14,121 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
14,121 archived reports
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Malaysia is chairing the Asean Health Ministers' Meeting for the first time in 22 years, launching the Asean Strategic Health Agenda 2026–2030 in KL. 🌏
🥦 Health Minister Dzulkefly: public health starts on the plate. Safe, sustainable local food production is our "first line of defence" against disease.
⚠️ PPP calls the doctor shortage in public hospitals an "unsustainable burden," urging government to fix chronic, uneven staffing distribution nationwide.
👵 Malaysian women live longer but spend more years in poor health, per a CodeBlue reflection on NCWO's Women's Day event. Care and retirement policy need to catch up.
Some relief in Sarawak: Samarahan, Serian, Bintulu and Samalaju have dropped out of the very unhealthy API tier, though five areas including Kuching remain choked.
Malaysia opens the 17th ASEAN Health Ministers' Meeting today (Sept 7-11) in KL, chairing talks on mental health, rare diseases, food safety and pharma. 🇲🇾
Haze is taking a toll on Malaysians' lungs: doctors report asthma cases jumping eightfold as haze-linked respiratory and eye infections rise nationwide. 🌫️
🚨 Johor hospital probes sexual harassment complaint Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru has formed a special investigation committee to investigate a complaint involving a medical specialist. The Johor Health Department says attempts to conceal, obstruct or pressure staff into withdrawing complaints will not be tolerated. The investigation is ongoing, and no finding of wrongdoing has been made.
🩺 Pollution must be factored into cancer prevention, says Sultan Nazrin The Perak Sultan urged Malaysia to address industrial waste, vehicle emissions and water pollution as cancer-prevention issues, alongside smoking and lifestyle factors.