Imagine if a doctor says to you, "Gimme MONEY or you DIE!...". In the world that money can-buy-everything, here is the story of what was really happen in our country- no money, bye bye!...

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A private hospital with no caring heart

Yesterday, I was distracted by many phonecalls that kept me updated on the media frenzy surrounding Noh Omar's 'Go Home' statement and the PM's seething anger over him.

But, throughout the day, I was more upset seeing the ugly side of a foreign-owned private hospital in Cheras, which doesn't even wink staring at a life dying at its doorstep.

Yes, I am still very angry with what I read in The Malay Mail yesterday.

Two nights ago, as I was following TV3's news coverage on Noh Omar, I stumped onto visuals of DPM Najib's wife, who was sobbing uncontrollably.

It was the story about 18-year-old Khairul Anuar Salim (picture left), who got killed for acting chivalry.

Khairul was with a friend outside the petrol station in Taman Muda, Cheras, while two of his cousins went into the mini-market to buy a phone card. Two men on a motorcycle confronted the couple and started teasing the girl.

Khairul, who speaks very little Bahasa Malaysia as he had spent his entire schooling life in international schools, chided the men in English. This angered the duo and one of them slashed him with what is believed to be a sickle. Khairul succumbed to his injuries some two hours later at a private hospital.

Now, it wasn't because the private hospital wasn't well equipped to save his life.

According to Sallehuddean Latiff, the uncle of Khairul, his nephew could have been saved if doctors at the private hospital attended to him immediately.

But the hospital demanded money upfront - No Money, No Treatment! I quote The Malay Mail:

"They wanted me to pay a deposit of RM5,000, saying his injuries were serious. I was not carrying so much money on me at that time," he said.

"They did not want to admit him until I paid the deposit, not even when I pointed out that this was an emergency."

Sallehuddean said he pleaded with the hospital staff but they would not budge.

He then returned to Khairul’s house in TTDI to pick up his grandmother.

"When I returned 30 minutes later, Khairul was still not treated. I had an argument with the hospital staff and when his condition worsened, they took him into the operation theatre.

"He was only treated an hour after he was taken to the hospital."

Sallehuddean said a doctor came out an hour later and told the family that Khairul could not be saved.

He claimed the hospital did not want to release his body until the bill was settled.

When Khairul died, both his parents were overseas.

I weep for Khairul and his family for the bereavement, as much as I weep for my country for being so lenient towards bloody money-suckers who run private hospitals in Malaysia. Their shareholders should wear black armband when they attend the next AGM, and hurl tough questions at the Singaporean management about their corporate governance. Being humans, they need to be humane.

source: jeffooi.com

full story: http://www.jeffooi.com/archives/2005/12/post_21.php

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and as it mentioned there 'a foreign-owned private hospital in Cheras' ??? any idea which hospital was that?

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Q: Dr Danial. Is there any non Muslim scientist who says that the content of your Quran is scientific? Thank you.

Jeff

A: THE QURAN IS THE FINAL TESTAMENT

Thanks Jeff.

As to your question whether there is any non Muslim scientist who says that the content of the Quran is scientific, my answer is, there are many.

Many non Muslim scientists testify that the Quran is scientific. Amongst them are Prof. Keith L. Moore, Professor Emeritus, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Toronto, Prof. E. Marshall Johnson, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, and Director of the Daniel Baugh Institute, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Prof. T.V.N. Persaud, Professor of Anatomy and Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Prof. Joe Leigh Simpson, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,Texas, USA, Prof. Gerald C. Goeringer, Professor and Co-ordinator of Medical Embryology in the Department of Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA, Prof. Tejatat Tejasen, Chairman of the Department of Anatomy and the former Dean of the faculty of Medicine, University of Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand and Dr. Maurice Bucaille, former chief of the Surgical Clinic, University of Paris, France.

Some of these scientists had even embraced Islam like Dr. Gary Miller, a mathematician, and Prof Jeffrey Lang, another mathematician.

