It’s probably not news anymore that cardiovascular disease – most notably, coronary heart disease and stroke – are the top killers in Malaysia. According to Institut Jantung Negara director and senior consultant cardiologist Tan Sri Dr Robaayah Zambahari, these conditions have been the number one cause of death in public hospitals...
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About 5,000 adolescents below 18 years old were diagnosed with heart defect at birth in Malaysia in 2013. Penang St John Ambulance state commander Dr Yee Thiam Sun said 34.3 million patients in the world suffered congenital heart disease in the same year. He said congenital heart disease patients required very sophisticated and...
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ST JOHN Ambulance Malaysia (SJAM) Penang has joined hands with Mediassist4u to help children born with heart defects. SJAM Penang commander Datuk Yee Thiam Sun said children below 18 would be sent to the Narayana Hospital in India to undergo surgery. “This free treatment is available to all children born with the disease,...
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