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Hi everyone, may this weekend be a blissed one!

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Hi everyone, may this weekend be a blissed one!

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I am Muthu Kumaran (46 years old). I was born and bred in Batu Pahat, a successful town which is well known for it’s textiles industries, electronic factories, well known biscuits factories such as “Munchies”. My hometown is also been known as a food paradise and to top it off we have a beautiful beach to chill over the weekend.

I hail from a small family wherein I am the only son and the eldest of three children. My education kicked off at Montford Boys school and completed SPM at High School Batu Pahat. In 1992, I sat foot to Kuala Lumpur in Hasry Express bus which landed me at Pudu Bus Station. I could still remember how the bus seat was shaking violently for 4 hours long journey. As I landed, it was hassling and bustling around me with Menara Maybank been the tallest landmark at that point of time.

With that welcoming, I started my A-levels at Sal College and as  part time student, I strived hard in my education which led me to complete my law degree at University of London in 1998. Thereafter, I pursued my career as a legal officer in CitiBank, American Express and in 2000, I became a Loss Adjuster at Mc Larren Saksama Malaysia Sdn Bhd wherein I was involved in medico legal unit. At this point of time, I had keen interest in Medical Negligence cases as I was investigating and submitting reports for medical negligence cases to insurance companies. During this period of time, I also successfully completed my Certificate in Legal Practice (CLP).

On 10/4/2002, I was called to the bar and was enrolled as an Advocate and Solicitor of High Court of Malaya. My legal career begun since then. I was involved in insurance defence portfolio practicing in Azim Tunku Farik & Wong from 2002 till April 2007.

With bold enthusiasm, I came back to my hometown to start off my firm by the name of V.M.Kumaran & Co. From a single person, today I have grown to a medium scale firm comprising 25 employees. My area of practice is confined to Civil Litigation specifically on running down matters involving various insurance companies.

My interest in pursuing Masters in Medical Law is that I hope to diversify and gain vast amount of knowledge and networking amongst my fellow classmates and lecturers.

I end this with a view of our beautiful Minyak Beku beach...

Thank you and have a great weekend! Cheers!!

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Hello everyone, Sudhir here and it’s my pleasure to know you all and glad to be part of this excellent group of people. I am a medical officer working with the Ministry of Health, Malaysia and stationed in the Orthopaedic & Traumatology Department of the Kuala Lumpur Hospital. I am originally from Petaling Jaya where I grew up and went to the La Salle Primary School and continued my secondary education at Catholic High School. Following which I did my A-levels in Methodist College and then read medicine in Faculty of Medicine at Andalas University in Padang, Indonesia. I was into sports and music and formally learnt how to play the piano as well as the guitar during my younger days. Growing up in the booming IT era, I self-learnt many different computer languages and also have a keen interest in how to combine IT with healthcare. Being involved in social clubs in school volunteerism was incorporated from earlier on which I try to get involved in frequently. Otherwise if I wasn’t working you would find me reading about coffee or hiking & running on weekends on my time off.

I have worked in Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang and the Sarawak General Hospital in Kuching prior to my current post. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic I have been deployed to Semporna Hospital in Sabah since early November. Because of how everything has evolved due to the pandemic I am still able to be part of this Master’s programme and with basic technology my involvement is not disrupted and hopefully if things get better in the next few months hope to meet everyone and my lecturers in the 2nd half of the course. Take care and remember to stay safe yourself and your loved ones.

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Im Meenachi Kamala Karan, known as Meena , currently Im the Managing Partner of Azlan Meena Partners legal firm in Putra Heights ,Subang. Im from Alor Star, Kedah, a convent girl did my tertiary education till STPM in Alor Star. My 1st Degree was in Finance from Universiti Utara Malaysia than my first job bring me so far from my kampung , 1st job in IBM, Damansara  as inventory accountant after being there for an year receive a call from Bank of Tokyo which a job i did not even apply to came for interview , I told them I can only make it after working hours in IBM the HR Manager waited, went for interview around 8pm, than join the bank immediately the following week as they bought me over with the notice to IBM .
In Bank of Tokyo I was working as Assistant Vice President for almost 7years in that 7 years I did my part time law degree and completed my CLP . I left the bank to do chambering after giving an empty promise to my Japanese CEO that I might come back dont worry. But now here I am continue to practice as a lawyer and continuing my Masters in Law. Thats the end of my epic . Thanks for reading.
Hope all of us will finish this course with flying colours ....Thank you and god bless ...

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Good day and lets kick off with a smile.

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Good day and lets kick off with a smile.

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Hi Dr Ambikai and coursemates,
I am Thiyagu Rajagobal, MBBS grad from AIMST University in 2008, currently practising in Columbia Asia Hospital Puchong since 2012. I am 37 this year and started my internship in UMMC for 2 years, followed by MO posting in Emergency department at Hospital Temerloh for 2 years and transfered to Anaesthesiology department in Hospital Kuala Lumpur, for almost 1.5 years before tendered resignation from MOH. From a resident medical officer, I was promoted to Chief Medical Officer 4 years ago and that is how I embarked into administrative role. I am the head of Emergency department and Medical Record department. On top of that, being a secretary in Morbidity & Mortality committee, I always come across with patient’s expectations and litigations. It creates interest for me to attend various Medicolegal conferences to understand better on how to approach medicolegal issues and to improve services in healthcare. And being in private medical centre, I wanted to enrol in a program that focuses on administrative role and here I am. My personal interest would be enaging in sports activities and travelling. 