Just read the article below concerning the Quran and science written by the distinguished Dr Maurice Bucaille from the French Academy:-

THE QUR’AN AND MODERN SCIENCE

by Dr. Maurice Bucaille

INTRODUCTION

On the 9th of November, 1976, an unusual lecture was given at the French Academy of Medicine. Its title was "Physiological and Embryological data in the Qur’an". I presented the study based on the existence of certain statements concerning physiology and reproduction in the Qur’an. My reason for presenting this lecture was because it is impossible to explain how a text produced in the seventh century could have contained ideas that have only been discovered in modern times.

For the first time, I spoke to members of a learned medical society on subjects whose basic concepts they all knew well, but I could, just as easily, have pointed out statements of a scientific nature contained in the Qur’an and other subjects to specialists from other disciplines. Astronomers, zoologists, geologists and specialists in the history of the earth would all have been struck, just as forcibly as medical doctors, by the presence in the Qur’an of highly accurate reflections on natural phenomena. These reflections are particularly astonishing when we consider the history of science, and can only lead us to the conclusion that they are a challenge to human explanation.

There is no human work in existence that contains statements as far beyond the level of knowledge of its time as the Qur’an. Scientific opinions comparable to those in the Qur’an are the result of modern knowledge. In the commentaries to translations of the Qur’an that have appeared in European languages, I have only been able to find scattered and vague references to them. Nor do commentators writing in Arabic provide a complete study of the aspects of the Qur’an that deal with scientific matters. This is why the idea of a comprehensive study of the problem appealed to me.

In addition to this, a comparative study of similar data contained in the Bible (Old Testament and Gospels) seemed desirable. Thus, a research project was developed from the comparison of certain passages in the Holy Scriptures of each monotheistic religion with modern scientific knowledge. The project resulted in the publication of a book entitled, The Bible, the Qur'an and Science. The first French edition appeared in May 1976. English and Arabic editions have since been published.

RELIGION AND SCIENCE

There is, perhaps, no better illustration of the close links between Islam and science than the Prophet Muhammad’s often-quoted statements:

"Seeking knowledge is compulsory on every Muslim."

"Wisdom is the lost property of the believer."

"Whoever follows a path seeking knowledge, Allah will make his path to paradise easy."

These statements and many others are veritable invitations to humanity to enrich their knowledge from all sources. It comes as no surprise, therefore, to learn that in Islam religion and science have always been considered as twin sisters and that today, at a time when science has taken such great strides, they still continue to be associated. Nor is it a surprise to learn that certain scientific data are used for the better understanding of the Qur’anic text. What is more, in a century where, for many people, scientific truth has dealt a deathblow to religious belief, it is precisely the discoveries of science that, in an objective examination of the Islamic scripture, have highlighted the supernatural nature of revelation and the authenticity of the religion which it taught.

When all is said and done, scientific knowledge seems, in spite of what many people may say or think, to be highly conducive to reflection on the existence of God. Once we begin to ask ourselves, in an unbiased or unprejudiced way, about the metaphysical lessons to be derived from some of today’s knowledge, (for example our evolving knowledge of the smallest components of matter or the questions surrounding the origin of life within inanimate matter), we indeed discover many reasons for thinking about God. When we think about the remarkable organization presiding over the birth and maintenance of life, it becomes clear that the likelihood of it being the result of chance lessens quite considerably.

As our knowledge of science in the various fields expands, certain concepts must seem increasingly unacceptable. For example, the idea enthusiastically expressed by the recent French winner of the Nobel prize for medicine, that living matter was self-created from simple chemical elements due to chance circumstances. Then from this point it is claimed that living organisms evolved, leading to the remarkably complex being called man. To me, it would seem that the scientific advancements made in understandithe fantastic complexity of higher beings provides stronger arguments in favor of the opposite theory: that the existence of an extraordinarily methodical organization presiding over the remarkable arrangement of the phenomena of life necessitates the existence of a Creator.

In many parts of the Book, the Qur’an, encourages this kind of general reflection but also contains infinitely more precise data which are directly related to facts discovered by modern science. It is precisely this data which exercise a magnetic attraction for today’s scientists.

