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Kamal Amzan
Works on clinical governance by day, and patient safety at night. Writes and does everything else when he can’t sleep. On Twitter @drkamalamzan and facebook.com/DrKamalAmzan.
More from Kamal Amzan
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Real leaders say 'Let's go!'
NOVEMBER 20 ― I recently attended an Outward Bound programme in Lumut. It was meant to take you away from modern distractions, comfort, so you can focus on their strengths....
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Getting our priorities right
FEBRUARY 6 — I think it’s cute that Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) thinks that all it takes to get people to cycle... is to paint a lane blue. The lane cuts through the...
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Racism isn’t patriotism
JANUARY 24 — I wonder at what age most Malaysians are taught about tolerance. About race and religion. For me, it was at school and I was a slow learner at that — not...
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Calories can’t tell the time
JANUARY 11 — A United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation report revealed that Malaysians consume an average of 2,910 calories daily. And our neighbours? Indonesians...
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Is courtesy extinct?
JANUARY 4 — You don’t go around calling people fat. Unsightly. Ugly. Even if they are all that. Neither do you brag about the trip you’ve taken to Europe or the...
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The difference between sensitivity and intolerance
DECEMBER 27 — Let’s get this right. There’s a difference between being sensitive and being intolerant. The former goes with respect, manners and forms the building blocks of...
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The sanctity of life on Malaysian roads
DECEMBER 18 — I was in an accident a few months back. I was driving to Ipoh when a big black bag appeared in front of me. Perhaps it was my medical background, or more...
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An independent nation that is truly Merdeka
AUGUST 23 ― There are places in Sabah where children wake up at 3.30am to go to school. And start walking there at 4.30am. They are not your average students who are picked up...
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Lessons of Ramadan
JULY 4 — It has been an interesting Ramadan for me. I’ve lost weight. Got to finish a lot of work without being distracted by chips, peanuts, biscuits. Office is...
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Vaccinations work... do it now!
JUNE 29 ― Christopher Columbus introduced among others smallpox, measles, whooping cough, chicken pox, typhus to the Americas in 1492. That exposure, according to the Journal of...
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Mothers and their children should not be separated
MAY 19 ― Unless the mother is physically, psychologically and emotionally unfit to be around her child, we should do all we can to preserve that union. Neither religion nor...
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Time to take care of our doctors
MAY 11 ― You don’t need to be very smart to be someone important in Malaysia, do you? Expensive tolls? Use non-tolled roads. Expensive chicken? Eat fish. Grow...
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What a way to add value
MAY 7 ― I might be wrong, but when our ministers talk about adding value to Malaysian-made products, I’m quite sure they did not anticipate the recital of Quranic...
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Intelligent Malaysians speak English
FEBRUARY 9 ― I was forwarded a message that says, “English is just a language, not a measure of intelligence” in a WhatsApp group. To my chagrin, I saw it again...
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The disappearing Malaysian identity
JANUARY 12 ― Festival season makes me treasure the country more. This is probably driven by the feeling that we are losing the plot as a nation, and together with it our...