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Salam and hi everyone. I'm Norhafizah Rahim. Graduated from Universiti Sains Malaysia. Currently, I am working at Cawangan Kawalan Amalan Perubatan Swasta (CKAPS), Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Kelantan mainly involve to control and regulate the private healthcare facilities and services in Kelantan, through Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 and its Regulations.
Nice to meet you all.

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Hi from Penang. I am Kooi Ling and I am the Director of Medical Services at a private hospital. I am a graduate from UKM and worked for the first 9 years of my career as an optometrist. Since then, I have gradually moved away from clinical practice, taking on more and more responsibilities in hospital management. I feel that my 'unique' background puts me in a position to see various aspects in clinical issues , taking into consideration the perspectives of the patient, clinician and management. My main role now is to oversee the clinical governance and compliance matters in the hospital; acting as a liaison between the Medical Advisory Committee, clinicians and the management. With this, I find that formal knowledge in medical law is essential and took the plunge to embark on the HCML journey this year.

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A good day and weekend to Dr Ambikai and all fellow coursemates

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A good day and weekend to Dr Ambikai and all fellow coursemates

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My name is Muhammad Hafiz bin Mohamad, a 35 year-old Medical Officer in Hospital Sungai Buloh. I have the experience being in the field of psychiatry for almost 5 years via experiences of being a Medical Officer in Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta and later on the Psychiatry Department of Hospital Sungai Buloh. The field of psychiatry is an interesting albeit also challenging field that deals with people with mental health issues that is currently on the rise worldwide. Relevant issues that are related to the field of Medical Ethics and commonly faced by the psychiatry healthcare staffs include the question of sanity and the mental state leading to voluntary or involuntary admission, issue of validity of consent to treatment as well as the conduct towards patients in detention in the psychiatric wards or institutions.
Currently for the past 1 year, I am currently in the Medicolegal Unit of Hospital Sungai Buloh. Mainly our job scopes involve the examining of medicolegal or potentially-medicolegal complaints of the patients or the family members and to conduct internal or external inquiries if needed. Apart from that, we are also involved in ex-gratia sessions as part of the alternative dispute resolutions within KKM as well as ensuring that the respective departments implement some improvement measures which are formulated from the findings of inquiries of the involved cases.
The medicolegal and medical ethics are fields which are increasing in importance and spotlight by the public and healthcare workers alike. As such, in addition to my interest in the intricacies and entwining of the aspects of law and medicine, I hope to further my career along the path of these fields and hopefully being able to contribute to the efforts of balancing the importance of patient safety and reasonable autonomy as well as in protecting and educating the healthcare staffs as well in the practice and exercising of their duties in medicine and healthcare.

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I am Dr Ramesh Joshi here. Graduated from Volgograd Medical University (Russia) in 2008 and was posted for my Housemanship in Taiping General Hospital since then. After completing it there did a few months of Emergency Medicine in the same hospital before joining the Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery Department in the same hospital. Have been in the same department ever since till this very date. I just completed my Masters in Public Health from University of Malaya and completed my Occupational of Medicine from Niosh. Planning in pursuing forward with my PhD in Public Health after completing this Masters if everything goes well as planned.

Medical school and Law school. Most people assume that these 2 demanding courses of study are different and largely unrelated paths. However, the truth is that these fields are increasingly interlinked. In fact, medical students who pursue law are uniquely positioned to navigate the challenges of todays complex healthcare landscape. In order to truly understand the “big picture” of contemporary medicine, a basic understanding of health policy is also required. From issues pertaining to everything from intellectual property to medical malpractice issues, legal factors can make or break a patient’s healthcare experience. And while we often think of law as impeding medicine, it can also be used to improve it -- with access to the right information, that is.

While medicine can solve many problems, it cannot on its own behave ethically. And while the Hippocratic Oath holds physicians to a specific standard of ethical behaviour, the underlying issues are far from black and white. Navigating these questions of ethics can be vexing to physicians who lack the tools to manage ethical dilemmas pertaining to issues such as confidentiality, communication and cultural relativism. Not only that, but advancements in science, technology and medical research trigger new issues and ethical considerations every day. While these topics are complex, an understanding of the law and ethics can inform the decision-making process for today’s physicians.

Based on those principles and guidance which I picked up during my Masters in Public Health, have actually opened my eyes to further deeply understand medical law and that’s when I decided to join into this Masters of Medical law program to further learn those principles and to apply them when I practice as a Public Health Physician in the near future.

Thank You.

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My name is Farah Adibah Binti Mohd Taib. I am 31 years old. I’m from Johor Bahru but currently residing in Kluang Johor. I enjoy watching cartoons, collecting high heel shoes and travelling around the world appreciating beautiful scenery. My favourite flower is Hydrangea and my all time comfort food is pumpkin and turmeric leaves in coconut gravy.

