Malaysian Medical Resources
14,278 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
JULY 17 — There has been a lot of buzz about the integration of public and private healthcare in Malaysia, though no one has ever clearly highlighted on when this will take place, and when it does, what it will actually entail to…
JULY 17 — In 1973, homosexuality was voted to be removed as a mental disorder from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The DSM is an American classification of mental disorders published by the Americ…
KUCHING: Kapit Hospital is in dire need of more haemodialysis machines for the treatment of kidney patients in Kapit Division. In saying this, Bukit Goram assemblyman Jefferson Jamit Unyat stated t…
SEREMBAN, July 16 — A total of 381 childcare centres nationwide were closed from January until July 14, following the spread of the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), said Health deputy director-general (Public Health) Datuk Dr…
LAHAD DATU, July 15 — Upgrading of equipment and facilities in the Lahad Datu Hospital will be carried out in stages, said Sabah Health Director Datuk Dr Christina Rundi. She added that besides Lahad Datu, hospitals in other dist…
LETTER | The National Cancer Society urges all stakeholders to work together to ensure patients receive innovative, highly effective therapies.
KUALA TERENGGANU, July 15 — The Health Ministry today ordered the services of the contractor for the construction of the Kampung Raja Health Clinic project in Besut, Terengganu to be terminated immediately. Its minister, Dr Dzulk…
KUALA TERENGGANU: The Health Ministry is targeting an increase in the number of permanent blood donors in Malaysia to three percent within a period of five
MIRI: Diabetes is a major non-communicable disease (NCD) in Malaysia and complications of diabetes are a major contributor to disability and deaths among Malaysians. According to Deputy Director Ge…
Fortis operates about 30 private hospitals in India, where private healthcare is on the rise.
NILAI: A lecturer and orthopaedic surgeon has developed a support tool called Elev8thor to make it easier for medical personnel to clean leg wounds.
TUARAN: The hospital here has become the first to offer the Medilocker (Locker4u) service. Health and People’s Welfare Minister Stephen Wong said the service would be maintained by the pharma…
KUCHING: Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NUMed) celebrated the achievements of 55 Malaysian students when they graduated on July 7 with their Foundation Certificate in Biological and Biomed…
A 25-year-old woman who visited Malaysia between June 30 and July 3 has been confirmed to have cholera after tests were done, health authorities said. She had developed diarrhoea, abdominal pain, nau...
MELAKA: Mahkota Medical Centre (MMC) here unveiled its new logo with a new vision to reinforce the growth of the 24-year-old establishment.
KUCHING: A public health laboratory needs to be set up for Sarawak to diagnose and cope with any form of epidemic disease including rabies. Assistant Minister of Housing and Public Health Dr Annuar…
KUALA LUMPUR: All Malaysian states recorded an increase in the number of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases, said the director of the ...
KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — For the past 20 years, 62-year-old Leela has been buying prescribed medication such as painkillers, antibiotics and flu pills from various pharmacies in the Klang Valley without a doctor’s prescription. Le…
Economist Shankaran Nambiar says this in light of the ageing Malaysian population and the health issues that may ensue.
They must go for regular check-ups, says MMA in the wake of several health-related cases involving elected representatives.
A letter from DR ARUNAH CHANDRAN, Ministry of Health Malaysia.
THE board of visitors at Hospital Serdang wants the authorities to address the lack of parking space and an illegal dumpsite near the hospital.
HE came, he cut a ribbon to commission a new scanner at the Sarawak Heart Centre at Kota Samarahan, he visited the site for a hospital at Petra Jaya, he peeped into the Accident and Emergency count…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Pharmacy Society (MPS) wants the Government to reveal the full content of the proposed Pharmacy Bill.