Gamat?

I came across a patient of mine -- a 12 year old girl with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia -- who is undergoing chemotherapy at the moment, drinking something from a cup; out of curiosity, I asked her what she was taking, and to my surprise, she showed me this shampoo-like bottle containing 350ml of a liquid named Gamat Emulsion! I have never heard or seen this health product before, and quickly I did a search using Google, and the first result in the search page showed Gamat products by Healwell Pharmaceuticals (M).

Dose/Direction
1 or 2 tablespoon, twice a day. For children below 12 years old, 1 or 2 teaspoon, twice a day.
Advisable to take before meal.

Advantage
A unique health supplement naturally rich in protein, mineral, omega-3, mucopolysaccharide and vitamin which proven to stimulate cell regeneration, enhance body well-being and accelerate external and internal wound healing.
Helps in body refreshing, wound healing, regain healthy muscle, bone, nerves and skin.
Restore energy, boost immunity and reduce cholesterol level.

Cost
West Malaysia : RM59.00
East Malaysia : RM66.10

I initially thought of stopping her from taking it; but later I tried to put myself in her position, and I thought I might have done the same too in desperation.

HFMD New Treatment?

Post call today. During lunch time I drove to town with my wife for a nice meal. As we were heading back to the carpark, I came across this advertisement glued to the wall of a shop lot. I really hope that this is not one of the contributing factor to the many deaths of HFMD outbreak in Sarawak months ago! The public needs to be educated (again and again...) that all this crooks (I dont even think they are fit to be called bomoh) in town in search for "quick money" will do whatever to gain the monetary benefit, and yet the lives of those HFMD patients are at stake if no proper supportive management given promptly.

Animax

Have been very addicted to the recent Animax Astro @channel 25. Me and my wife love animation movies a lot, especially those from Japan (well, mostly are from Japan anyway!). I have been watching the God (?) Save Our King! (kyokara_maoh)... very nice and interesting animation movie to watch! Another one which I have great interest in is Dragon Ball Z, though an old movie/comic, I am still very fond of it!

Turtle Speed (Internet Outages)

With the recent internet outages due to the Taiwan earthquake, may Asian countries including Malaysia have been affected greatly. Despite the effort of restoring the internet connection, there is still obvious slowing down of the internet surfing experience.

Many sites which I must go to everyday, eg. PalmAddicts, myPDAcafe, TheStar and GMail are no longer affected, very fast connection indeed; however, sites like Yahoo Mail, LimKitSiang blog and emedicine are still connecting at turtle speed, most of the time showing signs of "Time Out in Connection" (really frustrating!).

I really hope that the internet connection will regain its usual speed ASAP; as internet is one of the daily necessities nowadays, no longer a luxury thing like in the past.

Happy New Year 2007!!

Happy New Year 2007! May this year be a prosperous and harmonious year! :)