I graduated from Cyberjaya University College of medical Sciences in 2014 and previously served as a Medical Officer in Hospital Sultan Ismail’s Emergency department before I was transferred to work in the Correctional Medicine Field at Kluang’s Prison. I am incharge of a Clinic in the Women Prison. I am currently responsible for the health and well being of 345 inmates and three children under my belt. Working in Prison teaches me a lot of new experiences which I doubt I can get the same experience elsewhere. Everyday is like an adventure because I cannot predict what I will see, hear or come to know which is wonderful and scary at the same time.

I have not achieved anything remarkable throughout my 31 years of life other than scored good grades for my PMR and SPM. This is why I enrolled in the Health Care and Medical Law Masters programme. I wish to bring changes into the healthcare system in Prisons and perhaps to spread awareness to my fellow colleague in the Correctional Medicine field of the fact that being a Prison Doctor does not limited to being a common General Practitioner and abide by the confusing rule but understanding the duty and the law related to the rule itself before blindly following or refusing it.

In conclusion, I am an ordinary doctor who wishes to do good for humanity regardless of race, creed or status and to fulfil the duty required of me by God and the law. Thank you.

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Good day Dr Ambi and all! Wish you all fine and well.

I’m Tan Li Hwa from Penang. Working in one of the private hospital, heading the Quality division which involve in Quality, Licensing, Medico Legal, Accreditation, Research, Infection Control and EHS.  I’m MSQH and ISO auditor. I always feel studying is the key to gain knowledge and to know more. I look forward for the opportunity to meet, share and learn from each other through this course.
Looking forward to explore more…
Thanks
Best regards

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Hi Dr Ambi and my fellow colleagues, I’m Shalini from Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru. I graduated from UCSI and currently working as a Medical Officer in Ophthalmology Department. Prior to this I was in Sandakan, Sabah serving the O&G department after my housemanship training in Hospital Batu Pahat. Spent 3 years there before opting to come back to my family in Johor. Working in Sabah has thought me a lot about different cultures and dealing with various health related issues which gives me a strong foundation to work here in Semenanjung. Exposure in ophthalmology has enable me to be involved in publications which has given me an insight on research.  Both the department I’ve worked and working in deals with a lot of medicolegal issues which has created a special interest on this field. I’m really looking forward to gain more knowledge together with all of you..lets do it together

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Hi everyone, I am Lee Lee, medical officer in Medicolegal Unit, Hospital Selayang. I graduated from Universitas Gadjah Mada in 2014. I am lucky to have the opportunity to work at the Land Below the Wind for almost 6 years before I decided to transfer back to Peninsular. I worked in Cardiology Department HQE II, KK Sabah for 3 1/2 years after completed 2 years of housemanship in Hospital Tawau, mainly involved in clinical and research works. I found my interest in medical ethics and law. I have done my 2-month attachment in Postgraduate program in Medical Ethics and Law in UiTM Sungai Buloh before I decided to embark on this field. That was the reason I applied for my transfer to Selangor and my wish is granted. I started my job in Hospital Selayang since July this year and joined medicolegal unit in August, and with God's grace, enrolled in HCML Bridging Program in September.

COVID-19 has its good side when people started to look at certain issues that have long been neglected. I am honored to be part of the Malaysian Bioethics Community which was recently established in March this year with the initial intention to discuss on ethical issues in COVID-19. (do check out our published work on COVID-19 at https://zenodo.org/record/3821126#.X7_vNUUzbIU. Haha!)

I believe that communication is an important skill to master. Things change if we are able to communicate effectively. I recently passed the assessment in mediation training, a 5-day training course organized by the Malaysian Mediation Centre. Though our country have yet the mediation pathway for healthcare, it helps to improve my communication with colleagues and family/friends.

Knowledge on law and ethics is not only to safeguard healthcare providers in pursuing our career, it reminds us on the fundamental purpose and principle of medicine. I hope to equip myself with professional knowledge on healthcare law and be able to think critically from both legal and healthcare perspective throughout this master program. Sometimes, I need stimulation and motivation to keep myself moving and progressing. Learning together with fellow classmates serve this purpose well!

(I think I have covered most of the aspect from the handy template on how to write a bio ;))

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Hello Dr Ambi and my fellow collegues.
Hi, I am Dr Hannan from Sg Buloh, Selangor. Currently working as Medical Officer in Orthopaedic & Traumatology of General Hospital Kuala Lumpur. As a head of medical officer in my department my routine has always been hectic in managing and maintaining the quality and smoothness of the service of medical officers in the department. Surgical skills in fixing people has been imbedded well into my soul as it has been norm for me to cut people with the main purpose of fixing them. However, as times goes by, me and my team in HKL as the center of all referral centers in Malaysia which received a lot of complicated and complication case, made me realized that furthering Master in Medicolegal and Healthcare will benefit lots for my own self and the society.  As you all can easily notice, Dr Abdullah is my best buddy and has been working together along side him in the department for more than 5 years. I hope all of us can go through well in this HCML course and be friends for many years later.

