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- Officers to face disciplinary action, says Health sec-gen
- Lee Kuan Yew has rare nerve disease, says daughter
- PM completes haj pilgrimage
| Officers to face disciplinary action, says Health sec-gen Posted: 06 Nov 2011 03:29 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry may take disciplinary action against its officers who approved an early payment of RM708,220 for unreceived medical equipment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kota Kinabalu. "The investigation committee, set up on May 19 2011, has recommended that disciplinary action be taken against the officers," secretary-general Datuk Kamarul Zaman Md Isa said in a statement. He said the officers had confirmed that the equipment was received in order and approved the payment when in effect there was no such delivery. He said the Ministry has imposed a late delivery fine of RM2.196mil on the supplier of the Next Generation Communication System (NGCS) meant for a communication system upgrade in all hospitals and institutions under the ministry. The recent Auditor-General's Report revealed the discrepancy in the acquisition of rehabilitation equipment for the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kota Kinabalu, stating the RM708,220 payment for the order dated 2007 was made before the equipment was received. The Report said that acquiring the NGCS was not beneficial to the Ministry as the system was delivered late and could not be fully utilised in 13 hospitals and institutes. It said the Ministry ended up paying RM3.22mil for a communication licence related to the NGCS which it could not use. BERNAMA Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Lee Kuan Yew has rare nerve disease, says daughter Posted: 06 Nov 2011 03:20 AM PST SINGAPORE: Former Singapore premier Lee Kuan Yew has a rare nerve disease that makes walking difficult, his daughter Wei Ling wrote in her column in the Straits Times. He has been diagnosed with sensory peripheral neuropathy, a disease that affects nerves outside the central nervous system and undermines balance, said Wei Ling. "On some days he is fairly steady and on other days his balance is poor," said Wei Ling, a medical doctor and director of Singapore's National Neuroscience Institute. "Being deprived of sensation from his legs means he finds it a challenge to balance," she said He is walking on a treadmill three times a day to improve his balance, Wei Ling added. Sensory peripheral neuropathy has a range of causes. Wei Ling did not specify what may have caused her father condition. She said she also suffers from the disease. Lee was premier from 1959 to 1990. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Posted: 06 Nov 2011 03:20 AM PST Published: Sunday November 6, 2011 MYT 7:20:00 PMKUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor have completed their haj pilgrimage in Mecca along with millions of other Muslims. "Alhamdullilah, our haj pilgrimage is complete," Najib said in his Twitter page. He also wished all Muslims in Malaysia a Happy Aidiladha. They are among 28,000 Malaysians who performed the haj this year. |
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