8 May 2020
 

Dear Members,

It has been fifty days since the Movement Control Order (MCO) was implemented and we are now slowly phasing into the new normal of living. We are hoping for the best for Malaysia but at the same time we are preparing for any eventualities including facing the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, the Anaesthesiology fraternity has been heavily involved in managing COVID-19 patients in the frontline. Anaesthesiologists are contributing right from the emergency department to the intensive care unit and operation theatres. Anaesthesiologists are also involved in the cardiopulmonary resuscitation of COVID-19 patient / Person under Investigation (PUI) / Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) and non-COVID-19 patients. Recently, the National Committee on Resuscitation Training (NCORT), Ministry of Health (MOH) Malaysia, has published interim guidelines for resuscitation in COVID-19 pandemic. The MSA is endorsing these guidelines and members can find it on this website. The aims of the guidelines are to ensure timely and high quality delivery of resuscitation to patients while making sure that the safety and well-being of the Anaesthesiologists/resuscitators are not compromised. As we are all aware, chest compression, positive pressure ventilation and establishment of advanced airway are aerosol generating procedures (AGP). These comprehensive interim guidelines also include the guidelines on the use of appropriate PPE, CPR for out-of and in-hospital cardiac arrest, CPR in prone position and the ethics of CPR during the pandemic.

I sincerely urge members to look up the guidelines and stay up-to-date with the emerging evidence regarding this lethal virus. Together, we shall emulate best practice and stay safe.

Professor Marzida Mansor
President
Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists

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6 April 2020
 
The Executive Committee of the Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists and the Council of the College of Anaesthesiologists, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia have prepared the above guidelines.

We hope you are keeping well during this trying period of unprecedented pandemic. Please take care and we will continue to do best for our patients and yet keep our fellow colleagues and ourselves safe.

We strongly urge all our members to read the guidelines and be guided by them.  You can use the link below to access the guidelines: 

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Professor Marzida Mansor
President
Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists
&
Dato Dr Jahizah Hassan
President
College of Anaesthesiologists, AMM]]

16 March 2020
   

As of 12 pm 15 March 2020, the Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed additional 190 COVID-19 cases that were reported to the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) MOH. With these additional cases, cumulatively there are now 428 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Malaysia.1 Of these, nine (9) patients are receiving treatment in intensive care units requiring ventilation support.

In view of this escalating numbers and the probability of more new cases will be detected with possibility of healthcare resources to be diverted to focus on managing the pandemic (declared by the World Health Organisation on March 11 2020), the COLLEGE OF ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS together with the MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS and the MALAYSIAN SOCIETY OF INTENSIVE CARE (CoA/MSA/MSIC) have prepared these recommendations to aid anaesthesiologists in both public and private hospitals to consider implementing at their respective place of practice.

These recommendations are meant to be as broad as possible and may be adapted to location or hospital specific guidelines in conjunction with current available data and recommendations by the MOH. These recommendations are meant for the teams involved in providing anaesthesia/ICU services and they are not exhaustive. The CoA/MSA/MSIC will review these recommendations based on updated available data and information and may change as more evidence becomes available.

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7th March 2020
   

To: MSA Members / CoA Members

Dear Doctor

Please be informed that the Annual General Meetings of the Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists and the College of Anaesthesiologists, AMM will now be held at the time of the MSA / CoA Annual Scientific Congress which has been rescheduled to 23rd to 26th July 2020 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. We will send you the notices with the date, time and venue in due time. 

The MSA has sent out a circular to its members to ask whether they would like to receive the AGM documents in hard copies via conventional mail. MSA members are reminded to return the reply slip by 20th August 2020 via email (secretariat@msa.net.my), fax or post. Members who do not respond would be considered as having consented to receiving their documents sent via electronic communication. 

The reply slip is reproduced below for your kind attention. 

Thank you very much.
MSA - CoA Secretariat

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Message from the President

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

It is with great pleasure I welcome you to the Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists’ website. The Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists was founded in 1964. We have since moved forward in leaps and bounds and currently the Society has total members of over 1000 members.

As a representative body for anaesthesiologists, the Society encourages and promotes continuing medical education, professionalism and research, protects the welfare and interests of anaesthesiologists and the specialty in the country, whilst ensuring high quality patient care and safety. [ read more... ]

Update Your Contact Details Now!
This is a call to update your contact details and details, particularly your current email,  for the  MSA membership database so that you do not miss any of our emails or exciting activities.  Kindly contact the MSA secretariat at secretariat@msa.net.my to update your details.

Dantrolene Stock in MOH Hospitals

Instructions:

1. Hospital in need to contact the Head of Department or Anaesthetist on call for permission to loan the stock.
2. Hospital to then send officer to collect the dantrolene from pharmacist or doctor on call.
3. Hospital to later issue a memo to acknowledge that the dantrolene will be replaced on a later date.

[ Dantrolene Availability by State and Hospital - PDF, 97 KB ]

Update on Epidural Fee for APS
(Letter from MOH; 12/3/2015)

Recommendations for Peripheral Nerve Blocks

Published by: 
Special Interest Group in Regional Anaesthesia
College of Anaesthesiologists, 
Academy of Medicine of Malaysia (2019)

[ Download - PDF, 1.07 MB ]

Malaysian Guidelines for the Peri-operative Care of
Adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnoea

Published by: 
College of Anaesthesiologists, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia
Malaysian Society of Anaesthesiologists (August 2018)

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
Postponement till further notice

The Organising Committee of the 5th Neuroanaesthesia Symposium with much regret has decided to postpone the symposium which has been scheduled on 14-16 August 2020 at Pullman Miri Waterfront to a much later date due to the current status of COVID-19 outbreak.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Thank you very much!
Organising Committee