The Qur’an And Science

For many centuries, humankind was unable to study certain data contained in the verses of the Qur’an because they did not possess sufficient scientific means. It is only today that numerous verses of the Qur’an dealing with natural phenomena have become comprehensible. A reading of old commentaries on the Qur’an, however knowledgeable their authors may have been in their day, bears solemn witness to a total inability to grasp the depth of meaning in such verses. I could even go so far as to say that, in the 20th century, with its compartmentalization of ever-increasing knowledge, it is still not easy for the average scientist to understand everything he reads in the Qur’an on such subjects, without having recourse to specialized research. This means that to understand all such verses of the Qur’an, one is nowadays required to have an absolutely encyclopedic knowledge embracing many scientific disciplines.

I should like to stress, that I use the word science to mean knowledge which has been soundly established. It does not include the theories which, for a time, help to explain a phenomenon or a series of phenomena, only to be abandoned later on in favor of other explanations. These newer explanations have become more plausible thanks to scientific progress. I only intend to deal with comparisons between statements in the Qur’an and scientific knowledge which are not likely to be subject to further discussion. Wherever I introduce scientific facts which are not yet 100% established, I will make it quite clear.

There are also some very rare examples of statements in the Qur’an which have not, as yet, been confirmed by modern science. I shall refer to these by pointing out that all the evidence available today leads scientists to regard them as being highly probable. An example of this is the statement in the Qur’an that life has an aquatic origin ( "And I created every living thing out of water" Qur’an, 21:30 ).

These scientific considerations should not, however, make us forget that the Qur’an remains a religious book par excellence and that it cannot be expected to have a scientific purpose per se. In the Qur’an, whenever humans are invited to reflect upon the wonders of creation and the numerous natural phenomena, they can easily see that the obvious intention is to stress Divine Omnipotence. The fact that, in these reflections, we can find allusions to data connected with scientific knowledge is surely another of God’s gifts whose value must shine out in an age where scientifically based atheism seeks to gain control of society at the expense of the belief in God. But the Qur’an does not need unusual characteristics like this to make its supernatural nature felt. Scientific statements such as these are only one specific aspect of the Islamic revelation which the Bible does not share.

Throughout my research I have constantly tried to remain totally objective. I believe I have succeeded in approaching the study of the Qur’an with the same objectivity that a doctor has when opening a file on a patient. In other words, only by carefully analyzing all the symptoms can one arrive at an accurate diagnosis. I must admit that it was certainly not faith in Islam that first guided my steps, but simply a desire to search for the truth. This is how I see it today. It was mainly the facts which, by the time I had finished my study, led me to see the Qur’an as the divinely-revealed text it really is.

AUTHENTICITY OF QUR’AN

Before getting to the essence of the subject, there is a very important point which must be considered: the authenticity of the Qur’anic text.

It is known that the text of the Qur’an was both recited from memory, during the time it was revealed, by the Prophet and the believers who surrounded him, and written down by designated scribes among his followers. This process lasted for roughly twenty-three years during which many unofficial copies were made. An official copy was made within one year after the Prophet’s death at the instruction of Caliph Abu Bakr.

Here we must note a highly important point. The present text of the Qur’an benefited in its original preparation from the advantage of having its authenticity cross-checked by the text recited from memory as well as the unofficial written texts. The memorized text was of paramount importance at a time when not everyone could read and write, but everybody could memorize. Moreover, the need for a written record was included in the text of the Qur’an itself. The first five verses of chapter al-‘Alaq, which happen to constitute the first revelation made to the Prophet (S), express this quite clearly:

"Read: In the name of your Lord who created. Who created man from a clinging entity. Read! Your Lord is the most Noble, Who taught by the pen. Who taught man what he did not know." Qur’an, 96:1-5

These are surely words in "praise of the pen as a means of human knowledge", to use Professor Hamidullah’s expression.

Then came the Caliphate of ‘Uthman (which lasted from the twelfth to the twenty-fourth year following Muhammad’s death). Within the first two years of Caliph ‘Uthman’s rule, seven official copies were reproduced from the official text and distributed throughout a large area of the world which had already come under Islamic rule. All unofficial copies existing at that time were destroyed and all future copies were made from the official seven copies.

