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Health DG must remain MMC president, says surgeons' association

PETALING JAYA: The Health director-general must remain the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) president, said the Malaysian Association for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (MATCVS).

Malaysian youths' mental health status at moderate level, study finds

PUTRAJAYA: The overall mental health of Malaysian youths is moderately satisfactory, a study by the Institute for Youth Research Malaysia (IYRES) has found.

Health minister to enforcement teams: Be more tactical in checking foreign food vendors

KUALA SELANGOR, April 21 — The Ministry of Health enforcement team should be more tactical in curbing the activities of foreign vendors selling food with questionable hygiene,...

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The Parallel Pathway Boogie!

Prioritise students’ health before conducting outdoor activities, says health minister after student collapsed, died in cross-country…

MUAR, April 20 — Parents and teachers need to be aware of students’ health conditions before they undertake any outdoor activities, including cross-country races, in view of...

PM Anwar announces RM80m heart centre for Sabah

KOTA KINABALU, April 20 — Sabah will have its own branch of the National Heart Centre, the second largest in the country, to handle the many health issues in the state, said...

As sugar-linked diseases take root, experts urge greater drive to Putrajaya’s ‘Kurang Manis’ campaign

KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — Health professionals are warning of the rise in sugar-related diseases in Malaysia, amidst a growing obesity epidemic in the country. Citing a recent...

Medical Act Amendment Bill Gains Steam With Proposed MOH-MOHE Cabinet Memo

The proposed Medical Act amendment bill is gaining momentum, after both Health Minister Dr Dzul and Higher Education Minister Zambry Kadir decided at a meeting yesterday to submit a joint memorandum to Cabinet soon to resolve the…

Malaysian Re inks MoU with CPIC for health and medical initiative

It will focus on the development of health products in the country

Family Medicine Parallel Pathway Recognised By Ireland, But Not Malaysian Medical Council

ICGP says the MinTFM family medicine parallel pathway is recognised in Ireland. "Irish and Malaysian trainees/ graduates are fully equivalent in every respect in the eyes of the Irish Medical Council". But MICGP isn't recognised…

Healthcare digitalisation, financing reform remain MOH's priorities, says Dzulkefly

Healthcare digitalisation and financing reform remain the priorities of the Ministry of Health (MOH) aimed at strengthening and improving the healthcare system across the country.

MMC, Heal Thyself (Part 1)

Ex-MMC member Dr Milton Lum says when MMC updated its NSR Registration Procedures and Guidelines in Nov 2023, the pathway for doctors whose qualifications were not on MMC's NSR list was removed. Prior, these doctors were consider…

NST Leader: Fixing nurses' future | New Straits Times

THE International Council of Nurses (ICN), a federation of 130 national nursing associations representing 28 million nurses, has an overarching theme: “Our nurses. Our future.”

Fortify Middle Ground With National Postgraduate Medical Curriculum — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin, Prof Dr Azizi Omar, Prof Dr Zulkifli Ismail, Prof Dr Wan Ariffin Abdullah & Dr Tan Hui Siu

Five paediatricians urge a middle ground on the parallel pathway conflict, citing the National Postgraduate Medical Curriculum (NPMC). "This present impasse does not need to be a zero-sum game, as each training pathway has its st…

Chief surgeon warned ministry about using UiTM route for specialist recognition

Dr Basheer Ahamed Abdul Kareem said in a letter to the health director-general Dr Radzi Abu Hassan that the move would violate the Malaysian Qualifications Agency Act.

Malaysian Property Billionaire Jeffrey Cheah Ramps Up Healthcare Ambitions, Including Seven New Sunwa... via @forbes

Jeffrey Cheah has built his fortune developing townships—with condos, hotels, malls, hospitals, schools and even theme parks.

Cardiothoracic Surgery Parallel Pathway Graduates Win Leave For Judicial Review Against MMC

The High Court today granted leave for four cardiothoracic surgery graduates with FRCS Edinburgh qualification to initiate judicial review proceedings against the MMC for rejecting their NSR specialist registration applications.…

MMC Claims Ignorance Of NSR Website ‘Under AMM Control’

MMC's lawyers say MMC had "no knowledge of, and no control over", the contents of the NSR website that had always been under AMM's control. MMC claims the FRCS Ed in cardiothoracic surgery wasn't in the list of recognised qualifi…

MATCVS Claims UiTM’s Cardiothoracic Surgery Programme Doesn’t Follow National Curriculum

MATCVS claims that UiTM's cardiothoracic surgery programme, the country's only such local Masters course, doesn't conform to the national curriculum. Its "too large" recruitment of 15 trainee doctors in 1st year violates acceptab…

Urology Parallel Pathway Is ‘Halal’, Says Urologists’ Group

The Malaysian Urological Association maintains that the urology parallel pathway programme isn’t commercially driven, pointing out that it is recognised by MMC and was legitimately started upon instruction by Cabinet, Health Mini…

Health Ministry’s ‘Kurang Manis’ pilot campaign in Putrajaya struggles to sway taste buds

KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 — Malaysia’s love affair with sweetness poses a formidable challenge to the government’s efforts to reduce sugar consumption, judging from the...

Blocked From HLP, While Parallel Pathway Not Recognised -- Concerned And Clueless Medical Officer

A medical officer is disheartened about the lack of equal opportunities for specialist pathways in Malaysia for contract MOs despite passing MEDeX, compounded by systemic issues and lack of alternative pathways for specialist tra…