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                                <title><![CDATA[ When protection turns into burden: Policyholders cancelling health insurance plans as premiums spike ]]></title>
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                                <description><![CDATA[ This is likely to aggravate the existing challenges in the public health system. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Urgent appeal for RM331,000 to save 13 premature babies ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Aug 2023 03:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Having been born early, these babies now face medical complications such as respiratory distress syndrome, congenital pneumonia and sepsis. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ UK govt admits antibiotic shortage ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2022 00:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Family doctors and parents have reported difficulty finding antibiotics to treat Strep A, which typically causes a sore throat and fever and flu-like symptoms. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Agong undergoing medical procedure, follow-up care at IJN ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2022 09:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah was scheduled to undergo the procedure in mid-September, but it was postponed due to his visit to the UK for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ 4,053 medical officers offered full-time positions ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2022 00:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Mahathir says recovery reinforced faith in Malaysian medical expertise ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ First pig heart transplant patient dies after 2 months ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2022 00:30:38 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The hospital that carried out the surgery says they had experienced difficulty 'maintaining a balance between his immunosuppression and controlling his infection'. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Doctors launch foray on TikTok in mission against fake news ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2021 01:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Juggling their clinic duties with the additional role of being content creators is hard, but they are determined to do what they can to battle misinformation online. ]]></description>
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