Malaysian Medical Resources
14,273 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
FEBRUARY 4 — Citizens’ Health Initiative (CHI) commends the Health Minister for his statement responding to public feedback on the PeKa B40 healthcare protection scheme, and for his expressed willingness to engage with stakeholde…
WHEN cancer hits, it hits regardless of one’s background. But for the poor who live in rural areas, it is a double blow.
PETALING JAYA: Mercy Malaysia on Friday opened its second health facility at the Jamtoli camp in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar, meant to serve the Rohingya comm...
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said today consultation and health screening fees at private clinics under the Peka B40 programme will remain at RM35 despite protests from anxious general practitioners (GPs)…
While lung cancer shares the stage with colon cancer as the common form of cancer in men, lung cancer has a higher mortality rate because it is often detected too late.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — Malaysia has an acute shortage of oncologists with the estimated ratio a startling 3.4 doctors for every one million people, Health Ministry deputy director-general for public health Datuk Dr Chong Chee Kheo…
Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad says it will run the Peduli Kesihatan B40 (PeKa B40) scheme.
Dzulkefly says the ministry is still studying the acceptance of all stakeholders towards the protection scheme.
PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has rubbished claims on social media that the courts have ordered a suspension on the ban on smoking in restaurants.
WELL, better late than never, as the saying goes. After some umming and ahhing, the Sarawak government has finally decided to implement the smoking ban at all eateries in the state on March 1.
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has begun banning smoking at eateries, a month after resisting the nationwide ban that kicked off on Jan 1.
BUDAPEST: Malaysia stated here Wednesday its plan to invite policymakers from 16 countries to fight non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and contain the rising mortality rate due to these diseases over…
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 — Malaysia demands that a biased and unscholarly article titled “The Palm Oil Industry and Non-Communicable Diseases” published in the World Health Organisation (WHO) Bulletin, to be retracted. “We view the ar…
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 — Religious argument used by non-medical professional groups as well as vendors of alternative products on the harm of vaccine is the primary reason why parents reject vaccine for the health of their children,…
FEBRUARY 1 — Baby girls: To circumcise or not to circumcise — that is the question. One of the most enduring arguments to perpetuate female circumcision in Malaysia is that the way girls are circumcised in Malaysia is a far cry f…
All the victims were reportedly serviced by the same masseuse before experiencing symptoms.
KOTA KINABALU: Police will continue to act against anyone selling marijuana for medical purposes as it is against the current laws, says Comm Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh.
IPOH, Feb 1 — Deputy Health Minister Dr Lee Boon Chye walked into a perfect storm when he announced the smoking ban in all restaurants, coffee shops and hawker centres starting January 1. Since the announcement, the Gopeng MP has…
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 30 — Cash assistance from the federal health insurance scheme for the poor will be given directly to patients and not hospitals, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said today when rejecting concerns that the mySalam pro…
IPOH: The Health Ministry is recommending that a zero stray dog policy be implemented at all rabies gazetted areas in efforts to control the disease from spreading.
PETALING Jaya City Council has recorded a 214% increase in dengue cases compared with the same period last year.
SEREMBAN: Mawar Haemodialysis Centre (MHC), which ranks among the country’s largest non-profit private dialysis centres, will be forced to stop treating its patients in two weeks as it does not have the funds to operate.
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