Dato' Sri Dr Adham bin Baba is a Malaysian doctor and a politician who served as Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation from 2021 to 2022.
24 Facts About Adham Baba
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Adham Baba is a member and the Division Chief of Tenggara of the United Malays National Organisation, a component party of the Barisan Nasional coalition.
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Adham Baba graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree from the University of Malaya in 1987.
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Adham Baba has a private clinic called Klinik Adham Sdn Bhd with 18 branches.
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Adham Baba held several senior positions in government-related companies including the University of Kuala Lumpur Pro-Chancellor from 2013 to 2018.
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Adham Baba first became involved in politics in 1991 with the post of UMNO Committee Member for Senai Division.
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Adham Baba was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Education until 2008.
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Adham Baba was the assemblyman of the constituency until 2018.
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Adham Baba contested for the Tenggara parliamentary seat in the 14th general election and won.
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On 13 March 2020, Adham Baba demonstrated the steps to how to wear a surgical mask with head ties during a televised press conference.
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Adham Baba was criticized for the misleading demonstration during the televised press conference as he was the appointed Minister of Health.
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On 19 March 2020, Adham Baba advised the public that drinking warm water will help prevent COVID-19 as the virus will be flushed down to the stomach and the digestive acids will kill any virus, while being on a televised interview on RTM's Bicara Naratif programme.
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Dr Nur Amalina Che Bakri had criticised Adham Baba saying that there was no scientific evidence that the stomach's acid can kill the virus.
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Health Director-General Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah later refuted Adham Baba's statement, commenting that the Health Ministry's approach for patient treatment and management is always based on scientific evidence.
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On 15 April 2020, the official Facebook page of the Malaysian Ministry of Health shared a post from Facebook page "Friends of Adham Baba" which lauded the contributions of Adham in the COVID-19 pandemic, while claiming that the previous administration was being ineffective at dealing with the COVID-19 crisis.
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On 18 April 2020, Adham Baba erroneously claimed that he participated in a World Health Organization video-conferencing session with 'over 500 countries' during a Facebook live session with UMNO President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
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Adham Baba had claimed that he was confident that his accomplishments as the Health Minister was recognised globally.
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Adham Baba said many were confused by Noor Hisham's emphasis that he was just a 'messenger' and did not provide the scientific explanation behind the decision.
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Adham Baba claimed that Malaysia had lost its political leadership.
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Adham Baba stressed that Adham, along with his deputies Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali and Aaron Ago Dagang, must work as a team with the bureaucrats and technocrats of the Ministry of Health.
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Adham Baba was previously married to Taibah Tabrani and has 5 children, of which, 2 are adopted.
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On 23 April 2007, Adham Baba's wife was suffering from asthma and fainted at her home after suffering from a respiratory problem.
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Adham Baba was later rushed to the hospital and later died.
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At the time, Adham Baba was in Auckland, New Zealand on official duty, but cut his trip short and rushed back home upon hearing the sorrowful news.