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1,020+ complaints in 5 years — MMA fully backs Malaysia MOH crackdown on unlicensed health premises. "A needle in the wrong hands can potentially kill." Enforcement must be sustained, not seasonal. 💉
Safeguarding public trust in private health care and shutting down illegal operators are inseparable goals. A health care sector cannot maintain its credibility if illegal operators are allowed to operate unchecked.
RSV is the #1 cause of infant hospitalisation in Malaysia — ventilation needs jumped from 9.4% to 32.5% post-pandemic. Paediatricians say it's time nirsevimab enters the national immunisation programme. 👶
High Court ruled nicotine vape delisting was unlawful. Now LCNM calls on Malaysia to relist liquid nicotine under the Poisons List and revisit the tobacco Generational End Game ban. 🚬
Liquid nicotine must be relisted on the Poisons List. The government should also revisit the tobacco GEG. For all the truly remarkable recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer, effective tobacco control remai…
49 NGOs to Malaysia MOH: Your 233,831 vape enforcement compounds are mostly ground-level fines — not action against online sales to teens. Show us the real digital enforcement data. 📊
Forty-nine NGOs question the transparency of data on MOH's enforcement under Act 852, asking whether the compounds, investigation papers, and prosecutions truly reflect action against online vape advertising and sales, as they de…
Melaka just launched drive-through pharmacy services at 4 public facilities — collect your meds without leaving your car. Simple innovation, big quality-of-life win. 🚗
MELAKA, June 4 — Melaka has introduced drive-through pharmacy services at four healthcare facilities, enabling patients to collect their medication more conveniently without...
Malaysia's Health Minister has until June 15 to appeal the High Court ruling that liquid nicotine delisting was unlawful — as of June 4, no appeal filed yet. The clock is ticking. ⚖️
The health minister and government have 12 days until June 15 to appeal the High Court's liquid nicotine ruling. Past the midway point of the 30-day deadline, a lawyer for NGOs in the case says no appeal has been served on his fi…
Healthcare tourism is leaning harder into AI and predictive analytics. Useful — but only if the gains reach patients, not just the sales pitch. 🤖
Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council says the healthcare tourism industry must move beyond broad promotion and historical reporting to remain competitive.
MOH says it will tighten action against unlicensed healthcare premises. Good. The real test is whether the raids, prosecutions and follow-through actually happen. ⚖️
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry will step up enforcement against unlicensed healthcare premises, including those offering aesthetic medical services, after receiving a growing number of complaints.
Sarawak may soon get a Fudan-linked medical school. Not just education news — it's a blunt admission that the doctor shortage needs structural fixes. 🎓
Deputy premier Dr Sim Kui Hian says only final clearance from China is needed, as the project is already backed by both Malaysian and Shanghai authorities.
Malaysia's anti-drug agency is deploying test kits to detect fentanyl — 50–100x stronger than morphine — in "mushroom" vapes being sold locally. This is a serious public health alert. ⚠️
KUALA LUMPUR, June 2 — The National Anti-Drug Agency (Nada) has announced that it will begin deploying specialised testing kits nationwide this month, targeting fentanyl and...
Malaysia may make long-term care insurance mandatory as ageing and dementia care costs surge. Done badly, it’s another tax. Done right, it may stop families going broke. 🏥
Malaysia is studying the establishment of a national insurance scheme for long-term care like Japan and Singapore, with potentially mandatory contributions of RM100 monthly base premiums to fund aged care. A pilot may begin in 20…
Pharmaniaga’s Health Ministry supply deal gives revenue visibility to mid-2029 — and underlines how diabetes care is now a steady policy/business story. 💉
KUALA LUMPUR: Pharmaniaga Bhd's contract with the Health Ministry to supply medical products is expected to generate stable and recurring revenue until mid-2029, MBSB Research said.
Malaysia’s radiographer shortage is getting hard to ignore: Johor, Kedah and Sabah are down to ~1:10,000. Expect longer waits for scans unless staffing catches up. 🩻
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is seeing a shortage of radiographers with states like Johor, Kedah and Sabah registering a ratio of one radiographer to every 10,000 people.
El Niño is forecast to hit SE Asia mid-2026, bringing haze — and danger for Malaysia's asthma patients. Doctors urge poorly-controlled patients to review inhaler stocks now, before air quality deteriorates. 🌫️
We know El Niño is coming, bringing with it the haze, and that's potentially bad news for asthma patients.
Children as young as 10 are getting mushroom-flavoured vapes from shops and online — one or two puffs can cause seizures, hallucinations, and self-harm. NGO urges much stronger enforcement.
Al-Sirath Malaysia found that children as young as 10 have access to these dangerous psychoactive substances from physical stores or online.
Police have widened the "mushroom vape" probe in Melaka after a student's arrest — tracing the supply chain that put synthetic psychoactive drugs into a 14-year-old's hands. 🚔
MELAKA: Police have widened their investigation into the sale of "mushroom vape" after arresting a Form Four student suspected of supplying the substance to his 14-year-old girlfriend, who allegedly attempted to harm herself.
Malaysia's MOH is blocking 4 websites selling vape products — triggered after a teen girl self-harmed under the influence of "mushroom-flavoured" vape. 34,903 enforcement ops since the Smoking Act kicked in. 🚭
The ministry says the 4 websites are among 10 flagged following complaints on social media.
Cutting housemen hours doesn't cut the workload — it just pushes it onto medical officers doing 30-hour calls while studying for specialist exams. A MO warns the system survives only because MOs quietly absorb everything. ⚕️
I'm not against improving HO welfare, but why is MO welfare always ignored? If fatigue is dangerous for HOs, then fatigue is also dangerous for MOs. If burnout matters for HOs, then burnout also matters for MOs. MOs hold up the h…
A family travelling with a child with cerebral palsy was removed from a flight over an FAA-approved special seat. AirAsia X is now reviewing its policies after backlash. This should not happen in 2026.
KUALA LUMPUR: A mother has expressed disappointment after her family was ordered to disembark from a flight following a dispute over a special seat used by her daughter, who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
A small Sarawak story, but the point is real: festive periods still run on staff who do not get to switch off. Frontline appreciation means more than photo ops when clinics stay open. 👩⚕️
KUCHING (May 30): Healthcare workers and police personnel who continue serving the public during the Gawai Dayak festive season deserve recognition and appreciation for their dedication and sacrifices, said Kuching South mayor Da…
Good news story, but also a reminder how rarely Malaysian specialists get global recognition at this level. IJN surgeon Dr Jeswant Dillon’s AATS induction is a genuine milestone. 🫀
KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 — Prof Datuk Seri Dr Jeswant Dillon’s induction as the first Malaysian into the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) represents the highest...
Malaysia’s vaping problem is no longer “youth awareness” spin. CAP says children are taking it up at rates far above adults, which makes enforcement look badly outpaced. 🚭
GEORGE TOWN, May 30 — Despite various health awareness campaigns conducted every year, the use of nicotine or tobacco products such as vapes, electronic cigarettes and...
Building a PJ hospital takes a decade and RM1b+. Leasing one leaves it without staff. And the Treasury's fuel subsidy bill just hit RM58b. A senior urologist asks: are we really looking before we leap?
PJ residents have waited a generation for a hospital. They can wait a little longer for the right decision. What they can't afford is a monument to political ambition that stands empty for years or a building that siphons staff f…