saman ekor

Adalah adil bagi rakyat Malaysia meminta kerajaan mengkaji semula kaedah pelaksanaan arahan notis polis POL 170A atau lebih dikenali sebagai ‘saman ekor’ berikutan ramai pemilik kenderaan tidak tahu mengenai saman yang dikeluarkan terhadap mereka.

Pemilik kenderaan yang menganggap mereka tidak bersalah atas saman itu atau langsung tidak menerima apa-apa notis saman terpaksa membayarnya untuk membolehkan pembaharuan cukai jalan / road tax dan mengelakkan diri daripada didakwa.Kalau pemilik kenderaan tidak memaksa diri untuk membayar ‘saman ekor’ tersebut, maka sudah pastinya mereka tidak dapat membaharui cukai jalan / road tax kenderaan mereka.Kita semua tahu apa kah maknanya kalau kenderaan kita tidak ada ‘cukai jalan/ road tax’?

‘Saman ekor’ ini terlalu tidak adil bagi pemilik kenderaan dan berharap kerajaan akan mengkaji semula dan menangguhkan pelaksanaan sistem ‘saman ekor’ kerana seperti yang kita semua tahu,bukan semua anggota polis trafik / pegawai penguatkuasa jujur atau betul-betul menjalankan tugas mereka dengan baik. Macam-macam hal yang kita dengar atau baca tentang pegawai-pegawai penguatkuasa yang bermasaalah,oleh itu keyakinan rakyat terutama pemilik kenderaan terhadap pegawai-pegawai penguatkuasa adalah pada tahap yang sangat rendah dalam melaksanakan ‘saman ekor’ ini.Lainlah halnya kalau pemilik kenderaan betul-betul ditahan pada masa ianya melakukan kesalahan lalulintas dan disaman pada masa itu juga oleh polis trafik / pegawai penguatkuasa dimana rasa ketidak-adilan sudah pastinya tidak timbul.

Kerajaan juga adalah perlu mengkaji semula keputusan untuk tidak membenarkan saman itu dikompaun. Keputusan ini juga amat membebankan rakyat / pemilik kenderaan yang tidak mampu menyelesaikan jumlah saman yang begitu besar apabila memperbaharui cukai jalan kenderaan mereka.

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21 kes pelajar sekolah mengandung luar nikah

KUALA LUMPUR 28 Julai – Kementerian Pelajaran hanya mengesan sebanyak 21 kes pelajar yang mengandung luar nikah di sekolah bandar dan luar bandar antara tahun 2006 hingga 2010.

Timbalan Menterinya, Dr. Mohd. Puad Zarkashi berkata, 12 kes yang direkodkan itu berlaku di sekolah luar bandar sementara sembilan kes lagi berlaku di sekolah bandar.

“Sebanyak 20 kes mengandung luar nikah itu juga berlaku berdasarkan suka sama suka antara pelajar dan pasangan mereka sementara satu kes melibatkan jenayah rogol.

“Kesemua kes ini dikumpulkan berdasarkan sumber laporan akhbar, Jabatan Pelajaran Negeri, Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah, sekolah terbabit dan Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat,” katanya.

Menurutnya, masalah sosial ini berterusan berikutan naluri kedewasaan pelajar di samping kebebasan keterlaluan yang diberi keluarga sehingga kejadian berkenaan berlaku di rumah dan bilik pelajar itu sendiri.

Beliau berkata demikian bagi menjawab soalan Senator Datuk Azian Osman yang meminta dijelaskan jumlah kes pelajar perempuan yang mengandung luar nikah, mengapa masalah sosial ini berlaku dan apa tindakan yang diambil ke atas pelajar terbabit pada sidang Dewan Negara hari ini. – Utusan

Divorces because of unfaithful wives increase

DIVORCE cases because of unfaithful wives have gone up by 20% in the past 10 years.

KOSMO! highlighted syaria lawyer Musa Awang expressing his concern over the trend.

Musa said his observation was based on hundreds of divorce cases he had handled over the past decade.

He said divorces were more prevalent among working couples, where the women tend to share their marital problems with other men who then took advantage of them.

