Malaysian Medical Resources
13,956 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
Contract officers can now claim for interstate transfers, after JPA expanded eligibility effective Oct 9, 2023. This will benefit ~1,900 contract MOs, dentists & pharmacists for permanent appointments this Dec 18, but not those w…
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — The total fertility rate for the year 2022 has reached the lowest in 50 years, standing at 1.6 children per woman aged 15 to 49 compared to 1.7 children...
KUALA LUMPUR: Losing a breast due to cancer is an emotional grief that not many women can easily overcome because they have to live with “imperfections”, which often makes them feel insecure when socialising in a society.
The source says answers might be forthcoming tomorrow.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — The Health Ministry said today it will resume the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations for female Form 1 students, and is in the process of obtaining...
A paediatrician and a psychologist say warning signs include changes in a child's physical appearance, behaviour and academic performance.
Comms Minister Fahmi Fadzil says the government must prioritise addressing brain drain in medicine, noting that contract doctor resignations spiked 1,131% from 2017 to 2022. “The first step to addressing any challenge is to ackno…
Devex rose from 13% to 15% of MOH's 2024 budget; percentage allocations of nearly all opex items dropped, including several medical (paediatrics, psychiatry etc) and public health (disease control) programmes. RM1.5bil allocated…
KLANG: When the clock shows 5pm, it means nothing to a hospital doctor, and it definitely does not mean the day is ending.
PETALING JAYA: Bullying and sometimes public humiliation has become a “norm” in the medical profession, say junior doctors.
Ref: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/10/15/bullying-harassment-continuing-in-medical-sector-says-mma/
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 15 — The National Anaesthesia Day celebration was held at Hospital Queen Elizabeth here today, with a focus on pushing for “Green Anaesthesia”. It is the...
The association’s junior doctor network says failure to address the issue may have a significant impact on patient care.
The Galen Centre says MOH's RM41.2 billion 2024 budget is a "major shot in the arm", but questions the absence of government plans to address brain drain of health care professionals like doctors, nurses, and specialists from the…
The government is allocating RM150 million to improve MOH’s IT systems and a minimum of RM130 million for preventive health initiatives, including women’s cervical cancer screening, Form 4 teens’ thalassemia screening, and free p…
SEGAMAT, Oct 14 — The RM4.89 billion or 13.45 per cent increase in allocation for the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Budget 2024 can help raise the quality of the country’s...
The two ministries account for almost a quarter of the 2024 budget tabled in the Dewan Rakyat today.
OCTOBER 14 — In the poetic words of French physician Philippe Pinel, “It is an art of no little importance to administer medicines properly: but, it is an art of much greater...
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — Top Glove founder and executive chairman Tan Sri Lim Wee Chai has donated RM2 million to his alma mater Universiti Malaya (UM) to upgrade its Faculty of...
PETALING JAYA: From 2016 to October this year, between 40,000 and 50,000 robotic surgeries have been performed in Malaysia for a range of medical cond...