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🚨 Civil servants needing a heart stent at UiTM Hospital are asked for a RM10,000 deposit upfront — even with a government GL. But JPA says free treatment is the policy and deposits should not arise. So which is it?
UiTM says coronary stents are not covered under civil servants’ guarantee letters (GL) for treatment in UiTM Hospital, in line with procedures in MOH hospitals. Stents are categorised as special devices, for which applicants can…
🍎 Malaysian experts call for treating obesity as a chronic disease, not a personal failure — demanding compassionate care and evidence-based treatment, not blame. [https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2026/03/07/obesity-a-chronic-disease-not-personal-failure-say-experts](https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2026/03/07/obesity-a-chronic-disease-not-personal-failure-say-experts)
Medical professionals call for structured, science-based care and compassion in tackling this health condition.
Malaysia’s National Heart Institute (IJN) just became the first hospital in the country to achieve HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7. That’s the highest global benchmark for digital hospitals: Fully paperless systems, integrated clinical data, real-time analytics, and decision support at the point of care. A major milestone for digital healthcare in Malaysia. 🏥
KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 (Bernama) -- The National Heart Institute (IJN) continues to lead Malaysia’s digital healthcare transformation as the first hospital in the country to achieve Stage 7 validation under the HIMSS Electronic Me…
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💉 MMA slams the growing trend of supplying Ozempic & Mounjaro for weight loss without proper medical supervision in Malaysia.
The association warns doctors against leasing their credentials to aesthetic operators that supply prescription diabetes drugs without proper medical checks.
🔒 Experienced doctors over 40 are being blocked from specialist training due to age caps — wasting skills Malaysia urgently needs.
The public health system needs more specialists, yet rigid age limits block long-serving doctors from specialist training, even if self-funded. The policy risks wasting experienced talent and undermining efforts to expand the pub…
Hasnol Zam Zam Appointed New Health Ministry Secretary-General** – Hasnol Zam Zam has been transferred from MOSTI to MOH as the new Secretary-General, replacing Suriani Ahmad, effective March 9, 2026. Source: CodeBlue - URL:
Hasnol Zam Zam has been transferred from Mosti to MOH as secretary-general effective March 9, replacing Suriani Ahmad, amid several leadership changes in other ministries.
Malaysian doctors complete Master’s training, run wards, clinics, and calls for years… but still can’t apply for subspecialty training. Why? Because those years are counted as “study leave,” so their service evaluations don’t qualify. Result: up to a 5-year delay to subspecialise. 🏥
A requirement for three consecutive full-year LNPT reports may delay subspecialty training for Master’s graduates by several years. One doctor says this is because Master’s training is classified as “study leave”, despite trainee…
Who should be allowed to do what in Malaysia's healthcare system? Dr Musa Mohd Nordin calls for clear scope-of-practice boundaries before task-shifting erodes the clinical core of medicine.
The current debate should not centre on which scheme expands its domain. It should centre on sustaining the full spectrum of health care delivery.
🔬 IJN is the first hospital in Asia to use the Affera™ Prism-2 dual-energy system for atrial fibrillation ablation — cutting procedure time from 4–5 hrs to 1–2 hrs, with all 11 patients discharged complication-free.
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Heart Institute (IJN) has achieved a significant medical milestone by becoming the first hospital in Asia to clinically utilise the Affera Prism-2 Mapping and Ablation System for the treatment of atrial…
🧠 Malaysia's Health PSSC is calling for insurance & social protection to cover mental health services — gaps are pushing patients to pay out of pocket & overloading public hospitals.
The Health PSSC recommends expanding insurance coverage for mental health services, warning that limited coverage is pushing patients to pay out of pocket and straining public hospitals. Preventive care remains largely excluded f…
❤️ Malaysia's MOH is expanding cardiac cath labs to cut heart surgery waiting times — new centres at Hospital Melaka, Miri, Sibu & Tawau expected by 2027.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 —The Ministry of Health (MOH) has implemented various short‑ and medium‑term measures to shorten waiting times for heart patients, including developing...
