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Live – Some 15000 show up to protest Lynas plant

 Civil society, Environment, Health care, Sustainable development  15 Responses »
Feb 262012
 

Kuantan was turned into a sea of green this morning as some 15000 people turned up for the Himpunan Hijau 2.0 gathering to protest at Lynas Corporation’s construction of a rare earth refinery.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 8.59am  Tagged with: environment, Himpunan Hijau, kuantan, Lynas

1Care could create RM50bn cash cow

 Health care  8 Responses »
Feb 252012
 

With income from health insurance contributions, government funding via general taxation, and ‘co-payments’, the proposed 1Care financing model would create a huge health care financing fund.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 3.33pm  Tagged with: 1Care, financing, Health care

What do health care, press freedom and football have in common?

 Arts, culture and sports, Health care, Media  9 Responses »
Feb 252012
 
What do health care, press freedom and football have in common?

Our pitiful global ranking, that’s what. Look at our global ranking for public health care spending as a percentage of GDP.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 2.20pm  Tagged with: football, Health care, press freedom, ranking

Why we don’t need 1Care

 Health care  17 Responses »
Feb 222012
 
Why we don't need 1Care

In the first place, the Malaysian government spending on health care is a miserly 2 per cent of GDP – well below WHO recommendations and the global average.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 2.53pm  Tagged with: 1Care, financing, Health care, WHO

Report: Prescription pills found around Whitney’s bath-tub

 Arts, culture and sports, Health care  9 Responses »
Feb 142012
 

Some have suggested that “drug abuse” (usually taken to mean illegal or hardcore drugs) played a part in Whitney’s downfall, but reports have emerged that prescription pills were found around her hotel bath-tub.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 8.48pm  Tagged with: pharmaceuticals, Whitney Houston
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