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Broken urinals, stagnant water, wet floors — Harian Metro checks at a KL hospital's emergency ward toilets expose hygiene and fall-risk issues for patients, especially the elderly. 🚽

Health Minister Dzulkefly: motorcyclists make up 59% of Malaysia's road deaths, with 18 people dying daily on our roads. After more RXZ convoy tragedies, he wants safety briefings made mandatory at every mega bike gathering. 🏍️

Malaysia's over-65 population hit 8.4% this year — 12 states are now officially "ageing," Perak highest at 10.8% 👴 Economy Ministry is fast-tracking a national ageing policy & pilot project on fiscal planning + care economy, targeting 2027.

🏥 JPA approved 13,343 new MOH posts (1,197 doctors, 3,471 nurses) for 256 new/upgraded facilities, RM1.25bil/yr. MOH still has 15,587 nurse vacancies — could take 8 yrs to fill.

Negeri Sembilan gets RM328mil for 24 health projects, plus RM26.6mil to refurbish 88 dilapidated clinics 🏥 Aimed at widening access to quality healthcare, says Dzulkefly.

Pioneer SWE doctors in Malaysia do full specialist duties but only get Medical Officer on-call pay 🩺 A year in, there's still no clarity on subspecialty training either.

An insurer is clawing back payments from private specialists over admissions from 2+ years ago ⚖️ A specialist asks: is this even legal in Malaysia?

Malaysia's registered autistic OKUs rose 24% to over 93,000 in a year 🧩 Senator wants faster hiring of therapists to cut long wait times for kids.

Malaysia's health workers say an MOH pension alone won't retain staff. They want better pay, clear career pathways, smaller workloads and better work environments.

JPA has approved 13,343 new MOH posts — including 1,197 medical officers and 3,471 nurses — for 256 new or upgraded facilities. But 15,587 nursing vacancies remain.

Unused medicines are still being flushed or binned in Malaysia, putting water sources at risk. MyMediSAFE is expanding collection points and used insulin-pen recycling.

NPRA warns GLP-1 diabetes and weight-loss drugs can rarely cause severe acute pancreatitis. Malaysia has 40 registered products; 504 suspected adverse-event reports included 2 pancreatitis cases.

Malaysia's workplace mental health policy draft is set to be finalised by Sept/Oct 🧠 Health Minister Dzulkefly says MOH is consulting HR Ministry, DOSH, MEF & MTUC to build guidelines covering work-life balance and burnout prevention.

Putrajaya to open at least 2 new infertility clinics nationwide every year 👶 aiming to widen access to affordable subfertility care for lower-income couples. Sabah's pilot Buai programme already helped 2,641 couples — beating its target.

Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh has been re-elected APHM president for a 5th straight term 🏥 leading the private hospitals association's new 2026–2028 council with a focus on patient care, clinical standards & sustainable healthcare reform.

Malaysia's workplace mental health policy draft is set to be finalised by Sept/Oct 🧠 Health Minister Dzulkefly says MOH is consulting HR Ministry, DOSH, MEF & MTUC to build guidelines covering work-life balance and burnout prevention.

A cardiac centre HOD in KL faces sexual harassment allegations from a surgery trainee and a nurse 🩺 He's been on leave since May as police probe the case, referred to Bukit Aman's legal division. It's the 2nd hospital hit with such claims this week.

Putrajaya to open at least 2 new infertility clinics nationwide every year 👶 aiming to widen access to affordable subfertility care for lower-income couples. Sabah's pilot Buai programme already helped 2,641 couples — beating its target.

7 Sentul students were hospitalised after vaping synthetic drugs 🚨 The scare triggered a Bukit Aman crackdown that busted 3 syndicates and seized RM45.6mil in drug-laced vape liquid, meth, MDMA and ketamine across the Klang Valley.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — Police have busted three syndicates involved in the distribution of vape liquids containing synthetic drugs in separate operations across the Klang Valley...

Malaysia's health data lives across ~1,000 systems that don't talk to each other 🖥️ MOH official reveals Covid-19 exposed just how fragmented patient records are — full digitisation targeted for primary care by 2027, hospitals by 2029.

Mahesh Appannan says fragmented records, disconnected systems, and manual processes hampered data use during the crisis.

Malaysia's healthcare is shifting from volume to value 📊 Health Minister Dzulkefly says MediAsas insurance pilot & new DRG payment system aim to reward better patient outcomes, not just more treatments, as private hospitals eye reform.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's healthcare system must prioritise better patient outcomes over treatment volume and ensure long-term cost sustainability, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

Public hospitals lack nearly 11,000 specialists, MMA says. APHM wants specialists able to move freely between public & private care. ⚕️

Private hospitals group says greater mobility would allow their expertise to be shared more effectively across the healthcare system.

Health Minister Dzulkefly: Malaysia must shift from volume to value in healthcare, as the MediAsas insurance pilot (from RM60/month) launches this month. 💊

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia must move towards value‑based healthcare, going from volume to outcomes and cost sustainability, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

Sarawak is short 931 medical officers, 263 specialist doctors & 1,226 nurses as of June 30 — MO vacancy rate hits 30%, and only 3 specialists are on contract to help fill the gap. 🏥

Sarawak is facing a large shortage of doctors and nurses, with over 930 vacancies for medical officers, over 260 for specialist doctors, and over 1,200 for nurses as of June 30. Vacancy rates in the state are 30% (MO), 28% (speci…