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Health Highlights for #bajet2018 - overall RM 27 billion allocated. RM50 million for VHIS

Salient points of the budget from Dewan Rakyat.

May she RIP al-fatihah

We are saddened by the news of a senior citizen, believed to be the oldest woman in the country, Safiah Ujang, 128, as she passed away at her home in Kampung Seberang Batu Hampar in Rembau, Negeri Sembilan yesterday.

Safe journey home !

A MALAYSIAN couple who faced a £100,000 bill from the John Radcliffe hospital when their baby was born prematurely can now head home.

A more sustainable healthcare model is needed

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 27): Budget 2018 is a bold step towards sustainable health financing with a commitment towards the implementation of voluntary health insurance scheme, but falls short on increased drug allocation, according to…

Why no GST exemption for healthcare? #bajet2018

Research also benefits

KUALA LUMPUR: The federal government will provide a RM2.2 billion scholarship allocation for the Public Services Department, Higher Education Ministry and Health Ministry.

#healthtourism @budget2018

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 27 — Putrajaya announced today a RM30 million injection into the Malaysian Healthcare Tourism Council to help boost...

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World Mental Health Day celebration to focus on workplace

KUCHING: The World Mental Health Day 2017 celebration on Oct 28 will have the theme ‘Mental Health in the Workplace’. Organised by the Mental Health Association of Sarawak, Sarawak General Hospital…

Proposal that children visit parents at healthcare centres

Recommendation that continuous connection through visits or via Skype be spelt out before elderly parents can be accepted at healthcare centres.

AIA to offer free health checks at Womenfest Malaysia 2017

PETALING JAYA: AIA Berhad has partnered with the National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) to offer free health checks at WomenFest Malaysia (

Daiyan Trisha’s new song highlights mental health issues

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — Mental health is not a subject to be taken lightly, because at the end of the day, it can lead to suicide —...

Kidney patients encouraged to do dialysis at home

KIDNEY disease patients, especially those in the rural or interior areas, are encouraged to do the dialysis treatment themselves at home to avoid frequenting the hospital or dialysis centre in town…

Letter: Time for health insurance

Only 12,779 have pledged to donate their organs in Sarawak, constituting only 3.2 % of pledgers in the country .

BINTULU: Only 12,779 persons have pledged to donate their organs in Sarawak, constituting only 3.2 per cent of the 397,476 pledgers in the country as of September this year. Assistant Minister of H…

Niosh chairman unhappy with unhealthy attitude towards OSH

KUCHING: Industrial accidents can only be reduced and avoided if all quarters do away with the ‘hangat-hangat tahi ayam’ (not following through) attitude towards the importance of occupational safety and health (OSH).

Beware of drug-herb interactions

Traditional medicinal herbs have the potential to interfere with the activities of commonly used modern medical drugs within our body.

MOH says

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — Disposable medical devices can be safely used up to three times, the Health Ministry said in response to the...

This is sadly not new

Some hospitals are resorting to cheaper drugs and asking patients to get their tests done elsewhere due to broken or unserviced machines.

National health insurance scheme in 2018? — Azrul Mohd Khalib

OCT 24 — With all eyes focused on this Friday’s tabling of the 2018 Budget, the Ministry of Health in particular will be crossing...

Fatimah: Mental illness on the rise in Malaysia

MIRI: Mental illness is expected to be the second biggest health problem affecting Malaysians after heart disease by 2020. According to National Health and Morbidity Survey 2015, one in every three…

4,400 cataract patients to receive free intraocular lenses, says Dr Subramaniam

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 4,431 intraocular lenses will be donated to underprivileged cataract patients in November, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam announced today.

Have you had you annual influenza vaccination yet?

“MOST deadly yet”, “Calls for urgent action”, and “Nation in crisis”. These are headlines we’ve read this year, and they all relate to flu outbreaks.