14,178 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
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Malaysia may make long-term care insurance mandatory as ageing and dementia care costs surge. Done badly, it’s another tax. Done right, it may stop families going broke. 🏥
Malaysia is studying the establishment of a national insurance scheme for long-term care like Japan and Singapore, with potentially mandatory contributions of RM100 monthly base premiums to fund aged care. A pilot may begin in 20…
Pharmaniaga’s Health Ministry supply deal gives revenue visibility to mid-2029 — and underlines how diabetes care is now a steady policy/business story. 💉
KUALA LUMPUR: Pharmaniaga Bhd's contract with the Health Ministry to supply medical products is expected to generate stable and recurring revenue until mid-2029, MBSB Research said.
Malaysia’s radiographer shortage is getting hard to ignore: Johor, Kedah and Sabah are down to ~1:10,000. Expect longer waits for scans unless staffing catches up. 🩻
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is seeing a shortage of radiographers with states like Johor, Kedah and Sabah registering a ratio of one radiographer to every 10,000 people.
El Niño is forecast to hit SE Asia mid-2026, bringing haze — and danger for Malaysia's asthma patients. Doctors urge poorly-controlled patients to review inhaler stocks now, before air quality deteriorates. 🌫️
We know El Niño is coming, bringing with it the haze, and that's potentially bad news for asthma patients.
Children as young as 10 are getting mushroom-flavoured vapes from shops and online — one or two puffs can cause seizures, hallucinations, and self-harm. NGO urges much stronger enforcement.
Al-Sirath Malaysia found that children as young as 10 have access to these dangerous psychoactive substances from physical stores or online.
Police have widened the "mushroom vape" probe in Melaka after a student's arrest — tracing the supply chain that put synthetic psychoactive drugs into a 14-year-old's hands. 🚔
MELAKA: Police have widened their investigation into the sale of "mushroom vape" after arresting a Form Four student suspected of supplying the substance to his 14-year-old girlfriend, who allegedly attempted to harm herself.
Malaysia's MOH is blocking 4 websites selling vape products — triggered after a teen girl self-harmed under the influence of "mushroom-flavoured" vape. 34,903 enforcement ops since the Smoking Act kicked in. 🚭
The ministry says the 4 websites are among 10 flagged following complaints on social media.
Cutting housemen hours doesn't cut the workload — it just pushes it onto medical officers doing 30-hour calls while studying for specialist exams. A MO warns the system survives only because MOs quietly absorb everything. ⚕️
I'm not against improving HO welfare, but why is MO welfare always ignored? If fatigue is dangerous for HOs, then fatigue is also dangerous for MOs. If burnout matters for HOs, then burnout also matters for MOs. MOs hold up the h…
A family travelling with a child with cerebral palsy was removed from a flight over an FAA-approved special seat. AirAsia X is now reviewing its policies after backlash. This should not happen in 2026.
KUALA LUMPUR: A mother has expressed disappointment after her family was ordered to disembark from a flight following a dispute over a special seat used by her daughter, who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
A small Sarawak story, but the point is real: festive periods still run on staff who do not get to switch off. Frontline appreciation means more than photo ops when clinics stay open. 👩⚕️
KUCHING (May 30): Healthcare workers and police personnel who continue serving the public during the Gawai Dayak festive season deserve recognition and appreciation for their dedication and sacrifices, said Kuching South mayor Da…
Good news story, but also a reminder how rarely Malaysian specialists get global recognition at this level. IJN surgeon Dr Jeswant Dillon’s AATS induction is a genuine milestone. 🫀
KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — Prof Datuk Seri Dr Jeswant Dillon’s induction as the first Malaysian into the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) represents the highest...
Malaysia’s vaping problem is no longer “youth awareness” spin. CAP says children are taking it up at rates far above adults, which makes enforcement look badly outpaced. 🚭
GEORGE TOWN, May 30 — Despite various health awareness campaigns conducted every year, the use of nicotine or tobacco products such as vapes, electronic cigarettes and...
Building a PJ hospital takes a decade and RM1b+. Leasing one leaves it without staff. And the Treasury's fuel subsidy bill just hit RM58b. A senior urologist asks: are we really looking before we leap?
PJ residents have waited a generation for a hospital. They can wait a little longer for the right decision. What they can't afford is a monument to political ambition that stands empty for years or a building that siphons staff f…
🎓 Malaysia's only public health PhD on the National Specialist Register may be derecognised by 2027. Critics say scrapping a local programme sets a dangerous precedent for PhD students — including those on govt scholarships.
The College of Public Health Medicine and others propose derecognition of UKM's public health PhD by 2027. UKM is the only public health PhD listed for specialist registration on the NSR. A critic says derecognising a local progr…
🏥 The proposed PJ Hospital site is private land on congested back roads — meaning land acquisition costs AND major road works before a single patient is seen. Local MP suggests UiTM or UIA land instead.
Taman Medan rep Dr Afif Bahardin says the proposed PJ Hospital site in his constituency needs acquisition of the private land and major road upgrades for the jam-packed area. He suggests two alternative sites of government-owned…
🎓 Malaysia's only public health PhD on the National Specialist Register may be derecognised by 2027. Critics say scrapping a local programme sets a dangerous precedent for PhD students — including those on govt scholarships.
The College of Public Health Medicine and others propose derecognition of UKM's public health PhD by 2027. UKM is the only public health PhD listed for specialist registration on the NSR. A critic says derecognising a local progr…
Kelantan Health is probing a viral claim of delayed treatment at Tumpat Hospital. Trust collapses quickly when access failures go viral. 🚨
KOTA BARU: The state Health Department is investigating a viral social media claim alleging that a 17-year-old patient at Tumpat Hospital was subjected to delayed treatment on Wednesday.
UKM’s public health PhD could lose NSR recognition by 2027. That is not a minor admin move when it is the only local pathway on the register. 🎓
The College of Public Health Medicine and others propose derecognition of UKM's public health PhD by 2027. UKM is the only public health PhD listed for specialist registration on the NSR. A critic says derecognising a local progr…
Cutting housemen hours without fixing MO workload just moves the burnout. If fatigue is unsafe for HOs, it is unsafe for MOs too. ⚕️
I'm not against improving HO welfare, but why is MO welfare always ignored? If fatigue is dangerous for HOs, then fatigue is also dangerous for MOs. If burnout matters for HOs, then burnout also matters for MOs. MOs hold up the h…
Health spending is still the real bottleneck. Malaysia cannot keep arguing about PJ while unmet needs across multiple states remain underfunded. 🏥
The real scandal is not that we are debating how to increase health care capacity in the Klang Valley, but that our national health expenditure as a percentage of the country's GDP remains stagnant despite clear, documented needs…
Malaysia's Health Ministry says its development budget is safe despite austerity, with treatment, emergency care and medicines protected from cuts — even as up to 10% of the RM46.5b budget faces trimming.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry's development budget will not be affected by the government's austerity drive, with funding for essential healthcare infrastructure and services set to be preserved.
⚕️ A hospital cleaner in Perak alleges assault by her supervisor. PSM accuses the state exco of being pro-employer. The exco says police found insufficient evidence and referred it to the Labour Dept.
The Perak human resources exco says since joining the state government, he has remained neutral in labour matters.