New Year, New Hope. Happy New Year 2012!

The year 2011 is closing its curtain and in a matter of hours a new year is coming. Whether you celebrate this moment in whatever style, the change is certainly felt. If any of us adopts this attitude of ‘what the big deal, its year in, year out thing, nothing special’, then just consider these [...]

Famous quotes from my patients this week…

Elderly lady, in early eighties, could hardly walk, came for heart check. I ask permission to do quick exam, and she said: “…saya ni dah nak mati ke doktor?…” (Am I going to die soon, doc?) to which I replied: “Hmm, tu saya tak tau makcik, orang muda, lagi sihat, pun boleh mati tiba-tiba…bahagian mading-masing. [...]

An insight into Stereotaxis Magnetic Navigation System

Today I had this rare opportunity to visit a Cardiac centre in Taipei that is equipped with a state of the art navigation system to assist percutaneous electrophysiology studies and coronary intervention. We were accompanied by a long known rep called Tam (knew him from the day I first worked in UKM, Tam was with [...]