In my book, The Bible, the Qur’an and Science, I have quoted passages from the Qur’an which came from the period prior to the Hijrah (the Prophet’s emigration from Makkah to Madeenah in the year 622) and which allude to the writing of the Qur’an before the Prophet’s departure from Makkah.

There were, moreover, many witnesses to the immediate transcription of the Qur’anic revelation.

Professor Jacques Berque has told me of the great importance he attaches to it in comparison with the long gap separating the writing down of the Judeo-Christian revelation from the facts and events which it relates. Let us not forget that today we also have a number of manuscripts of the first written versions of the Qur’an which were from a time period very close to the time of revelation.

I shall also mention another fact of great importance. We shall examine statements in the Qur’an which today appear to merely record scientific truth, but of which men in former times were only able to grasp the apparent meaning. In some cases, these statements were totally incomprehensible. It is impossible to imagine that, if there were any alterations to the texts, these obscure passages scattered throughout the text of the Qur’an, were all able to escape human manipulation. The slightest alteration to the text would have automatically destroyed the remarkable coherence which is characteristic to them. Change in any text would have prevented us from establishing their total conformity with modern knowledge. The presence of these statements spread throughout the Qur’an looks (to the impartial observer) like an obvious hallmark of its authenticity.............

source:

formulacemerlang.com

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EXAM dah habis! yeah merdeka! tadi baru habis paper physics laser yg rasenye questions agak direct tapi disebabkan malas nak stadi benda direct jadik tak direct. ape²pun aku dah pun did my best dan tunggu je la amik slip result karang...huhu

Fuhhh gelabah abis betul pagi tadi. nak tuka tayar spare, tapi tgk² tayar spare pon pancet jugak.. aisehmen.. last² tengok kiri, tengok kanan... huh lega.. nasebaiklaa pancit kat depan wokshop.. ape lagi gi mintak tampal laa. sape punye kejadahla taruk paku tengah jalan. nasebaikla pancet tepi wokshop. kalu pancet tgh² highway tadi tatau la wa nak cakap. abis burn rm5 paun dolar aku ari ni. ceh..

So off that malang topic. hmm sebab dah terlajak cite pasal keta, ada terbaca kat paper hari ni kata Proton nak sponsor 40 bijik kereta Proton Waja Chancellor sempena Sidang Kemuncak ASEAN Ke-11 kat KLCC... hmm Proton Waja Chancellor?? huh camne bendalah tu yer? waja upgraded ke atau waja generasi baru? search kat internet but then takde pulak. tengok², laaa... keta waja executive versi mewah ala-ala korporat rupenye. keta ni akan launch pada 15 Disember ni dan harganya lagi mahal dari perdana (which i tink hebat..). tapi yg menariknye proton tak lama lagi akan kua keta keta sport! yeah keta sport! keta putra replacement model (PRM). sebijik macam keta lotus. salute proton! by early next year juga keta satria replacement model (SRM) akan launch. good job proton. so wait n see k.. nak komen banyak² tak reti. BTW i put some pix kat bawah keta baru proton nanti... tengokla yer manetau berkenan nak beli pulak.. ;)

SELAMAT MENYAMBUT HARI TANDAS SEDUNIA! hehehe... tak sangka ade jugak hari spesial utk tandas yer! BTW check this out!

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CAMPAIGNING FOR BETTER TOILETS FOR ALL

INTRODUCING 'THE BELFAST PROTOCOL' ENDORSED BY OVER 300 DELEGATES FROM 33 COUNTRIES ATTENDING THE 2005 WORLD TOILET SUMMIT

NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD MUST BE ENCOURAGED TO:-

1. Attach a high political profile to the subject of satisfying toileting needs 'away from home' in any type of location. (p/s- konfem lepas ni parlimen sibuk bahas pasal toilet jelaa..)

2. Support global initiatives to satisfy the toileting needs of the 2.6 billion people currently without access to proper sanitation. That's 42% of the world's population! (p/s- nasebaik malaysia ade INDAH WATER sdn bhd... hehe)

3. Introduce a legal framework for toilet provision by all local / regional municipal authorities, transport operators, health, education and hospitality establishments, based on geographical coverage and / or numbers of anticipated users.

