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The Star
14 hours ago
- The Star
MP, senator help accident victim
Compiled by FAZLEENA AZIZ, TAN SIN CHOW AND R. ARAVINTHAN AN accident victim in Jelutong, Penang, was surprised to see his MP and a senator pull over to help, Makkal Osai reported. Jelutong MP RSN Rayer and Senator Datuk Seri Dr RA Lingeshwaran were travelling in Jelutong when they saw the accident. They stopped and called for an ambulance, with Dr Lingeshwaran providing first aid to the victim. The senator is a medical doctor and was a director of Hospital Sungai Bakap prior to his appointment to the Dewan Negara. Rayer and Dr Lingeshwaran wished the accident victim, who did not sustain major injuries, a speedy recovery. > A man in India strangled his wife for having an affair and then staged her 'suicide', Malaysia Nanban reported. Muthupandian, 38, and Muthukumari, 28, from Tamil Nadu, got married 10 years ago and have two children. Muthukumari was caught having an affair four years ago and left the family briefly before reconciling with her husband. But he remained suspicious of her, which led to many arguments. Earlier this month, Muthupandian filed a police report claiming his wife had hung herself after an argument. The autopsy raised suspicions, and he eventually confessed to police that he had strangled his wife and staged the suicide. (The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.)
Free Malaysia Today
02-05-2025
- Health
- Free Malaysia Today
Solution for parallel pathway specialists by mid-May, says senator
Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad being greeted by Senator Dr RA Lingeshwaran at a meeting in Penang today. (Facebook pic) PETALING JAYA : Parallel pathway specialists have been given an assurance by the health minister that their struggle to be listed in the National Specialist Register will be resolved by the middle of this month, according to Senator Dr RA Lingeshwaran. Lingeshwaran, who met health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad together with representatives of the Penang Private Practitioners Association and the Malayan Nurses Union today, said the minister had given a commitment on the deadline. 'We emphasised the urgent need for the ministerial order to enable (the registration of) a few hundred specialists who got their qualifications via the ministry-approved and sponsored parallel pathway programme, whose services are sorely needed by public hospitals,' he told FMT. Dzulkefly confirmed the matter when contacted by FMT. Lingeshwaran, a former director of Sungai Bakap Hospital in Penang, said amendments to the Medical Act, to recognise these specialist degrees and include them in the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) list, were passed and gazetted about six months ago. He said he also informed the minister that a group of specialists who had sued the MMC had now instructed their lawyers to get an order to compel the council to register them. 'The minister agreed with our concern and gave a commitment that it will be settled by the middle of this month. It's a waste not to register them when the nation is in dire need of the specialists,' he said. Lingeshwaran said he also discussed the price display order for general practitioners (GPs), and obtained an assurance from Dzulkefly that no fines will be issued in the next three months. 'He also promised to amend the Seventh Schedule as soon as possible to balance out the costs borne by GPs,' he said. Lingeshwaran urged private practitioners not to resort to any form of action that could jeopardise national healthcare as patients might be swarming government hospitals and clinics if there is a strike by GPs. 'We hope they will put all action plans on hold until the ministry reviews their consultation fee schedule which is a major concern among them. The minister has promised to revise the Seventh Schedule of the medical Act to resolve this soon,' he said.