The daily also quoted Women, Family and Community Development Ministry guidance and counselling division director Linda Jamaluddin as saying that the women’s tendency to confide in male colleagues always backfired.

She said such actions always resulted in forbidden love and infidelity.

Source: Kosmo!

Many Malaysians men suffer from premature ejaculation woes

Many Malaysians men aged 19 to 60 have confessed in a Universiti Sains Malaysia survey that they ejaculate even before having sexual intercourse with their partner.

The study/survey recorded case of a married couple who never had a fulfilled intercourse for four years because the husband was unable to control his excitement and would often ejaculate before penetration said USM Men’s Health Clinic head Assoc Prof Shaiful Bahari Ismail who did the study on premature ejaculation.

Some men hardly last a minute after intra-vaginal activity, adding that this caused distress and sexual boredom that might lead to divorce if the wife had a high sex drive.

According to his Premature Ejaculation Perception and Attitude study, about 29% of Malaysians aged between 19 and 60 suffer from some sort of premature ejaculation.

The percentage could be higher, considering many are unable to practise healthy and regular intercourse and also because they lead very stressful lives, he said in an interview here.

A World Health Organisation report said early ejaculation was the most common of all sexual difficulties among men and it was estimated that between 25% and 33% of men ejaculated “before they want to”.

Based on the studies, women who experienced problems of sexual fulfilment were more open to talk about the issue when interviewed without the presence of their husband or partner.

This is in contrast to men who would rather be in a denial mode even in one-to-one interviews.

When the denial is allowed to fester, it would lead to other problems like unnecessary stress.

This could lead to psychological problems and, if not controlled, would eventually affect their manhood and self-esteem.

The premature ejaculation was becoming a threat to Malaysians and might be one of the causes of the increasing divorce rate.

Malaysian men felt that it was taboo to speak about the condition and preferred to “sweep the problem under the carpet”.

Married women also preferred to be silent because it could affect their husbands’ self-esteem.

The family medicine specialist said there was no cure for premature ejaculation because it was “all in the mind”.

Source: The Star @ 18/07/2010.

Seks bantu proses pulih minda suami isteri

Masaalah:

Keinginan melakukan hubungan seks terlalu kerap, malah hampir setiap hari.Apakah ini mendatangkan masalah kesihatan?

Jawaban:

Hubungan seks yang kerap walaupun pada kadar setiap hari, tidak akan menimbulkan apa-apa kemudaratan. Hubungan seks dianggap satu proses pemulihan (healing) yang baik untuk minda dan tubuh badan.

Berikut ialah beberapa kelebihan melakukan hubungan seks:-

1. Sejenis senaman.

Hubungan seks ialah salah satu bentuk aktiviti fizikal. Ketika hubungan berlaku, berlaku pelbagai perubahan fisilogi yang berlaku dalam badan seolah-olah seperti seseorang lelaki sedang menjalani aktiviti senaman.

Contohnya, semasa hubungan seks, tahap kadar pernafasan akan meningkat. Peningkatan pernafasan dan pernafasan yang dalam akan meningkatkan tahap oksigen dalam badan dan boleh memperbaiki sel-sel yang rosak. Kapasiti paru-paru juga akan meningkat. Begitu juga dengan degupan jantung, ia akan meningkat ketika hubungan seks dan ini akan meningkatkan aliran darah dalam badan.

Ketika hubungan seks, pelbagai otot mengalami kontraksi dan selepas hubungan seks, sering kali seseorang itu letih dan berpeluh. Ini bermakna ada aktiviti fizikal yang membakar kalori berlaku semasa hubungan seks. Dianggarkan, jika seseorang itu melakukan hubungan seks tiga kali seminggu dan setiap kali hubungan memakan masa 15 minit, orang itu akan menggunakan 7,500 kalori setahun. Ini umpama saudara berjoging sejauh 120 km. Hormon testosterone yang dikeluarkan ketika hubungan seks juga akan meningkatkan kekuatan otot dan menguatkan tulang.

