Thursday, 01 Jul 2021 11:49 AM MYT
BY TAN MEI ZI
Learn more about diarrhoea while having a good laugh with some of Malaysia’s best-loved comedians. Picture courtesy of Smecta Malaysia
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PETALING JAYA, July 1 Local comedians will be joining forces to raise awareness about a health condition that’s been the talk of the town in Malaysia recently: diarrhoea.
Audiences can catch Douglas Lim, Joanne Kam, Kavin Jay, and Papi Zak cracking their best jokes about toilet troubles at the virtual
Take A Stand with Smecta event with oral drug brand Smecta next week.
For a word that’s nearly impossible to spell,
diarrhea
diarrhoea is very possible to get and affects Malaysians across the nation.
More often than not, we often hear colleagues and friends stay home from work or school because of this dreaded “d” word.
Diarrhoea 101
If you’ve never gotten diarrhoea before, pat yourself on the bum and thank your lucky stars. It’s not a pretty sight and feeling to have because your bowel movements (or stools) are loose and watery.
Usually, diarrhoea happens because of a virus that gets into your gut and essentially starts causing trouble.
There are also other potential causing reasons like food tolerance or allergy, adverse reaction to medication, bacterial infection, intestinal disease, parasitic infection, and gallbladder or stomach surgery.
THE creative arts and music industry especially live performers is still going through uncertain times, even as the Malaysian economy is slowly recovering.
With many performance venues and shows postponed, cancelled or has not fully resumed operations, many of our local performers and artists who are mostly self-employed have experienced significant losses to their livelihoods.
In a report by Malaysia’s Cultural Economy Development Agency (Cendana), 93% of arts and culture practitioners were affected by the pandemic, with many venturing to other fields and scope of work to keep afloat.
In light of this, Grab together with local household brands like KFC Malaysia, myNEWS and Tropicana are banding together to lend their support by leveraging on their wide consumer reach, passion and resources.