Tag: Health
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Health | City launches online HIV risk assessment test
The Health Bureau (SSM) has recently launched an online HIV risk assessment test, which allows citizens to discover whether they are among groups at risk of ... -
HEALTH | Stepped-up Ebola screening starting at NYC airport
U.S. customs and health officials began taking the temperatures of passengers arriving at New York’s Kennedy International Airport from three West African countries on Saturday in ... -
HEALTH | Sino-Luso Medical Forum looks into clinical toxicology
Local and international physicians are gathering in Macau this weekend for the 22nd Sino-Luso International Medical Forum, this time featuring training courses in clinical toxicology. Addressing ... -
HEALTH | Medical school could be set up in UM
The deputy director of the Health Bureau (SSM) and director of the Conde de São Januário Central Hospital (CHCSJ), Chan Wai Sin, has revealed that the ... -
Health Bureau foreshadows strict inspections on smoking ban
Health Bureau director Mr Lei Chin Ion has said that his department will carry out strict inspections in local casinos once the smoking ban on mass ... -
68 suicide cases last year
The Health Bureau (SSM) has revealed that there were 68 cases of suicide in Macau in 2013. The overall suicide rate in the city last year ... -
Taiwan detains gutter oil firm boss
Taiwanese authorities have detained Yeh Wen-Hsiang, head of cooking oil producer Chang Guann, which is at the centre of the gutter oil scandal sweeping Taiwan, Macau ... -
STUDY | Medical vouchers prevented fatalities, should be given to TNRs
A study conducted by a scholar from Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST) has shown that medical vouchers provided annually to Macau permanent residents have ... -
Food oil importer accuses IACM of ruining business reputation
In a statement released by Tai Heng Foods yesterday, the Macau importer that represents the embattled Taiwanese food oil producer Chang Guann Company has criticized the ... -
Over 20,000 people fined over smoking in prohibited areas since 2012
Macau authorities have issued fines on a total of 21,733 occasions to people found to be smoking in prohibited areas, the Health Bureau revealed yesterday in ... -
Health Bureau urges Chan Pou U’s family to share HK medical report
The Health Bureau has urged the family of teenager suffering from chronic pain to share a medical report with Macau’s public hospital which was issued by ... -
Central hospital admits to unknowingly using tainted oil
The Taiwanese gutter oil fiasco has hit a number of public institutions in Macau. The Health Bureau (SSM) revealed that three government departments, including Conde de ... -
Macau and Zhuhai to join forces on World Car-Free Day
Macau and Zhuhai have partnered to celebrate the World Car-Free Day on September 22. Cooperating with its Zhuhai counterpart, the University of Macau and other organizations, ... -
MSAR, HK and Guangdong cooperate on air pollution monitoring
Guangdong, Macau and Hong Kong have implemented a cooperation protocol seeking to jointly address air pollution issues in the Pearl River Delta region. The agreement features ... -
Interview with Brian Hall | ‘Migrants do make a great contribution to Macau’
Dr Brian Hall, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Macau’s Faculty of Social Sciences, recently published his research findings in British medical journal The ... -
GAMING | Single mom leads labor protests against casinos
Cloee Chao remembers when she first decided to challenge the billionaires of the world’s largest gambling hub. The 34-year-old single mother of two was working in ... -
SSM receives smoking room floor plans from 39 casinos
In a press release, the Health Bureau (SSM) said that as of September 1, 39 casinos have submitted their final drafts of floor plans that will ... -
HEALTH | Medical forum to explore robotic surgical skills in breast surgery
The 20th Sino-Luso International Medical Forum in Macau, taking place between tomorrow and Monday, will focus on robotic surgical skills, particularly in breast surgery, since this ... -
HEALTH | Low risk of local Ebola outbreak, measures reinforced according to epidemic levels
The risk of an Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Macau “is very low” but the Health Bureau (SSM) affirmed it has a contingency plan in place ... -
West Africa visitors pass Ebola health check
A contingency plan responding to the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa has been in full swing in Macau since the end of July, ... -
16 visitors from West Africa pass health assessment on Ebola
In response to the outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa, the Health Bureau announced health assessments for visitors from three West African counties entering Macau. ... -
FOOD SAFETY | Health Bureau can’t confirm link between gastroenteritis and McDonald’s
McDonald’s is being investigated by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) for a case of gastroenteritis. A statement from the authority declared that there is ... -
HEALTH|5,000 people die each year of heart disease
Cardiovascular diseases are affecting the lives and health of Macau residents more and more local physician Mário Évora warned in a seminar held recently. He recalled ... -
Health Bureau denies CE wife interfered in public tender
A man who called TDM Radio Chinese two days ago claimed that the Chief Executive Chui Sai On’s wife had intervened in a Health Bureau (SSM)’s ...