2. Penawar kesakitan.

Semasa hubungan seksual, sejenis hormon yang dipanggil ‘endophine’ akan dirembeskan. Hormon endophine ini mempunyai fungsi melegakan kesakitan dan sejenis hormon penahan sakit.

Satu kajian dijalankan menunjukkan semasa hubungan seksual terutama semasa orgasma, seseorang tidak akan merasa kesakitan dan selepas hubungan seksual, kesakitan ringan akan berkurangan.

3. Perlindungan kepada kelenjar prostat.

Sebahagian besar dari cecair yang dikeluarkan semasa ejakulasi datangnya dari kelenjar prostat. Hubungan seks yang kerap dapat membantu meningkat produksi cecair yang baru serta dapat mengeluarkan cecair yang berada dalam kelenjar. Jika ejakulasi lama tidak berlaku, akan terjadi pengumpulan cecair dalam kelenjar dan ini boleh menimbulkan inflamasi atau keradangan pada kelenjar prostat.

4. Pengurangan risiko mendapat masalah mati pucuk (ED)

Lima puluh peratus dari lelaki yang berumur lebih dari 40 tahun akan mengalami masalah mati pucuk. Salah satu langkah pencegahan ialah dengan kerap melakukan hubungan seks.

Semasa proses ereksi berlaku, banyak darah dari arteri akan dipamkan ke batang zakar dan darah ini akan membawa oksigen dan nutrien kepada tisu batang zakar.

Proses ini akan mengekalkan kesihatan batang zakar dan ketegangan batang zakar.

5. Mengurangkan stress.

Sudah terbukti dari segi kajian saintifik bahawa hubungan seks yang kerap dapat mengurangkan stress. Ini adalah kerana semasa hubungan seks, badan akan menghasilkan dopamine iaitu sejenis kimia dalam badan yang boleh mengurangkan stress.

Sejenis kimia lagi yang dikenali sebagai oxytocin, juga dirembeskan dan hormon ini bertindak sebagai hormon yang memberi kesan kelegaan serta kesan positif terhadap keinginan dan nafsu seseorang lelaki.

6. Lain-lain kelebihan.

Kajian di negara Barat menunjukkan hubungan seks yang dinikmati dapat mengurangkan risiko penyakit jantung, mengurangkan sakit kepala, mengurangkan kemurungan serta dapat memberi kebaikan pada otot dan sendi. Selain itu, hubungan seks juga dapat mengukuhkan hubungan dan mengeratkan kasih sayang antara pasangan suami-isteri.

Rujukan: Dr.Zulkifli (Ruangan Tanya Doktor Berita Harian – 17/07/2010)

Reacting to medicines

Medicines can give rise to various side effects, including allergies.

EVERYONE falls ill at some time or other. Many illnesses are self limiting and do not require anything more than rest. Other illnesses require medicines for a limited period of time.

Some people have chronic conditions which require medicines for a longer period or throughout their lives.

Medicines have benefits and risks. The majority of medicines do not have significant adverse reactions. However, there are occasions when there are adverse reactions to medicines. They include interactions between two or more medicines; the inability to break down (metabolise) the medicine, e.g. when there is liver or kidney damage; and allergic reactions to the medicine.

Allergic reactions comprise less than 10% of all adverse reactions to medicines. It does not occur on the first occasion that the medicine is consumed but occurs on the second or subsequent time the medicine is taken.

If an allergic reaction appears on the first occasion the medicine is consumed, it is very likely that the affected person had taken the medicine on a previous occasion without having known it. This is not uncommon as many patients do not know the names of the medicines they are taking.

Causes

When the body is exposed to a substance for the first time, the immune system recognises it as foreign and reacts to it by producing antibodies.

In the case of allergic reactions to medicines, antibodies called immunoglobulin E (IgE) are produced and stored. When the body is exposed to the medicine again, the IgE reacts to it and stimulates the body’s cells to produce chemicals called mediators, e.g. histamine, which act on organs, leading to the features of an allergic reaction.

