Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff has caused uproar among medical professionals for his ‘licensed to kill’ statement when replying to a question in parliament on Monday.
Abdul Latiff was responding on why the government decided to extend the houseman-ship period for trainee doctors from one to two years when he blurted out the controversial words.
What he said was harsh and stupid, but he actually made a good point for his entire speech, that doctors are responsible for the life or death of their patients. Any mistakes or poor judgments from the doctors could lead to serious illness, injuries or fatality… and these cases are not unheard of in Malaysia.
I have a friend who was asked to do an angiogram (normally for heart problems) when she got a gastric; another unfortunate friend had half of his liver cut off because the doctor wrongly diagnosed his earlier symptoms… luckily he survived.
I am sure most of you have heard of some bizarre cases where doctors were making the wrong calls… not from gossips or papers, but real cases among your friends and relatives. For me, it happens a bit too often to be frank.
Licensed to kill? Maybe not; but incompetent doctors certainly could.
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has announced the dissolution of Parliament to pave the way for the 12th general election. The announcement was made at a media conference at his office in Putrajaya and telecast live on RTM1 at noon on Feb 13.
The dissolution of this Parliament was made 15 months before the expiry of its five-year term on May 16, 2009. According to the Election Commission (EC), the country has 10.9 million voters including about 700,000 new voters who can vote in the upcoming elections. [Bernama]
[Update Feb 14] Polling is on March 8, while nomination on Feb 24.
Dr Chua Soi Lek has resigned as Health Minister for 4 days now, and a new acting Health Minister (Ong Ka Ting) has been announced for a couple of days… but our parliament website has yet to make necessary changes…
Screenshot of Malaysia Parliament website (on
Jan 6 Feb 17; still no changes)
It’s the Official Website of the Parliament of Malaysia; not a website running by cats and dogs… how could they not keep this kind of information up to date?
There are so many arrest on illegal assembly lately… so many that I have lost count on it. Most of the arrests are unnecessary; and how the arrests were carried out is questionable as well.
Below is a video on PKR’s information chief Tian Chua being arrested near the Parliament House. He had probably resisted the arrest… but does he deserved the punch after he was apprehended? I wonder…
MIC parliamentarian K. Devamany is in trouble for ‘breaking the rank’ after saying that “the government was not doing enough for the (Indian) community” in response to the recent Hindraf rally.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Nazri Aziz was fast to ask Devamany to resign from MIC if he had disputed his own party… and Devamany is scheduled to explain to Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak about his words.
I couldn’t bother much about BN’s rank or whatever policy. I am just wondering how people like you and me could get our voices to be heard by our government…
The UMNO led government has responded to the recent demonstrations saying that street rallies are unnecessary, and that they are willing to listen from the people through proper channels.
Thing is… if opposition leaders raised their concerns, they will be raped with all the insults possible. If a BN representative raised his opinions, like Devamany did… well, he is accused of breaking the ranks.
In the end… no one can say anything that the UMNO leaders do not want to listen. Badawi doesn’t care… and he has the most ferocious guarding dog at his Prime Minister Department that will bite on EVERYONE who voiced their dissatisfaction at the current government.
Government ready to listen to the citizens? Forget about it… that’s bullsh!t.
Syed Hood bin Syed Edros, our dear Member of Parliament from Parit Sulong, was suggesting in a parliament meeting in late October to demolish Christian statues and crosses in Christian missionary schools. [Read more from Kenny and Lucia]
I am not sure what to say… it’s kinda funny when I read it at the first place; but then, isn’t it a bit saddening that we have this kind of morons in the parliament? What future could Malaysia have if our parliament is filled with a few more of these people? What future could Malaysia have if our country is filled with voters who picked these people into the parliament?
Global changes in the weather pattern that resulted in heavier rain is to be blamed for the recent leaks at the Parliament building, said Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu. [Bernama]
“Rain is really heavy nowadays, not only here, but throughout the world.
“Like in England, streets are filled with five feet (deep) of water, in (the United States of) America there’s also flood.”
Thing is, if my 30-year-old house in Ipoh can survive the ‘global changes in weather pattern’… what makes the Parliament building so vulnerable to heavy rains? Luckily we don’t have a typhoon or something, or else the members of parliaments will have to hold their meetings in some mamak stalls.
Besides, what does the flood in the West have to do with the leaks in our Parliament?