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Malaysia's youth caught between viral food trends and dodgy slimming injectables — UM nursing experts warn unregistered weight-loss products are a growing public health risk, not just a beauty issue. 🍗
The generation caught between ayam gepuk and weight-loss injections should not be blamed. It is a generation growing up in a complex health environment. The real issue is not that young people enjoy food, but that insecurity has…
🏥 Private hospitals back govt plan to enlist private healthcare workers into public facilities. APHM is ready to help design a flexible framework. Details to follow in coming weeks.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM) has expressed support for the Health Ministry's proposal to enlist private healthcare workers nationwide to strengthen public medical facilities.
Cutting sugar entirely? Doctors say don't. The body needs some sugar to function — The Star's health column explains why moderation beats elimination. 🍬
While too much is certainly not healthy, we shouldn't totally stop having sugar.
⛰️ 63 deaths from hiking in 5 years — Malaysia now requires a medical certificate to access high-risk trails. 189 areas have compulsory certified guides, Parliament told.
KUALA LUMPUR: Hiking accidents claimed 63 lives across the country over the past five years, with 1,059 cases recorded in all, the Dewan Rakyat heard on Tuesday (June 23).
🤖 More Malaysians are using AI chatbots for health info, but doctors warn AI can’t examine you — delays on dengue, stroke or cancer symptoms can be fatal.
🚨 5 hospitalised after mercury spills from a broken parcel at a George Town courier facility. Hazmat crews decontaminated the site; all victims are stable.
🚨 A Malaysian paediatrician in Perth faces 33 child sex charges involving 9 alleged victims. Doctor held in Hakea Prison; AHPRA has suspended registration following expanded police investigation.
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian paediatrician based in Perth, Australia, has been charged with 33 child sex-related offences involving nine alleged victims following an expanded police investigation.
🩺 1 in 6 Malaysians has diabetes. 1 in 3 has high blood pressure. 1 in 3 has high cholesterol. 54% are overweight or obese. Sarawak Health director: NCDs remain Malaysia's biggest public health challenge.
KUCHING (June 21): Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly diabetes, continue to pose major public health challenges in Malaysia. Sarawak State Health Department director Dr Veronica Lugah said data collected nationwide sh…
👴 64-year-old dies at Sungai Petani care home after alleged fight with another resident. Old bruises found. Police probe opened — classified as sudden death for now. Post-mortem awaited.
SUNGAI PETANI, June 21 — A 64-year-old man’s death at a care centre here has sparked a police investigation after his family alleged he had previously been involved in a fight...
🤖 More Malaysians using AI chatbots for health info — but doctors warn: AI can't examine you. Delays for dengue, stroke or cancer symptoms can be fatal. MMA: "Medicine is examination, judgment and responsibility."
PETALING JAYA: More Malaysians are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots for health information, from checking symptoms and understanding medical reports to learning about medications and traditional remedies.
💔 Dr Zekry Zuhairy Atan, 33, from Segamat Hospital, and his 2-year-old daughter were killed in a Pekan road crash. A devastating loss for the Malaysian medical family. The driver had 6 prior traffic summonses.
Police say the two vehicles driven by the deceased were heading towards Kuantan when the accident occurred.
🏥 MOH responds on specialist training: 123 doctors appealed LNPT rejections — only 8 qualified even under updated JPA rules. 307 of 400 slots filled. LNPT policy is JPA's, not MOH's.
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has stressed that the selection process for its Advanced Specialist Training Programme (Offer C) is conducted in a structured, transparent and merit-based manner.
🚨 MMC probes fake MC syndicate that stole doctors' identities — operating since 2016. Health Min also: 402 vape cases found to contain meth and controlled substances nationwide. E-MCs on the way.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) will lead investigations into a syndicate allegedly selling fake medical certificates (MCs) using the identities of registered doctors and private clinics amid concerns that the o…
🏥 Hospital strain isn't about foreign patients, MMA says — it's 11,000 missing specialists and chronic workforce underinvestment.
MMA responds to a social media post which claimed that an influx of foreigners at government healthcare facilities is affecting service quality and doctors’ welfare.
👴 Malaysia becomes an aged nation by 2048 — but can Malaysians afford to grow old? Many retirees' EPF runs out in a few years. Two health experts argue for lifelong income guarantees now.
If Malaysia chooses to act now — on retirement income, social security, health care and family support — we can ensure that our citizens grow old without growing poor.
🚨 4 more buyers arrested in Pahang's fake MC probe. Forged MCs sold for RM50–200 using a transferred doctor's stamp. Original 5 suspects freed on bail.
PEKAN: The police have arrested four more individuals to assist in the investigation into the sale and purchase of suspected fake medical certificates (MCs) in this district.
🏥 13,000 Sarawakians in remote Belaga get a new government health clinic — Sarawak Energy builds, MOH operates. Targeted completion: 24 months.
PUTRAJAYA: Some 13,000 residents in the Belaga district of Sarawak will soon have easier access to a nearby government healthcare facility following a memorandum of understanding signed between the Health Ministry and Sarawak Ene…
🏥 Health Min Dr Dzul calls hospital manpower reshuffles at Segamat, Lahad Datu, Sandakan, Ipoh and Pekan "temporary". But Malaysia's specialist shortage is anything but.
PUTRAJAYA: The manpower restructuring at several government hospitals in the past month was only done as an interim measure, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.
🏥 "A specialist blocked at home is a specialist recruited abroad." MMA warns LNPT rules block subspecialty training — Malaysia already short 11,000 specialists.
A specialist blocked at home is a specialist recruited abroad. And the patient left behind is in a public hospital.