The commonly used medicines which are the causes of allergic reactions are antibiotics like penicillin, sulpha compounds; painkillers (analgesics) like aspirin; non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), e.g. indomethacin, ibuprofen; and anti-epilepsy medicines like phenytoin.

Certain risk factors increase the likelihood of an allergic reaction to medicine. They include a family history of allergies or asthma; allergies to certain foods, e.g. eggs, seafood; large doses of medicines; and administration of medicines by injections.

Features

The features of an allergic reaction to medicine vary considerably. They range from a mild skin rash to severe reactions from the body’s vital organ systems.

The reaction occur days or weeks after exposure to the medicines. This is unlike that of most other allergic reactions, which usually occur soon after exposure to the allergen.

The skin is commonly involved. The usual features are that of a rash or irregularly shaped swellings which are itchy, elevated, and slightly reddish.

People who are sensitive to sunlight can have a scaly and itchy rash on the exposed areas of the body.

The other common features include fever, joint aches, muscle aches, and swelling of the lymph nodes. The kidneys are also commonly involved.

Anaphylaxis is a life-threatening allergic reaction which is, thankfully, rare. Most anaphylactic reactions occur shortly after taking the medicines. The features include difficulty breathing, fainting, and swelling of the throat.

Management

The management of allergic reactions to medicines is dependent on their severity.

It is important that the doctor or pharmacist who prescribed or dispensed the medicine, be contacted immediately for advice.

Attention should be sought at the Accident and Emergency department of a hospital without delay if:

> The doctor or pharmacist cannot be contacted.

> There is difficulty breathing, fainting, or swelling of the throat.

Doctors are conversant with the management of allergic reactions to medicines. Laboratory tests are carried out only in unusual situations.

The treatment of mild (localised reactions) involves stopping the medicine that caused the allergic reaction and taking antihistamine medicines, which may be consumed orally or applied topically. Alternatives to the medicine that caused the allergic reaction may be prescribed.

If the allergic reaction is moderate (involves larger areas of the body), oral corticosteroids or histamine blockers will be prescribed in addition to that of the measures for mild reactions.

Severe allergic reactions require hospitalisation whilst mild reactions can be managed at home after the doctor is satisfied that it can be managed so.

The management of severe reactions or anaphylaxis will be discussed in the next article in a fortnight’s time.

The reduction of physical activity and the wearing of light clothing that does not irritate the skin would be helpful. It is essential to keep the follow-up appointment after an allergic reaction to medicines has been treated. An assessment of the recovery can be carried out at this visit. At the same time, medicines may have to be adjusted and preventive advice given.

It is essential that the doctor be consulted if the response to the treatment prescribed is absent or unsatisfactory.

If there are features of anaphylaxis, there are some important tips to adhere to while awaiting the arrival of the ambulance:

> Stay calm.

> If it is available, take an antihistamine tablet and inhale a bronchodilator, if there is difficulty in breathing or if there is wheezing.

> If you are feeling faint, raise the legs to a level higher than the head.

> If there is collapse, administration of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation by someone who is able to do so.

Prevention

It is very difficult to prevent allergic reactions to medicines. This is compounded by the fact that many patients do not know what medicines they are taking. In addition, many people take traditional and complementary medicines, the composition of which are not known.

The more medicines a person takes, the higher the likelihood of an allergic reaction to medicines. However, there is much that everyone can do to reduce the likelihood. They include:

> Knowing the names of medicines that one is taking and its common adverse reactions.

> Not taking any medicine that one has had an allergic reaction to in the past.

> Informing the doctor and pharmacist of one’s allergies, particularly to medicines, and the nature of the reactions. This is vital if one is consulting a doctor who is not his regular doctor.

> Informing the doctor and pharmacist about prescriptions or over-the-counter medicines that one is currently taking.

> Informing the doctor and pharmacist about the traditional and complementary medicine that one is currently taking.

> Practising self medication with the knowledge and advice of one’s doctor;

> Carrying a card containing one’s relevant medical information in the handbag or wallet, particularly the names of medicines that one is taking and those that one has had an allergic reaction to previously.

Source: Dr Milton Lum