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SINGAPORE: It was in the middle of April this year when the Director General of Health of Malaysia, Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah (pix) was ranked among “the best doctors in the world” by a Chinese television channel for his strategies to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.
After six months and as Malaysia now faces the third wave of the outbreak, it appears that its reputation remains intact.
This time, his name was mentioned in a headline of The independent, Singapore, which reads: “Dr. Noor Hisham, Bloomfield and Fauci – Covid’s heroic trio.”
The article was written by Tan Bah Bah, consulting editor of the news website and who is also a former senior senior writer with The times of the strait.
In his column ‘Sense and Nonsense’, Tan began with: “Without doubt, the original hero of the Covid-19 pandemic was Dr. Li Wenliang, the late whistleblower ophthalmologist who first warned health authorities in Wuhan about the virus last December.
“While Beijing has controlled the situation in Hubei province and other parts of China since then, other countries battling the virus have produced their own heroes.
“One in particular is playing a critical role in a country facing an election on November 3, the results of which will have repercussions around the world,” Tan wrote, referring to Dr. Anthony Stephen Fauci, director of the National Allergy Institute of the United States. United States. and infectious diseases.
The other in the heroic trio is New Zealand Health Director Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
Tan further stated that three public health experts from countries were now in the international spotlight, in addition to the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
On Malaysia’s Director General of Health, Tan wrote: “For most nights in recent months, anxious Malaysians have been tuning in from across the country to watch the live broadcast of the Covid-19 briefing, hosted by by Dr. Noor Hisham.
“He calmly detailed the latest developments, effortlessly switching between English and Bahasa. It is the public face of the country in Malaysia’s fight to contain the virus. “
Tan further noted that Dr. Noor Hisham “doesn’t stop there. Tweet seriously. “
“We need unity to fight this and not against each other. Our leaders have been supporting the terrain for the past 10 months 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Mental and physical fatigue is settling. Some are willing to throw in the towel. Please learn from Sabah, ”Dr. Noor had tweeted as mentioned by Tan.
“Malaysia is experiencing a rebound now due, among other things, to the Sabah state elections,” Tan said in his article.
Tan pointed out that the New Zealand equivalent of Dr. Noor Hisham would be Dr. Bloomfield, who won the hearts and minds of the Kiwis for his calm and collected leadership during the confinement.
The consulting editor later described Dr. Anthony Fauci as “unflappable.”
The full article can be accessed at https://theindependent.sg/drs-noor-hisham-bloomfield-and-fauci-covids-heroic-trio/.
A check in “About us”, The independent states that it brings an independent perspective on news and current affairs in Singapore and is a platform owned and operated by journalists.
Launched on August 9, 2013, its news website offers insight and in-depth analysis on current affairs, economics and politics in Singapore. – Called
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