Thank you and pleasant in knowing all of you guys.

regards
Hannan Haziq

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Hi Everyone,
I am Dr.Ruban.Im a Klang boy.Graduated from Volgograd State Medical University.Did my Housemanship in Pusat Perubatan University Malaya and worked as Medical Officer in Raub(O&G),Klang(GP),Kluang(Surgical),and now in Emergency Department,KPJ Batu Pahat.
Nice knowing everyone.
veeruban71@gmail.com if need futher details..haha

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Hi all

I'm Alex Tan from Ipoh, currently attached to Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman as a Clinical Assistant Professor, teaching year 4 students on primary care. Prior to that, I was serving the ministry for about a decade, with almost 9 years in the local health clinic before I moved on to the field of academia. With the pandemic going gungho on us, teaching has never been so challenging!

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Hello Dr Ambi and fellow classmates.
I am Abdullah, currently working as a medical officer in the Orthopaedic and Traumatology department, Hospital Kuala Lumpur. I have been working here for the last 6 years. My daily job is handling orthopaedic admission, outpatient clinic and orthopaedic related surgery.
Previously I have worked as the medical officer in charge at Kajang Prison for 3 years covering the clinical and administrative healthcare of the inmates there.
Everyone has got a dream or goal they want to achieve and most are not privilege to get early success whether by reason of commitment or luck. I look with envy after reading the descriptions that was written by my fellow colleagues here, but at the same time are proud to be in the same class as all of you.
I believe this course will give benefit to the medical profession especially with the amount of healthcare provider in it.
Let us finish and flourish in this HCML course together.

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Hello Dr. Ambi and fellow classmates. I am Tan Wei Nie, can call me Claire.  Currently, I am working as a legal advisor and heading my legal department, in a manufacturing company in Penang.  I have graduated from a university in Wales, United Kingdom.  I have multiple years of experience in legal or legal coaching and/or teaching field.   Along the way, I have picked up new skills and upgraded myself whether in experience or in knowledge. My role is no longer limited to managing legal risk associated with the business.  I am required to partner with the business, understand its issues and produce viable and tangible solutions.

With the pandemic sweeping throughout the world, I feel for the country and its people.  I have always wanted to make a difference to the lives of others in need.  Medical ethics has always been an interesting subject for me during my undergraduate years.  In my opinion, the novel coronavirus (Covid 19) pandemic is raising thorny medical ethics dilemmas in many countries worldwide. But since this is a short write up about myself, I won't elaborate further on this.  Thus,  this Healthcare and Medical Law module will further upgrade and stretch myself in different aspects, whether physically, mentally or emotionally.

Talking about my hobbies, I like reading, because it is thought-provoking. Also, I want to be knowledgeable. However, if I have time, I usually do outdoor or sport activities.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation and kind understanding.

Best Regards, Ms Tan Wei Nie (Claire)

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I bow to the divinity within you from the divinity within me ( Namaste)

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I bow to the divinity within you from the divinity within me ( Namaste)

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Good evening Dr Ambi and all my fellow course mates in pursuit of of the same dream,

I am Nalini M Nanu, Administrative Medical Officer in the Dermatology Department at Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru. I graduated with an M.B.B.S degree from Manipal Academy Of Higher Education in 1996 and joined government service in 1997. I have loyally served the Ministry Of Health for the past 23 years and have 6 years to go. I believe be sincere in whatever you do and do it with no reservation for the most important thing in life is, your conscience should always be clear. The rewards may or may not come but the satisfaction it gives knows no bounds. I dedicate one day a week to seeing patients and the rest of the week I am a jack of all trades as I do all administrative work of the department under my head of Departments purview as well as department researches. I am also involved in the Hospital quality related committees and in the Post Graduate Medical Society as well. In keeping with MMC’s requirement the need for indemnity insurance brought me to attend courses on Medicolegal aspects requiring the indemnity coverage and it actually sparked an interest in the field. Circumstances and responsibilities kept me from pursing my further studies in my youthful years. Now that I have time on my hands, I decided to take up this challenge to achieve my dream of acquiring a Master’s for my own satisfaction so here I am with all of you to learn and move forward. Hope to meet, learn, cooperate and build lasting friendships in this new journey forth.

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As you go through the steps on how to write a bio, this handy template will help you get started:


Sentence 1: [Name] is a [job title] who [job description].

E.g., Lisa Green is an English teacher who teaches beginning to advanced literature courses for 10th and 11th grade students at Bloomfield High School.


Sentence 2: [Name] believes that [why you do the work you do].

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My name is Pavither Kaur and I am a Legal Associate with Shanti Abraham & Associates. I always had a dream to pursue Dentistry after my SPM but due to some unforeseen circumstances, I then did Law. I am a graduate from the Multimedia University Malacca of class 2018. With my yet strong determination and interest in the line of Medicine, I have finally decided to take upon this Masters Program with hope that it will lead me back somewhere where it could feel like I am never far from the line of Medicine.
Hope to have a pleasant journey with the rest of you in this module.

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My name is Somasundran. I grew up with two wonderful sibblings. When i was growing up, I would sneak out of my house to play video games. It cost 20 cents per game. One bad day, I was caught during the act (playing video game at the gaming centre), my dad said, 'this is not going to feed you.'

