Malaysian Medical Resources
14,266 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
KUALA LUMPUR: Doctors and dentists in private clinics and hospitals can soon decide how much to charge their patients, following a decision by the Cabinet to deregulate the fee structures and let free market reign.
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Even though you can’t sue our local celebrities who falsely advertise what their products can do, it turns out there are still other ways to hold them accountable for this practice. This is because Malaysia has several laws and…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has welcomed the government’s decision to postpone tabling of the second reading of Poisons (Amendment) Bill 2019.
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 — The Dewan Rakyat yesterday passed the abolition of the Malaysian Health Promotion Board Act 2006 following the dissolution of the Act under which the Board was placed. The Act was abolished when the Dewan Ra…
KUALA LUMPUR: Majority of Malaysian smokers (69%) say that they want to see legislation that would allow for the distribution and sale of nicotine e-c...
KUALA LUMPUR: The total number of dengue cases this year has reached an all-time high with 120,871 cases recorded as of Wednesday (Dec 4).
From DR MILTON LUM of Petaling Jaya.
Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) mengambil maklum kenyataan akhbar yang dikeluarkan oleh Health Science Authority (HSA), Singapura pada 4 Disember 2019 mengenai panggil balik tiga (3) produk me…
KUALA LUMPUR: The government has decided to defer the tabling of the Poisons (Amendment) Bill 2019 for its second reading to next year, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.
Doctors have opposed the Bill for punishing the rejection of patients’ drug prescription requests with incarceration or fines.
KUALA LUMPUR: The prime minister’s wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali has urged all Malaysians to protect their loved ones from influenza threats by getting flu shot annually. Although both her and her husband Tun Dr Mahathir Moham…
KUALA LUMPUR: Mercy Malaysia has mobilised its personnel to respond to the floods in the East Coast following reports of worsening conditions in Teren...
They are needed to fill up vacancies in new health clinics and to accommodate the increasing number of patients.
KUCHING: Kuching Life Care Society is still short of RM5.5 million for the construction of its Hospice and Palliative Care Centre, estimated to cost RM14 million. The project comprises the construction of a three-storey building…
Government banking on private healthcare system to boost medical tourism, increase jobs MIRI: The government hopes to diversify Miri’s economy through medical tourism to further increase jobs and other opportunities and create a…
PETALING JAYA: Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad will have an audience with the Sultan of Johor at the Johor palace tomorrow to update the ruler on repair plans for the Sultanah Aminah Hospital (HSA) following a fire…
DECEMBER 3 — As a child, like many other Malay Muslim kids, I heard the story of Prophet Luth where Allah punished the whole village because the men were romantically interested in men instead of women. There was a mention of sod…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysians will now be able to tell when someone is on the verge of having a mental disorder and seek professional help early. Yesterda...
PETALING JAYA: People facing mild mental health issues should seek counselling from a doctor at a government health clinic or private clinic before seeing a psychiatrist at a public hospital, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dz…
Health DG says threat of serious waterborne diseases, such as cholera, typhoid, hepatitis.
The health minister also says the medical fraternity has previously been engaged on mandatory prescriptions upon request.
The Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy says similar surges are happening in other Asian countries.