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📋 Unicef flags gaps in health and digital access for undocumented children and rural kids in Sabah — a call for more inclusive health policies where they're needed most.

KOTA KINABALU: Children in Sabah are growing up with strong family and community ties, but some, especially the stateless and those in remote areas, continue to be left behind when it comes to healthcare, nutrition, education and…

Penang wants rehabilitation services added to the Peka B40 scheme — so low-income patients can access rehab at private AND public facilities. A new children's rehab room also opened at Penang Hospital.

Penang government is submitting a proposal to Health Ministry to include rehabilitation services in the Peka B40 scheme.

🏥 Lahad Datu Hospital's anaesthesia unit is in crisis — 5 doctors leaving, ICU beds halved to 3, elective surgeries slashed. Sabah's healthcare staffing crisis is getting real.

KOTA KINABALU: Anaesthesiology and critical treatment services at the Lahad Datu Hospital will face disruptions in operations as five of its medical officers have left for various reasons starting this month.

Malaysia is considering more Indonesian workers for public hospitals, especially nursing. Mohamad Hasan says the idea could help both countries. https://theindependent.sg/malaysia-explores-bringing-in-more-indonesians-to-work-in-public-hospitals/ 🏥

The Malaysian government is considering hiring Indonesian workers for positions in public hospitals, framing it as a mutually beneficial arrangement. However, social media reactions suggest skepticism, with many users arguing the…

Dzulkefly says Segamat Hospital and other facilities won’t be shut down. Inpatients stay treated; outpatients may be referred nearby. https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2026/06/06/dzulkefly-no-healthcare-facility-including-segamat-hospital-will-be-shut-down/222707 🚑

MELAKA, June 6 — The government has assured that no healthcare facilities in the country, including Segamat Hospital in Johor, will be shut down, Health Minister Datuk...

Drug-resistant Salmonella in Malaysian poultry is a rising food safety risk. Experts are urging stronger surveillance and more careful antibiotic use before this becomes a bigger public health problem.

Emerging drug-resistant Salmonella serovars in poultry are raising food safety concerns, as experts say Malaysia needs stronger surveillance, early detection, biosecurity, and more careful antimicrobial use.

🩺 Johor's doctors are leaving the public sector — and advocates are calling on the state government to act, even though health is federally controlled. Segamat Hospital O&G services at risk.

Two advocates want the Johor state government to make health workforce retention a priority, even though health is under federal jurisdiction. Facilities, remuneration, workplace conditions, and workforce planning are under MOH,…

📋 Segamat Hospital's O&G services are under review after specialist shortages disrupted maternity care in Johor — a warning sign for Malaysia's public hospitals.

The Johor health department is reviewing Segamat Hospital's O&G services, amid the hospital's plan to completely close the O&G specialist clinic on July 1 due to critical shortages of medical officers in the department. The hospi…

📋 Malaysian PharmD graduates from Alexandria University can't register as pharmacists here — the Pharmacy Board won't recognise their degree. Now PM Anwar has stepped in, ordering MOH and MOHE to resolve it urgently.

PM Anwar Ibrahim has directed the Health and Higher Education Ministries to resolve the Pharmacy Board of Malaysia's non-recognition of the PharmD programme by Alexandria University. PMO says MQA has no objections to academic rec…

🏥 Lahad Datu Hospital's anaesthesia unit is in crisis — 5 doctors leaving, ICU beds cut to 3, elective surgeries slashed. Sabah's staffing crisis deepens.

KOTA KINABALU: Anaesthesiology and critical treatment services at the Lahad Datu Hospital will face disruptions in operations as five of its medical officers have left for various reasons starting this month.

NST / Kuantan: A man was found unconscious at HTAA and pronounced dead on scene. A stark reminder that hospital lobbies are not neutral space for emergencies. 🚑

KUANTAN: The Pahang Health Department has confirmed that a man was found unconscious in front of the main lobby of Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital (HTAA) here about 10am today.