At a tender age of 14, I was sent to India to pursue medicine. By God's grace, managed to get the Indian government scholarship to enter one of the most prestigious medical colleges in India. Graduated from Jipmer in the year 2000 and returned to Malaysia  as a Doctor. After completing the compulsory service, enrolled in University Malaya in 2006 to complete my Masters in ENT ( Ear Nose Throat..... also popularly known as Easy No Tension and Every Night Tidur ).
As a rhinologist, i perform quite a number of endoscopic procedures and surgeries. Holding a scope in one hand and an instrument in the other, reminds me of playing video games in my childhood days. Looks like everything has a purpose in life.

Now in the private sector, i am interested to know the medicolegal complexities.
Hence, joined Taylor's college.

Thank you.

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by Lim Chin Chuan

Greetings fellow mates. I am Chin Chuan, a GP currently operating in Langkawi, Kedah. I am currently the Director as well as the medical doctor in my own healthcare centre.

My history in brief, I graduated from FMSMU in 2010 and have undergone internship in various cities as well as rural areas including Kuantan, Pahang as well as Kulim and Sik in Kedah. In 2016, I started my own healthcare private practice in Langkawi, Kedah. I pursued online MCouns&PsychTh (INDIA) in 2016, currently doing LLM (HCML) in Taylor's and planning for MHE (UK) in 2010.

The benefits that I obtained when I pursued LLM includes understanding patient rights, medico-legal aspects and exposure to current government policies. It would be my dream to create an ecosystem where we can harmonise between physician's privilege with patient's intent and rights. I would like to incorporate what I have learned into my current practice, as a way of delivering proper and affordable healthcare to the general populace without compromising any aspects of healthcare quality and patient safety.

Looking forward to be with all of you in this module. Thanks.

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I am Baxter from CKAPS JKNS Sarawak. I have just started this job which is mostly non clinical for almost 7 months now and it has been an eye opener as I never knew there were other agencies at work to regulate the private health sector and how important this job is in safeguarding patient's rights and needs.
Medical ethics has always been an interesting topic for me in the medical school and I hope to learn more thru the perspective of law as well.

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I am Ammar from Sarawak General Hospital. Im currently in charge of the medicolegal unit in my hospital. I hope that this course will provide me with essential knowledge and experience that I can later apply for the improvement of our healthcare system. "Without knowledge, action is useless and knowledge without action is futile"

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I am zawaniah and im working with the infection control unit of MOH. i graduated from Melaka Manipal Medical college. i was previously in surgery for 9 years and that has invoked the interest in me to pursue medical law. looking forward for a fun semester ahead with everyone. good day

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Good day miss ambi and fellow classmates.. I’m subashini from seremban.. I am a medical officer on study leave from Institut Jantung Negara. I graduated from AIMST University in 2010. I was involved in the Medicolegal team at IJN and dealt with several cases involving clinical negligence, patient safety  and medical errors. It is also essential for doctors to be part of the legal team of an institution to be able to handle the cases all rounded. Besides that it may reduce cases being brought up to the court and definitely reduce the number of cases which are already piled up.

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I am Kome. Although from Nigeria, I got my Doctor of Optometry degree from Ghana. I currently just study in Malaysia. During my few years of practice, which I felt was boring and did not fulfill my purpose of providing service, I observed doctors are still regarded as demi-gods in my country. Incidents from negligent acts are always seen as "the doctor's bad days" or "God's will being done" especially when there are signs like "WE CARE AND GOD HEALS" in front of the hospital. Even if the patient is aware there was negligence, there is fear of losing the litigation due to the doctor's connections. Also, I know income is one of the reasons why we provide our services, but I also feel it has become so much of a priority that we have lost all the ethical values of the noble profession. Lives have been lost as a result of refusing to treat because no payment/deposit has been made. I am taking medical law to create awareness to patients of their rights. To also contribute in creating policies that will regulate the services provided by health care organizations. Looking forward to seeing you all

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Good day Dr Ambi and my fellow classmates! I am Weng Khong and currently working as a Senior Regulatory Affairs Associate in a Contract Research Organisation (CRO) - Parexel International. I am a pharmacist by practice and I  graduated from Monash University Malaysia in the year of 2015. Prior to working as a regulatory pharmacist, I had two years of experience working in the retail pharmacy setting. With my current role, I assist multinational pharmaceutical/ medical device companies to obtain regulatory and ethics committees (EC/RA) approvals to conduct clinical trials in Malaysia and Singapore. Being in the clinical research field, I have undertaken the Good Clinical Practice (GCP) course endorsed by the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) and subsequently, GCP certified in order to further understand the nature of clinical research. Good Clinical Practice (GCP) is an international ethical and scientific quality standard for the design, conduct, performance, monitoring, auditing, recording, analyses and reporting of clinical trials. It also serves to protect the rights, integrity and confidentiality of trial subjects. All clinical trials have to be conducted in accordance to GCP principles or otherwise, the clinical data obtained from the clinical trials will not be able to be used by the pharmaceutical companies in the applications of Marketing Authorization for their developed products.  In addition, I also provide regulatory consultation services to our MNC clients in regards to pharmaceutical product development and regulatory submission strategy at regional level in obtaining marketing authorization approvals from Health Authorities around the world including US FDA, EMA and Australia TGA etc. Looking forward in meeting Dr Ambi and my fellow classmates during our first face-to-face class on this coming Saturday.