4. Support the introduction of minimum standards of specification and cleanliness in all 'away from home' toilets.

5. Ensure that all management, supervisory and operating staff, involved in toilet provision and cleaning or maintenance, are adequately trained, to achieve and maintain proper standards.

6. Ensure that any criminal activity and / or anti-social behaviour in or around public toilets is minimised through relevant legal and / or regulatory controls, as well as educational and information initiatives directed towards toilet users. (p/s- gua sokong! nyusahkan org jer.. lagi² utk yg suka sgt vandalism tu..)

7. Promote inclusivity with regard to 'away from home' toilet provision, to ensure that all users with special needs - the young, family groups, the elderly or infirm and mentally or physically impaired persons are properly catered for.

8. Introduce an annual audit of all 'away from home' toilets, to monitor and control the maintenance of adequate standards of cleanliness and hygiene.

9. Promote the introduction of relevant medical research to ensure that hygiene and health issues, relevant to 'away from home' toilets, are properly addressed.

10. Support the establishment of a National Toilet Organisation within their country, to assist the implementation of all the above and to provide information and statistics relevant to 'away from home' toilet provision to appropriate Government authorities. (p/s- saperla agaknye bakal presiden dier! ;p )

http://www.worldtoilet.org/hp/wto_hp.htm

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rasanya patut kena tambah lagi satu laa...

11. All toilet entries are for free of charge! ;D

--->yg paling tak tahan klakarnye ialah siap ade wat PERSIDANGAN TANDAS ANTARABANGSA lagik tuh.. hahahah.. adeh sakit perut wa gelak byk² ;) so lepas ni aku harap² dgn adanya sambutan hari tandas ni, semua tandas² kat mesia nih bersih² belake. jgn kan hari ni je, tapi utk hari² bukan toilet yg akan datang. so all the best to toilet² semua! go toilet go!!

BAS DOUBLE-DECKER dah turun malaysia!!! huiyooo besar giler!! Airbus A380 telah selamat mendarat di KLIA semalam pada pukul 8.30pm. dijadualkan akan departed pada hari esok jumaat pukul 9.30pm. Memang kagum habis aku tengok plane sekor ni.. (look at the pix).. tengok wing die aje dah rase gerun. Plane ni dijangka akan dalam service MAS pada julai 2007. hoh can't wait it! kumpul duit byk² pastu leh naik gi obersea..wahahah syok nyyerr gua berangan... ;p

*sigh* I dun feel like doing anything today. nak kua teringat kat paper esok. everything tergendala sebab peksa punya pasal. huhu...

tomorow will be elektronik digital paper.. feel confident to answer but then rasa macam sumting is missing. maybe not duin enuf exercises.. or maybe study main2. watever it is tawakal is the most important than worrying n etc. lagipun paper esok takdela sesusah manepun rasenye compared to paper minggu lepas punye. rasenya paper rabu yang akan dtg nih paling risau psl tak paham² lagik nih.. huh mmg gamble betul la semester ni! ;(

to AHADA thanx a lot girl(!) for helping me playing wit this blogging stuf. ksian awak sebab asyik kene tanya je. nasib baik awak ni bukan jenis ngeluh ngan marah². baru skarang tau sronok jugak yer blog-blog ni.. kalau tak dulu asyik pelik je tgk org lain suka sgt wat blog ni.

so alrite i wud like to wish a gud luck to myself for tomoro's paper. ;)

-wslm-

hi...akum... well..well..well.. seems this is my first appearance in blog.. huh ape lagi nak tulis yer.. now tgh bz psl macam2- exam la, project, business so on n so forth but still ade masa nak online tulis bendalah blog ni... pelik tul aku ni yer.. hm..until ni saje utk buat masa ni kot..utk sementara waktu sblm dpt idea yg mencurah2... hahahhah. ok SELAMAT HARI RAYA MAAF ZAHIR BATIN utk semua.. -n-