Healthcare issues that need to be resolved in 2023


Covid-19, influenza and RSV all have the potential to cause severe illness, especially in vulnerable groups like the infant in this filepic, who has to be on an ventilator due to RSV. — Vietnam News/ANN

The year 2022 saw Malaysia recovering from the devastation of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, with floods and the Batang Kali landslide providing unfortunate finales to the year.

Lives were lost in the landslide and floods, with thousands also made homeless by the latter.

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