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Hello Dr Ambi and fellow classmates. I am (Dr) Mazeedah (can call me Maz) and I am currently working as a GP in a private clinic in KL. I graduated from Penang Medical College in 2003 (yeah, am not that young.. hahaaa) and had about 10 years of experience in Obstetrics & Gynaecology (trained in both Ireland & Malaysia). However, I did not complete my specialist exam due to unforeseen circumstances (too complicated for me to elaborate here). Following that I took up a part-time teaching job in CUCMS before committing myself to being a full-time GP. Having worked in O&G, the field with highest number of litigation cases worldwide, I was exposed to all kind of medico-legal issues. Public nowadays complained about almost everything. So I feel that we doctors must equip ourselves with legal knowledge not only to protect our rights but also to protect our patient's rights. Hence, I am shifting now to Healthcare & Medical Law. It's a pleasure to meet everyone and I hope we can help each other out in achieving what we are here to achieve. Looking forward to seeing everyone in class this coming Saturday.

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Hello, I am Shanker. I am currently on Sabbatical leave studying Medical Law. I am 56 years old, graduated in 1989 from Kasturba Medical College Manipal. I have served in various departments during my 5 years in Govt Service. I have also worked for about 2 years in the Pathology Lab industry following which I have basically worked in Nephrology and Dialysis Services. I completed my MBA in Healthcare in 2004 and went into management in various Healthcare organizations such as Gleneagles Medical Centre, Fresenius Medical Care (MNC) and the National Kidney Foundation of Malaysia. I have been fortunate enough to still spend about 20-30% of my time to be still involved in patient care. My last position in NKF was as their Medical Director and Head of Medical Department. I am very passionate about patient care and welfare and hoping that my knowledge in Medical Law can help improve the practice of Medicine by doctors in the currently fractured Malaysian Healthcare System.

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Hello everyone, I'm Raymond and I'm currently working with StemLife Berhad, a subsidiary of Cordlife group (4th largest cord blood bank internationally) as the Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining StemLife, I had worked in the UK before returning to Malaysia where I started my work in Gleneagles Hospital (KL) as an oncology pharmacist thereafter I had joined the pharmaceutical industry where I held various commercial leadership positions. A pharmacist by training and obtained various postgraduate qualifications in Business Administration,  Strategic Marketing and Intellectual Property Law. My personal vision includes making a meaningful difference in patients' well being. I look forward to Semester 3 and meeting my fellow classmates.

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Hi there, am Jennifer from KL. Am attached with Parkway Pantai group. When I registered for HCML I was handling clinical risk management and medico-legal for the group. Am now posted to Pantai  Hospital Cheras to manage hospital operations and to better understand the challenges at the ground. I truly believe that in our efforts to  protect ourselves or our organisations from medico-legal risk, we should remember to be fair to our patients. 

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Hi there, am Jennifer from KL. Am attached with Parkway Pantai group. When I registered for HCML I was handling clinical risk management and medico-legal for the group. Am now posted to Pantai  Hospital Cheras to manage hospital operations and to better understand the challenges at the ground. I truly believe that in our efforts to  protect ourselves or our organisations from medico-legal risk, we should remember to be fair to our patients. 

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Good day everyone. I am Chew from Pahang, currently working in Department of Pathology & Blood Bank, Hospital Temerloh. I used to work in Medico Legal Unit in my hospital for one and half years. I am interested to learn more regarding medico legal, because I think it is important for healthcare practitioners to know more about this matter, so that can safeguard themselves during their practice and also able to provide better and fairer healthcare services to the public. 

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Good day everyone. I am Chew from Pahang, currently working in Department of Pathology & Blood Bank, Hospital Temerloh. I used to work in Medico Legal Unit in my hospital for one and half years. I am interested to learn more regarding medico legal, because I think it is important for healthcare practitioners to know more about this matter, so that can safeguard themselves during their practice and also able to provide better and fairer healthcare services to the public. 

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Hello everyone. This is Shamini from Penang.I've been in goverment service since 2008, practising at Penang General hospital. I'm currently heading the medicolegal unit of Penang General hospital since 2018. Medical law is such a big growth field with an incredible amount of opportunity, especially in the coming years.  No one knows how it’s all going to work moving forward, and there is going to be a big demand for lawyers to help figure it out.
Medical law is an interesting and compelling area of law, and it’s a useful area of law, too. Everyone has to touch the health care system at some point in their lives.

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I think we need a change in the system for a better working environment and to provide better services.

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Hi everyone. This is Evelyn, currently a medical officer working in Radiology Department in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (Klang).  When I was a medical officer in oncology previously, a patient who loves to go doctor shopping wrote in to the local newspaper complaining how she was mistreated by the 3 government hospitals she discharged and revisited in less than a week. We had always known her being a very difficult patient hence, I was extra cautious and being extra nice to her. We ended the short but pleasant conversation, patient and her family even thanked me for being nice. Little did I know, the matter was brought up to state health authority and they demanded explanations. That's when I realized the importance of proper documentations and how communication can affect doctor-patient relationship. Becoming a doctor may not be my first choice but I remind myself everyday to live it up to my conscience. In order for me to do so, I chose to take up this course. I strongly feel we need a change in the system for a better working environment and to provide better services. 

