Malaysian Society of Haematology

There will be a weekend course on “Understanding Lymphomas” in Hospital Pulau Pinang

Date : 22.11.08 (Sat)
Time: 8.00am to 5.00pm
Venue: ACC Auditorium Hospital P. Pinang

Dr. Goh Ai Sim

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Those of you who are using PDAs may be interested to know that I have at long last updated Haemoncrules. Version 2.3 now has 35 modules and the latest update has ET (WHO & PVSG) and PV (PVSG) diagnostic criteria.
The software is free and you can view more details and download it at the Haemoncrules Homepage or in Palmgear
The software runs on Palm PDAs. If you have a Windows mobile PDA, you can run it with Styletap. If you have an iPhone, you are out of luck

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Dr. Au has written in to inform us of the 1st announcement:

The 2009 CSBMT meeting in HK is a joint venture of the HK Society of Hematology, Chinese Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and the HK Marrow Match Foundation. It is supported by the Taiwan Society of Hematology.

Yours,

WY Au
Chairman
Hong Kong Society of Hematology

UMMC is one of the clinical centres in Malaysia which are involved in a phase III clinical trial for Mantle cell lymphoma patients. We are looking to recruit newly diagnosed mantle cell lymphoma patients who are not eligible for stem cell transplantation. The patients will be randomised into 2 arms of treatment ; R-CHOP and R-Velcade-cyclophosphamide-doxorubicin-prednisolone.
If you think you have any patients who may be eligible and willing, please contact us.
Email address: gangg@ummc.edu.my, bpingchong@yahoo.com
Tel: 03-79492741 or 0178880282 (Sister Ho)
 
Dr Gan Gin Gin

The Dept of Hematology, Hospital Ampang is organising a workshop with the hemophilia society of Malaysia on the 25th October 2008.

Venue : Auditorium Hospital Ampang
Date : 25th October 2008
Time : 08.30am – 10.45am
Dress : Smart Casual

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Dr. Jameela Sathar

FYI, the UK has just released a new system for Risk Assessment for Venous Thromboembolism. The Risk Assessment in PDF format can be downloaded here. It is a simple checklist which can be filled in and reviewed at the junior staff level and prompts one if VTE prophylaxis is indicate or if there are significant bleeding risks to preclude VTE prophylaxis.

Date: 13 & 14 November 2008
Time: 8am to 5pm
Venue: Auditorium Hospital Ampang, 2nd floor Hospital Ampang
Person to contact: Dr Lim Soo Min/Dr Bhupinder Singh
email: soominlim@yahoo.com/bobby80zz@yahoo.com
Tel No: 012-5398815/03-42896527
Deadline for registration: 30th October 2008

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MSH Members who wish to apply for Sponsorship to attend meetings/seminars/workshops can now download an application form in this page