Dr Ong is an Emergency Physician currently working in Emergency & Trauma Department Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, Klang. She completed her undergraduate studies in 2009 and obtained her postgraduate degree from University of Malaya. She is actively engaged in various life support training as a speaker and instructor for the past 10 years.
Dr Ong shows great passion in toxicology. She has experience in managing various toxicology cases during her service in Hospital Klang. She was directly involved in the mass casualty incident of ammonia gas leak in 2018 and management of methanol poisoning cases during the outbreak in 2019. She has also engaged with various authorities and public health in management of toxicology cases. She is currently persuing her fellowship in clinical toxicology and is actively involved in toxicology training programmes for medical officers and house officers.
Online shopping has rapidly grown in a global marketing environment and has attracted people to purchase the product through the social media platform (Facebook and Instagram) and e-commerce. With the accelerated adoption of online shopping brought about by social distancing measures implemented during COVID-19, there was a rise in online sales by 28.9% in April 2020 in Malaysia.
Health and beauty products are among the top products purchased by consumer online. However, the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) of the Malaysian Health Ministry reported that among these health and beauty products such as cosmetic products, diet pills and supplements have been found to contain prohibited substances, including unauthorized scheduled poisons.
When tested, dangerous chemicals like aluminium, mercury, lead, arsenic and cyanide have been found in various unregistered cosmetic products sold online. Other than that, laxatives, diuretics, thyroid hormones, sibutramine and amphetamines are commonly found in the diet pills and supplements.
Most customers are unaware of the harmful side effects until physical symptoms appear after use. The high amount of toxic chemical compound can cause permanent body and even brain damage. Therefore, the public is encouraged to check the notification status of a cosmetic product or supplements at the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA)'s official website www.npra.gov.my before any purchase online.
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