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Hi everyone. This is Evelyn, currently a medical officer working in Radiology Department in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah (Klang).  When I was a medical officer in oncology previously, a patient who loves to go doctor shopping wrote in to the local newspaper complaining how she was mistreated by the 3 government hospitals she discharged and revisited in less than a week. We had always known her being a very difficult patient hence, I was extra cautious and being extra nice to her. We ended the short but pleasant conversation, patient and her family even thanked me for being nice. Little did I know, the matter was brought up to state health authority and they demanded explanations. That's when I realized the importance of proper documentations and how communication can affect doctor-patient relationship. Becoming a doctor may not be my first choice but I remind myself everyday to live it up to my conscience. In order for me to do so, I chose to take up this course. I strongly feel we need a change in the system for a better working environment and to provide better services. 

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Hi guys . Gafoor here. Im a surgeon working in the beautiful island of Langkawi . I think doctors should be equipped to manage the problems related to medico legal issues and I am here to learn and educate others about it.

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Hi guys . Gafoor here. Im a surgeon working in the beautiful island of Langkawi . I think doctors should be equipped to manage the problems related to medico legal issues and I am here to learn and educate others about it.

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Hi everyone, i am stephen from ipoh. I am retired from government service now. Prior to that was practising as a doctor and have been posted to number of places. I am doing healthcare and medical law now just to broaden my knowledge in this area.

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Hi everyone, i am stephen from ipoh. I am retired from government service now. Prior to that was practising as a doctor and have been posted to number of places. I am doing healthcare and medical law now just to broaden my knowledge in this area.

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Hi everyone.My name is Sangithah. I am a dentist. Started working for Ministry of Health since 2013. Besides dentistry, I was interested in law as well.Health law is as big as the world of medicine. The growing interest in both medicine and law had made me venture into this field.

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Hi guys.. My Name is Srinivas Naidu. I'm working in Kuching, Sarawak. I stay in the edge northern part in Kuching with my cute little baby and beautiful wife. Previously i worked in an rural clinic near Taman Negara Bako, then transferred to TB unit in Policlinic petrajaya and subsequently as incharge of school health officer. Currently i'm working in outpatient department in Klinik petrajaya. I've always interested in law. Since i'm already in medical field(which is not my main favourite) i decide to venture into medical law field. Thats it a simple and humble background about me.

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Hi guys.. My Name is Srinivas Naidu. I'm working in Kuching, Sarawak. I stay in the edge northern part in Kuching with my cute little baby and beautiful wife. Previously i worked in an rural clinic near Taman Negara Bako, then transferred to TB unit in Policlinic petrajaya and subsequently as incharge of school health officer. Currently i'm working in outpatient department in Klinik petrajaya. I've always interested in law. Since i'm already in medical field(which is not my main favourite) i decide to venture into medical law field. Thats it a simple and humble background about me.

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Good day Ms. Ambi and friends. I'm Gayathri. Started working for Ministry of Health since 2008. Completed my houseman-ship and proceeded to district posting. After district, i worked at the Emergency Department before growing interest in managerial side and subsequently moved to Selangor State Health Department in 2014. Started this course because of my interest in Medico-legal issues.

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Hello Miss Ambi and fellow friends. I am Dr Siti Zufina. I have been in service for the past 15 years and previously worked in a hospital and klinik kesihatan, before being posted to my current place of work.

At present, I am working at Cawangan Kawalan Amalan Perubatan Swasta (CKAPS) or Private Medical Control Section, Medical Practice Division in Putrajaya. The Ministry of Health controls and regulates the private healthcare facilities and services in Malaysia, through Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998 and its Regulations, which are enforced by CKAPS and its counterparts at the states, UKAPS. We are also expected, to enforce Pathology Lab Act 2007 and Private Aged Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 2018, soon.

In addition to that, my work also involves giving input in the drafting of new laws or amendment of existing laws, e.g.
drafting of Pathology Laboratory Regulations (now in final stage at AGC), Private Aged Healthcare Facilities and Services Regulations and its Guidelines, Organ, Tissue and Transplantation Bill, Assisted Reproductive Technology Bill and amendment of Human Tissue Act 1974. At the same time, there are various government policies which impacted the healthcare industry in Malaysia directly or indirectly, for example autonomous liberalisation, foreign equities, online healthcare services and medical tourism.

Hence, I feel that there is a need for me to learn more about the law, in particular healthcare regulations and medical laws, to ensure that the ultimate goal of patient safety and quality of care is upheld while balancing the interests of the stakeholders.

I stay in Cyberjaya with my husband and two children. During free time, I love to bake cookies and watch movies. It has been great meeting everybody and I look forward to learning together :)

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hi, my name is Raj Naidu and 47 years old. I m a doctor by profession and currently attached to Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Pulau Pinang.
Thank you.