Malaysia imposes sugar taxes to prevent diabetes — then subsidises sugar producers. MPs called this out in parliament. Dzulkefly: 'Every undiagnosed case is a walking time bomb.'
The "add and subtract" measures on the sugar industry seem to have neutralised the government's efforts at diabetes prevention, says Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong (pic).
> 2.85 million Malaysian children are overweight or obese. By 2040, that number hits 3.1 million. The World Obesity Atlas 2026 calls for urgent policy action — now.
It is estimated that the number of overweight or obese schoolchildren will surpass 3.1 million by 2040.
💊 MOH spent RM17.35m on psoriasis biologics in 2025 — a 47% jump — and now seeks RM29m more to expand treatment access for patients.
MOH spent RM17.35 million on psoriasis biologics in 2025, up 46.7 per cent from 2024, and plans to seek RM29 million more from MOF for six biologic medicines. Biologics are needed for a small group of patients with difficult-to-c…
Malaysia’s medical officers are stretched thin. Heavy service load. Delayed FMS gazettement. Training stuck behind manpower gaps. If we keep using trainees to plug system holes, we weaken the future specialist pipeline. This is a workforce design failure, not a motivation problem. ⚠️
A government doctor says FMS gazettement trainees juggle medical officer duties, clinics, and administrative work during a six-month training period. This appears specific to Family Medicine, as other specialties do not routinely…
New survey reveals major gaps in diabetes care awareness in Malaysia. Many patients still don’t understand complications, targets, or when to escalate treatment. Screening exists. Education doesn’t. This is a systems failure, not a patient failure. 🩺
KUALA LUMPUR, March 3: A new survey by Abbott, the global health care company, has revealed notable gaps in diabetes care awareness among Malaysians, despite high levels of routine glucose monitoring.
Malaysia has only 60 geriatricians for 3.9 million elderly citizens. With dementia costs hitting RM8.5 billion and no long-term care insurance framework in place, the clock is ticking.
Malaysia requires a long-term care insurance framework that spreads risk across the population and creates a sustainable financing pool, built before the demographic wave hits full force, not after.
Malaysia screens newborns for only a handful of conditions. Many rare but treatable diseases are still missed. Early detection can prevent disability, reduce long-term costs, and save lives. Expanding newborn screening isn’t luxury care. It’s smart public health policy. The question is not “can we afford it?” It’s “can we afford not to?” 🍼
The availability of more affordable genetic testing allows us to screen newborns for more treatable inherited and congenital conditions.
A senior Malaysian doctor warns the country is quietly losing experienced clinicians while systemic turf battles go unresolved. The clinical core needs protecting now.
The current debate should not centre on which scheme expands its domain. It should centre on sustaining the full spectrum of health care delivery.
TB is still endemic in Malaysia. Sarawak health authorities are calling for early detection as the key to treatment and containment — know the symptoms.
KUCHING (March 1): Early detection helps treat and contain tuberculosis (TB), which is endemic in Malaysia, said Sarawak Health Department Tuberculosis and Leprocy Control Section senior principal assistant director Dr Emmanuel J…
Over half of Malaysian hospital patients are at risk of disease-related malnutrition — up to 70% among cancer patients. It doubles readmission risk and raises costs by 20–30%.
The Malaysian Dietitians’ Association says over half of hospital patients – and up to 70% among cancer patients – are at risk of disease-related malnutrition, doubling readmission risk and raising costs by 20-30%. Medical nutriti…
Kidney failure patients in Malaysia wait 2–3 years for a government dialysis slot. At private centres: weeks. Health Minister Dzulkefly confirms the stark disparity.
Dr Dzul says end-stage kidney disease patients may wait 2-3 years, or up to nearly 4 years, for a government haemodialysis slot as diagnosis and surgery add months, versus private centres that offer placement within 2-4 weeks aft…