdana Menteri mengeluarkan kenyataan kerajaan sudah pun memulakan rundingan dengan Gamuda Berhad untuk mengambil alih konsesi empat lebuh raya yang syarikat terbabit mempunyai pegangan majoriti.Menurut kenyataan itu, kerajaan berhasrat untuk memansuhkan mekanisme tol sedia ada apabila berjaya mengambil alih lebuh raya berkenaan.Berdasarkan kenyataan itu, ‘congestion charge’ atau caj kesesakan akan diperkenalkan, yang mana pengguna akan hanya dikenakan bayaran caj kesesakan yang sama dengan kadar tol sedia ada untuk waktu puncak selama enam jam sehari.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Commuters are hoping that security at MRT stations will be continuously stepped up in the wake of the robbery-cum-assault on a woman in a lift at the Taman Mutiara station in Cheras here.Housewife Chen Fong Chin said she had yet to see more security guards at the station after the incident, of which a CCTV recording went viral online.“My family and I use the lift often. We were shocked by the incident. I won’t be taking the lift in the short term,” she said.Chen, 42, who always travels to town using the MRT, applauded the announcement by the Transport Ministry that Prasarana Malaysia would step up security at several MRT stations where there had been frequent incidents of crime.
While she acknowledged that there is a risk for women to travel alone in the early morning, Chen urged the authorities to ensure the safety of public spaces and not wait for an unfortunate incident to happen before acting.“These women need to take the MRT to go to work or school.“Although advising them to learn martial arts and not to travel alone does help, more should still be done by the operator and the authorities,” she said.In the Feb 14 incident, a 48-year-old woman suffered multiple injuries after she was violently attacked by a man in a lift at about 6.45am. The CCTV recording shows the woman entering the lift followed by the man who then punched and kicked her repeatedly before escaping with her MyKad, ATM cards and RM400 in cash. The man, 26, was arrested four days later.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Amidst pressure against Malaysia for using compulsory licensing (CL) to gain access to generic versions of a Hepatitis C drug, the Health Ministry has urged the World Health Organisation (WHO) to look into the pricing system of medicine by big pharmaceutical companies.Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye (pic) said while Malaysia could exercise the rights provided for under the World Trade Organisation’s agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS), the scope is limited to government use only.“Even though we have a strong ground to exercise the right, the Health Ministry, the Health Minister, myself, (Pharmaceutical Service Programme senior director) Dr Ramli Zainal, the Prime Minister, Economic Affairs Minister get frequent calls from pharmaceutical companies, the United States’ ambassador and the US Trade Representative.
“You can see the pressure mounting on us. I hope the international community could look at how pharmaceutical companies price their medicine,” he said at the forum on Improving Access to Affordable Cancer Treatments in Malaysia yesterday.“We may think rich countries subsidise lower income countries but some drug prices in the private sector are comparable or higher than those in advanced countries. There is an anomaly in terms of pricing,” he said.Dr Lee said he was not a socialist and recognised that capitalism drove innovation but the “profit and loss” balance sheet system of rewarding innovators should be reviewed, especially for the medical fraternity.He said in the past, there had been plenty of advances in medicine because the medical fraternity shared information without reward.
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