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Health agencies pass blame over critical staff shortages in public hospitals 😤
In a Health PSSC inquiry, MOH, JPA, and SPA bureaucrats traded blame for health worker shortages. MOH cites a lack of new positions for old hospitals despite rapid service expansion. JPA and SPA say MOH is their priority; MOH get…
Malaysia rolls out its first National Rare Diseases Policy for equitable care and diagnosis 🧬
PUTRAJAYA: The launch of the country's first-ever National Policy for Rare Diseases in Malaysia represents a national commitment to ensure that Malaysians with rare diseases receive the attention and care they deserve.
Malaysia is exploring new healthcare financing reforms, including a health fund, to prepare for an ageing population. Big changes could be on the horizon for how care is funded 🏥
Malaysia’s Health Ministry considers healthcare financing reforms including a National Health Fund and social protection schemes for elderly care.
Do you know it's the Ghost Month and how it can affect hospitals in Malaysia? Here's a cute song for you. 🙂
🎵 Every Ghostly Month – Songs from the Hospital Ward 🎵 What happens when culture meets medicine? As Ghost Month begins, many Chinese patients delay hospital admissions or surgeries out of respect for tradition and fear of the uns…
Teen vaping is surging, hooking a new generation on nicotine before they even hit adulthood 🚬 Schools, parents and policymakers are scrambling to respond. How long can we ignore this rising health threat?
Within the same five-year period, teenage vape use jumped from 9.8% to 14.9%.
Malaysia is seeing more schizophrenia cases but too few psychiatrists to cope. Experts warn the mental health system is stretched thin and urgent investment is needed 🧠
Community-based rehab and provision of inpatient services are among recommendations by psychologist Fauziah Saad and MMHA president Andrew Mohanraj.
IHH Healthcare’s 1H FY25 earnings beat expectations thanks to acquisitions like Timberland Medical Centre and a focus on value‑based care. The group plans to add 1,300 beds and sees medical tourism driving growth 🏥
KUCHING (September 2): IHH Healthcare Bhd’s (IHH) normalised earnings for its first half of financial year 2025 (1HFY25) came in within consensus expectations at 46 per cent, thanks to the acquisitions of hospitals such as Timber…
70 % of low‑income participants screened under Peka B40 have at least one non‑communicable disease and 25 % have multiple NCDs. Only 1.6 m of 6.9 m eligible Malaysians have been screened. Get checked today ⚠️
KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly 70 per cent of participants in last year's free health screening under the Health Care Scheme for the B40 Group (PeKa B40) were found to have at least one non-communicable disease (NCD), providing a clear war…
For the first time, Malaysia’s elite PTD civil service scheme is open to people with disabilities. 20 OKU candidates are being assessed and the goal is 1 % OKU representation (now just 0.3 %). A big step toward inclusion 🌟
A Public Service Commission (SPA) official tells the Health parliament committee that the prestigious PTD scheme was opened to people with disabilities (OKU) for the first time ever this year, with 20 OKU applicants undergoing as…
Nestlé Omega Plus marks 25 years of Walk A Million Miles and commits to one million health screenings by 2026, 3 million miles walked and RM200k to heart foundations. Let’s walk our way to healthier hearts ❤️
Nestlé Omega Plus' ‘Walk A Million Miles’ (WAMM) campaign returns to rally Malaysians to join in the global call to tackle cardiovascular disease.
In 1957, Malaysian boys lived 55.8 yrs, girls 58.2. By 2024, it’s 73 for men & 77.8 for women 🎉 We’ve added decades to life, but can we add life to those years?
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 (Bernama) -- When Malaysia gained independence in 1957, a newborn boy could expect to live about 55.8 years, while a newborn girl about 58.2 years.This was the mortality rate of that time.
Doctors are shortchanged: the RM80 million used for their on-call allowance raise equals just a fraction of what politicians earn in salaries and perks 💸
Doctors are furious over MOH's revelation that raising the on-call allowance only costs RM80 million annually, amid rising doctor resignations, comparing it to MPs' income (up to RM40,000 monthly), RM17bil Penang LRT project and…
Overworked young doctors, endless shifts, and now even pregnancy risks reported at a Selangor Klinik Kesihatan. When the system pushes MOs past their limits, both staff and patients suffer 😔
Pregnant staff at an understaffed Klinik Kesihatan in Selangor are allegedly allowed to leave work early only at 36 weeks' gestation instead of 22 weeks. Some pregnant MOs developed hypertension. Overworked doctors are further bu…
Dialysis care in Malaysia could soon cost the country RM4 billion annually, a senator has warned, highlighting the growing burden of chronic kidney disease on the health system 🚨
With an estimated 10,000 new kidney failure patients needing dialysis every year, it could cost the government RM4 billion annually to administer the treatment.
RM80 million a year. That’s what it will cost to raise on-call allowances for all doctors, according to MOH. Will this finally ease burnout and retention worries, or is it just a small plaster on a deeper wound? 🩺
A BSM official tells a parliament committee that raising on-call allowance for all medical officers by RM55-RM65 will cost an extra RM75mil to over RM80mil a year. Hence the allowance raise was limited to WBB, reducing implicatio…
Sunway Healthcare eyes Bursa listing by Q1 2026 🚑 One of Malaysia’s biggest private hospital groups could soon be a public market heavyweight.
KUALA LUMPUR: Sunway Bhd has proposed to list its healthcare arm, Sunway Healthcare Holdings Bhd, on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia by the first qu...
Plastic waste isn’t just choking our oceans — it’s creeping into our food, water, and even our bodies. Malaysia now eyes an Extended Producer Responsibility law to make polluters pay 🛑
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 — At the site of an illegal dumping site in Kapar, Selangor, which stands two storeys high and covers a space of at least five football pitches, lay scraps...
Small wins for the front line: “Nursecation” deals in Sibu and Bintulu to boost morale and retention 🩺
SIBU (Aug 17): The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Malaysia (Motac) has announced a ‘Nursecation Holiday Packages (NHP)’ initiative for nurses from the Ministry of Health (MOH) stationed in Sibu and Bintulu. Its minister Da…
Over 400,000 pledges but many families still say no at the crucial moment. 10,000+ patients are waiting. Talk to your loved ones and register your wishes today 🫀
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 — Objections from organ donors’ next of kin remain one of the main challenges for organ donation in the country, where over 10,000 patients are still on...
Health Minister Dzulkefly says Putrajaya & Labuan’s sky-high maternal mortality rates are due to a “small denominator” — only 4 and 3 maternal deaths over 5 years, but very low live births 📊
Putrajaya & Labuan reported an average 5-year maternal mortality ratio (MMR) of 45.9 and 40.8 deaths per 100,000 live births, exceeding the 24.2 national average. Dr Dzul justified it with low births (number of deaths were 4 and…
Malaysia’s MyGENOM project hits a milestone with 4,000 participants and 1,200 genomes already sequenced—paving the way for precision medicine in the country 🧬
Malaysia’s MyGenom project has sequenced 1,200 genomes from nearly 4,000 participants nationwide, including Bumiputera and Orang Asli communities.
Malaysia finally registers 5 cardiothoracic surgeons under the long-debated parallel pathway, a step forward in addressing specialist shortages ❤️🩹
Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad says the registrations mark the end of a long-standing dispute over the programme and recognition of international qualifications.