A multidisciplinary team at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre successfully performed a liver transplant on a four-month-old baby boy in November 2025. The baby, weighing just 6.2kg, was the youngest and lightest recipient recorded in the country. We speak to some of the surgeons and the anaesthesiologist from the team to find out why this was one for the history books, and how they hope to see transplant medicine in Malaysia develop.



Image credit: Prof Shireen Anne Nah

A multidisciplinary team at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre successfully performed a liver transplant on a four-month-old baby boy in November 2025. The baby, weighing just 6.2kg, was the youngest and lightest recipient recorded in the country. We speak to some of the surgeons and the anaesthesiologist from the team to find out why this was one for the history books, and how they hope to see transplant medicine in Malaysia develop.Image credit: Prof Shireen Anne Nah

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How UMMC Performed Liver Transplant For Youngest Baby Ever

In this month’s open clinic segment, we start by diving into how we hear, and explore some fun facts about our ears. Then, audiologist Darleena Aziz explains more about common hearing conditions, as well as prevention and treatment.



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In this month’s open clinic segment, we start by diving into how we hear, and explore some fun facts about our ears. Then, audiologist Darleena Aziz explains more about common hearing conditions, as well as prevention and treatment.Image credit: Shutterstock

 Ask An Audiologist: How We Hear

Losing weight is rarely an easy journey, and the effectiveness of GLP-1 medications in helping people shed that weight has led to its popularity all around the world. But does that mean that these medications can be taken by anyone who is struggling with weight loss? And more worryingly, with some of these medications seemingly sold on e-commerce platforms, should you be buying them online? We speak to endocrinologist Dr Lim Quan Hziung, who’s also a council member with the Malaysian Obesity Society, to find out.



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Losing weight is rarely an easy journey, and the effectiveness of GLP-1 medications in helping people shed that weight has led to its popularity all around the world. But does that mean that these medications can be taken by anyone who is struggling with weight loss? And more worryingly, with some of these medications seemingly sold on e-commerce platforms, should you be buying them online? We speak to endocrinologist Dr Lim Quan Hziung, who’s also a council member with the Malaysian Obesity Society, to find out.Image credit: Shutterstock

Should You Buy Weight Loss Medications Online?

What happens between the moment when a nurse or doctor takes a patient sample and when the results come back to you? Medical lab technologists work quietly behind the scenes and their work is vital in analysing samples from you and finding the answers that help doctors figure out what may be wrong. On this episode of Humans of Healthcare, we speak to Harvinder Kaur for a peek into her work in the lab and beyond it.

What happens between the moment when a nurse or doctor takes a patient sample and when the results come back to you? Medical lab technologists work quietly behind the scenes and their work is vital in analysing samples from you and finding the answers that help doctors figure out what may be wrong. On this episode of Humans of Healthcare, we speak to Harvinder Kaur for a peek into her work in the lab and beyond it.

How UMMC Performed Liver Transplant For Youngest Baby Ever

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