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Greeting Miss Ambi and Fellow Classmates

My name is Nur Liyana, can call me yana. 29 years of age.Is from skudai JB but currently residing in Kajang. Married for 3 years with no children yet

Graduated with a MBBS from UiTM in 2014. Completed my 2 years housemanship in Hospital Sultan Ismail. Currently a servicing medical officer in Anaesthesia Department Hospital Serdang since tha past 2 years. I'm actively involve with Pain Free Programme works and Organ Donation Campaign and is with the hospital committee for both teams.

Developed interest in medical ethics and law during undergrad years with interest in consent and end of life care. Presented a poster once on advance medical directives . Just passed the bridging course and entering the 1st sem masters of law HCML. Hoping that the knowledge gained would be of use in the near future. Will continue to persue master of aneasthesia after completion of this programme and hopefully to join the academic fraternity later.

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I am Jenny and I'm a lawyer interested in going into the field of research. I love meeting with people and exchanging ideas. I love chocolate ice-cream the most.

Bye bye.

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Hi Miss Ambi,
Im Hardeep, legally married, 28 years old from KL currently working and living in Penang. Im a Medical Officer in Orthopedics and Traumatology Dept Hospital Seberang Jaya, spend most of my time in the operation theater as well. I worked in Ipoh GH and HBUK (Tanjung Rambutan) prior to this.
I enjoy watching movies (when and if i have the time) and Aquascaping.
Hope to get to know everyone here better in the near future.
regards.

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i am Zaitul Akma ,you can call me zaitul. i am married and staying in subang. I was a Medical officer (medical department) back in Batu Pahat in year 2015, then transferred to Hospital Banting and worked as Quality Manager for 2 years -managing hospital admin, clinical services, handling medico legal and potential medico legal cases, hospital & patient safety. I am also qualified Occupational Health Doctor (OHD) by NIOSH and working as freelance OHD for part-time. Now working in Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri Selangor in Clinical Governance which is the biggest unit in JKNS. One of my job scope in Clinical governance is to identify all the potential medico legal cases that happened in hospital level and discuss it in state level. We always organized internal and external inquiries (involving the state of Head of Services-pertaining discipline) to look for weaknesses and ways for the betterment of the clinical services in state level. this is where i hope HCML would bring benefit to me in preparing myself to be more knowledgeable, experienced, competent and skillful person in my work field. Nice meeting all of you. thank you

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Hello there.... I am Sunita, you can call me Nita, living in Subang Jaya with my lovely mother. My father passed away (sadly) and I have an elder brother and sister. And many lovely nephews and nieces. I enjoy sports especially badminton and hiking and definitely reading books mainly in forensic investigations and historical romance. Professionally I am a nurse for the last 21 years, with a background in ICU, A&E, infection control, lecturing, administration, medical affairs and corporate. Currently I am engaged with IMU Bukit Jalil to build their hospital as a project manager overseeing the clinical elements. I am also assisting the existing clinics at IMU in enhancing the clinical services. And enjoying it..... and that's it all about me. Happy to meet new friends too in this group...

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Hello there.... I am Sunita, you can call me Nita, living in Subang Jaya with my lovely mother. My father passed away (sadly) and I have an elder brother and sister. And many lovely nephews and nieces. I enjoy sports especially badminton and hiking and definitely reading books mainly in forensic investigations and historical romance. Professionally I am a nurse for the last 21 years, with a background in ICU, A&E, infection control, lecturing, administration, medical affairs and corporate. Currently I am engaged with IMU Bukit Jalil to build their hospital as a project manager overseeing the clinical elements. I am also assisting the existing clinics at IMU in enhancing the clinical services. And enjoying it..... and that's it all about me. Happy to meet new friends too in this group...

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I am Lim Hui Ling,  34years old, married, with two boys aged 5 and 3 years respectively. I currently work as a Medical Officer at the Accident and Emergency (A&E) Dept in a private hospital called Putra Medical Centre in Alor Setar, Kedah. I work according to shifts allocated, but in my free time, i like to bring the kids for outdoor activities namely swimming, cycling and movies too.
Quit government service right after the birth of my firstborn and joined private due to family commitments, was given a chance for a short stint doing Administrative work and handling Medicolegal cases, and realised i was not ready for it as i have no background, knowledge or experience in handling Medicolegal cases. That was what sparked my interest and therefore that is the reason of me taking up this course.

Regards,
Hui Ling

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My name Lingeshwaran ,30 years old and married.I am Medical officer in Trauma and Orthopedic Department of Hospital Seberang Jaya Penang where i deal all about  fracture and surgical fixations.In simple words, i spend most of the time in Operation theater.

I spend my past-time swimming and golfing.
Enjoy watching movies too.

Thanks
Regards

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My name is Jannah. i am 40 years old and married with and 18 month old baby girl. I am medical doctor by profession, trained mainly in plastic and recostructive surgery. However, i quit halfway of my training because of family commitment. i quit working with government in 2010, and started to work with Gleneagles Kuala Lumpur as a medical officer. I am currently the Head of medical affairs and quality and acting medical director. My job involved in managing the clinical aspect of the hospital, patient safety and also co-ordination of medico-legal cases.
Currently i am staying in Cyberjaya. My favourite pastime is running and swimming.

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Your first task for today would be to write something about yourself and post here......you may attach pics if you wish