Segamat Hospital’s 49-doctor shortage is now translating into long waits. This is a staffing problem, not a PR problem. 🏥

SEGAMAT: The Health Ministry has been urged to immediately deploy more personnel to Segamat Hospital to address a shortage of 49 doctors that has resulted in long waiting times for patients.

1 in 4 children in Sabah not fully immunised — UNICEF study finds undocumented children face the biggest barriers to health, nutrition, and safety. Malaysia must close the gap. 👶

KOTA KINABALU: Undocumented children and those living in harder to reach places are among those facing some of the greatest barriers to overall wellbeing, United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) Malaysia found.

Malaysia's MOH doctors accepted for subspecialty training often get less than a month's notice to relocate their families. Specialists in their 40s, no accommodation help. Fix the timeline. 🏥

Results of subspecialty training applications are often informed only weeks before training begins, making it difficult for established specialists in their 30s and 40s, with young children and ageing parents, to uproot their lif…

1,020+ complaints in 5 years — MMA fully backs Malaysia MOH crackdown on unlicensed health premises. "A needle in the wrong hands can potentially kill." Enforcement must be sustained, not seasonal. 💉

Safeguarding public trust in private health care and shutting down illegal operators are inseparable goals. A health care sector cannot maintain its credibility if illegal operators are allowed to operate unchecked.

RSV is the #1 cause of infant hospitalisation in Malaysia — ventilation needs jumped from 9.4% to 32.5% post-pandemic. Paediatricians say it's time nirsevimab enters the national immunisation programme. 👶

High Court ruled nicotine vape delisting was unlawful. Now LCNM calls on Malaysia to relist liquid nicotine under the Poisons List and revisit the tobacco Generational End Game ban. 🚬

Liquid nicotine must be relisted on the Poisons List. The government should also revisit the tobacco GEG. For all the truly remarkable recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer, effective tobacco control remai…

49 NGOs to Malaysia MOH: Your 233,831 vape enforcement compounds are mostly ground-level fines — not action against online sales to teens. Show us the real digital enforcement data. 📊

Forty-nine NGOs question the transparency of data on MOH's enforcement under Act 852, asking whether the compounds, investigation papers, and prosecutions truly reflect action against online vape advertising and sales, as they de…

Melaka just launched drive-through pharmacy services at 4 public facilities — collect your meds without leaving your car. Simple innovation, big quality-of-life win. 🚗

MELAKA, June 4 — Melaka has introduced drive-through pharmacy services at four healthcare facilities, enabling patients to collect their medication more conveniently without...

Malaysia's Health Minister has until June 15 to appeal the High Court ruling that liquid nicotine delisting was unlawful — as of June 4, no appeal filed yet. The clock is ticking. ⚖️

The health minister and government have 12 days until June 15 to appeal the High Court's liquid nicotine ruling. Past the midway point of the 30-day deadline, a lawyer for NGOs in the case says no appeal has been served on his fi…

Healthcare tourism is leaning harder into AI and predictive analytics. Useful — but only if the gains reach patients, not just the sales pitch. 🤖

Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council says the healthcare tourism industry must move beyond broad promotion and historical reporting to remain competitive.

MOH says it will tighten action against unlicensed healthcare premises. Good. The real test is whether the raids, prosecutions and follow-through actually happen. ⚖️

KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry will step up enforcement against unlicensed healthcare premises, including those offering aesthetic medical services, after receiving a growing number of complaints.

Sarawak may soon get a Fudan-linked medical school. Not just education news — it's a blunt admission that the doctor shortage needs structural fixes. 🎓

Deputy premier Dr Sim Kui Hian says only final clearance from China is needed, as the project is already backed by both Malaysian and Shanghai authorities.

Malaysia's anti-drug agency is deploying test kits to detect fentanyl — 50–100x stronger than morphine — in "mushroom" vapes being sold locally. This is a serious public health alert. ⚠️

KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — The National Anti-Drug Agency (Nada) has announced that it will begin deploying specialised testing kits nationwide this month, targeting fentanyl and...