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Berita MPA Newsletter October 2009
October will be a busy month for the MPA. October will see us hosting a major international congress in Kuala Lumpur, and also see us bidding for another major international conference for the year 2012.
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Berita MPA Newsletter July 2009
One of the iconic moments of cinematic history was when Arnold Schwarzenegger aka Terminator says “I’m baaaack” in his inimitable Austrian accent. The most recent installment of the seemingly interminable Terminator series of movies has been released, and hit the jackpot at the box office once again. Not many people realise that it has been 25 years since the first Terminator movie came out in 1984. A whole new generation has grown up in that time frame, and in America these young ‘uns have even changed history by voting in the first black President.
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Berita MPA Newsletter April 2009
One cannot open the newspapers nowadays, nor access the internet, without being reminded of the catastrophic global economic situation we are now in. The only word that would do justice in describing the situation is ‘meltdown’. Only that word can accurately conjure the image of how presumably solid financial institutions can almost overnight liquefy and literally melt away.
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Berita MPA Newsletter January 2009
It was 4 years ago, in 2004, that the then Health Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, touched by the plight of the Thalassaemic community during a celebration of the World Thalassaemia Day, pledged to seriously address their long ignored needs.
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Berita MPA Newsletter October 2008
The 30th Malaysian Paediatric Congress has just successfully concluded in Melaka. Many thanks to all who are involved,especially the local organising committee headed by Dr Kuan Geok Lan and her able lieutenants Dr Tam Pui Ying and DrZainah Sheikh Hedra.
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Berita MPA Newsletter July 2008
In July, the MPA will be holding the 1st National Paediatric Nursing Congress.We have had nursing courses and getaways before, but this is the first time that we are embarking on a fullfledged scientific congress dedicated to the needs of the paediatric nursing community.
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Berita MPA Newsletter April 2008
I recently underwent a major eye operation. Contrary to the proverbial “doctors make the worst patients”, I was a good patient. And the operation went perfectly under the best ophthalmologist in town, followed by a smooth recovery. So what is the point of me relating this episode?
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Berita MPA Newsletter January 2008
What has the Malaysian Paediatric Association (MPA) achieved? What do we see ourselves striving towards in the coming decade? Have we been effective as the chief spokes-body of paediatricians in the country? And dare we ask, what is the relevance of MPA?
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