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Cut waste, not healthcare. MyWatch says Malaysia should raise tobacco tax by 50 sen/stick — generating up to RM6b/year — instead of slashing the RM46.5b MOH budget by 10%. The math works.
At a time when public hospitals are overcrowded, primary care clinics are stretched, medicine costs are rising, and chronic disease burdens are worsening, cutting health spending is economically short-sighted and socially reckles…
Housemen at Hospital Tuanku Jaafar Seremban stuck in limbo for nearly a month — a logbook investigation has left them with no updates, falling behind batchmates, and a mental health toll. ⚕️
Housemen have been stuck in their medical posting at HTJS for nearly a month now. It's taking a toll on the mental health of all housemen in this hospital because not only are we behind our other batchmates, other departments are…
Malaysians are getting sick earlier and younger — and the health system's funding is being cut at the same time. NST charts the widening gap between rising disease burden and falling budget. 📉
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s 2040 “aged nation” deadline has run into a RM18 billion fiscal reality check.
No hantavirus cases in Malaysia — but MOH isn't relaxing. Surveillance stepped up nationwide as the global alert from the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak continues.
CYBERJAYA: The Health Ministry has ramped up surveillance and border controls to prevent a hantavirus outbreak, despite no local cases being reported among Malaysians as of May 10.
Malaysia on full hantavirus alert — zero local cases but border screening is in full swing. 22,367 ships inspected; PCR diagnostics ready. MOH: no room for complacency. 🦠
CYBERJAYA, May 10 — Malaysia is on full alert to face the threat of hantavirus infection, although no cases involving Malaysians have been recorded thus far.Health Minister...
Data centres are eating Malaysia's farmland. With El Niño looming, rice output in key states could drop from 40% to 20%. Food security is now a public health issue. 🌾
KPKM warns that farmland is being converted for data centres and other industrial purposes, raising food security risks. Livestock land shrank 48% since 2017 due to development pressures. Data centre investments reached RM144 bil…
Malaysia's real elder care frontline isn't in nursing homes — it's exhausted families caring alone at home. Policy must support home carers before the system collapses. 👴
Malaysia’s true elder care workforce is found in the home, not institutions. These carers are the real frontline of dependent ageing. Yet policy still treats them as informal extensions of family duty, rather than essential compo…
"More than 70% of GP clinics struggling" — FPMPAM pushes back on MMA's income data. The real crisis isn't doctors' pay; it's whether Malaysia's primary care system can survive. 💊
FPMPAM says MMA's survey about GP clinics appears to refer to clinic business revenue, rather than doctors' personal income, adding that the bigger issue is about the sustainability of Malaysia's community-based primary care syst…
Malaysian junior doctors work 65–85 hours a week. The UK caps at 40. MOH is now issuing a new circular on working hours — will this time be different? 🩺
Dr Dzul says the Health DG will issue a new circular on junior medical officers' working hours, besides stressing compliance with flexi-work guidelines for housemen. Junior doctors in Malaysia work 65 to 85 hours weekly, far high…
Housemen clocking 85 hrs/week — MMA says that's unacceptable. Hospital directors must be held personally accountable for enforcing work hour limits. Patient safety is at stake. ⚕️
The Malaysian Medical Association says hospital directors must ensure the weekly 60 to 62-hour limit for housemen is enforced.
MOH draws the line: 62 hours max per week for housemen. New ministry clarification covers leave, shifts and rest rules — paper limits must now translate to real practice. ⏱️
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry has directed hospitals nationwide to ensure house officers, or junior medical officers, work no more than 60 to 62 hours a week under the government’s flexible working system.
Malaysia's doctors are burning out. MMA says the 85-hr work week crisis can't be fixed with reminders alone — the whole healthcare system needs structural reform. 🏥
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's healthcare system must undergo broader reforms to address excessive working hours and improve conditions for doctors and healthcare workers, the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) said.
🇬🇧 British High Comm says UK education is "important" — but that doesn't help the hundreds of NUMed Malaysia grads locked out of NHS training by the UK's new Medical Training Prioritisation Act.
Despite 103 NUMed graduates being stuck in a limbo due to the UK's new medical training law, the British High Commission says the UK will continue to promote UK education in Malaysia because education is an important pillar of th…
🇬🇧 British High Comm says UK education is "important" — but that doesn't help the hundreds of NUMed Malaysia grads locked out of NHS training by the UK's new Medical Training Prioritisation Act.
Despite 103 NUMed graduates being stuck in a limbo due to the UK's new medical training law, the British High Commission says the UK will continue to promote UK education in Malaysia because education is an important pillar of th…
🐕 Sarawak's 4th rabies death of 2026: a Bintulu man dies May 3. The state continues to battle Malaysia's ongoing rabies crisis in Borneo with no end in sight.
KUCHING (May 7): Sarawak recorded one new human rabies case involving a 63-year-old man from Bintulu, who died on May 3, bringing the total number of rabies cases in the state this year to four. In a statement, the Sarawak Health…
👴 Malaysia's elderly will hit 15% of population by 2030. Geriatric medicine is finally getting a national undergraduate curriculum — a first step toward closing the care gap.
⏰ Malaysia caps house officers’ working week at 60–62 hours. Health DG issues formal directive to all hospital directors to monitor compliance — a long-overdue reform for frontline doctors.
Health DG issues circular following group's finding that housemen and medical officers work an average of 65 to more than 85 hours a week.
🦠 MOH: Hantavirus risk in Malaysia is LOW — but take precautions. Avoid contact with rats & droppings, wear gloves when cleaning contaminated areas, and seek care if you develop fever.
🦠 Malaysia confirms no nationals on hantavirus cruise ship. MOH: local risk is low — but avoid rat contact & seek care if you develop fever after exposure to rodent-contaminated areas.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad today said no Malaysians were on board the MV Hondius cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak, which had...
🏥 Sarawak wants full control of procurement for its new cancer centre — Dr Sim Kui Hian says rapid tech advances mean the state can't wait on centralised processes.
KUCHING (May 6): The state government is determined to take control of the procurement of equipment for the Sarawak Cancer Centre project to avoid the risk of outdated technology, said Deputy Premier Dr Sim Kui Hian. He said the…
🤱 500 midwives from Malaysia and Brunei gathered for International Midwives Day 2026 in Sarawak. The Deputy Premier called them the backbone of maternal healthcare — and called for more investment in the profession.
MIRI (May 5): Midwives have been recognised for their dedication and resilience in shaping Sarawak’s healthcare system, particularly in delivering maternal care to remote and rural communities. Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Dr Sim Ku…
UK's new Medical Training Prioritisation Act blocks NUMed Malaysia grads from NHS spots — Newcastle University has now officially admitted it. Here's what that means for hundreds of Malaysian doctors-in-training.
Newcastle University admits that medical graduates at its Malaysian campus, NUMed, have been deprioritised for training in the NHS, following the UK's new Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act, but claims that NUMed's MBBS degree…
📋 What can NUMed grads do now? The Star breaks down the options — local housemanship, GMC-recognised Malaysian pathway, and more, as Malaysia's MOH steps in.
PETALING JAYA: A new law in the United Kingdom, which prioritises UK medical graduates for its foundation programme, is "distressing and unsettling" for Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NUMed) students, says the universit…