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Medical officers can now claim relocation allowance when transferred into permanent posts. But in the first group, 19 of 39 doctors posted to Sabah did not report for duty.
Dr Dzul says medical officers are now eligible to claim for transfers for permanent positions, starting last June 22. But in the first batch receiving this new benefit, half of those posted to Sabah (19 of 39 doctors) didn't repo…
Malaysia’s private healthcare sector is among Asean’s strongest, with 290 private hospitals and 19,000 beds. Frost & Sullivan cites expansion and medical tourism.
Malaysia is among Asean’s strongest private health care markets, says Frost & Sullivan, citing hospital expansion and medical tourism. Malaysia has ~290 private hospitals and ~19,000 private beds. MHIT claims funded grew 6x in 20…
Beyond Sabah's beaches lies a healthcare access gap: districts like Nabawan, Kalabakan and Tongod have the state's lowest accessibility scores, far from the concentrated west-coast services. 🏥
Malaysia's MOH is piloting AI at select hospitals to automate clinical documentation, aiming to cut doctors' paperwork load without disrupting patient care. 🤖
The project is also expected to reduce doctors' administrative workload.
8 Chinese medical universities, including Zhejiang University, have applied for official recognition in Malaysia. They're now going through MMC-approved assessment. 🎓
KUALA LUMPUR: Eight Chinese medical universities have applied for official recognition in Malaysia under a newly approved assessment process, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.
Malaysia's Health Ministry now has full autonomy to manage & assign its own doctor positions, without going through JPA. Dzulkefly says this should finally ease staff shortages at understaffed hospitals. 🩺
KUALA LUMPUR: Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said his ministry now has full mandate and autonomy to manage, organise and distribute approved positions independently from the Public Service Department (JPA).
Sabah's Hospital Wanita dan Kanak-Kanak wants a PET-CT Centre and Cyclotron Facility so cancer patients get earlier diagnosis without leaving the state. 🎗️
Malaysia may help develop the world's first dengue treatment 💉 Hosp Raja Permaisuri Bainun (Ipoh) is now a trial site for a new antibody drug — dengue has no cure today.
This common viral infection currently has no cure, but healthcare experts are hopeful forthcoming clinical trials will have promising results.
DOSM's new "death calculator" uses 2000-2023 mortality data to reveal the top causes of death by age, gender and demographic group. 📊
KUALA LUMPUR: The Statistics Department's (DOSM) latest interactive calculator is giving Malaysians an insight into the leading causes of death among people of similar age and gender.
Rompin Hospital stayed open after a workers’ protest; salary issue resolved, says Pahang Health Dept.
KUANTAN, July 10 — Operations at Rompin Hospital and the delivery of healthcare services to patients have not been affected following a gathering by workers of a non-concession...
Malaysia's dengue cases jumped 34.8% to 42,848 this year; deaths up nearly 79% to 34. Klang Valley remains the hotspot. 🦟
PUTRAJAYA: The number of dengue cases recorded nationwide this year rose 34.8% to 42,848 as of Thursday (July 9), compared with 31,790 cases recorded during the same period last year.
Malaysia’s health budget won’t face a blanket freeze in 2026, says MOF — a crucial signal for hospitals, staffing and patient care as costs keep rising.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — The government is not implementing across-the-board restrictions on the allocations for the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ministry of Education (MoE)...
Deputy Health Minister forecasts a 50% no-show rate among doctors offered permanent posts in Sabah this year, after just 20 of 39 reported for duty in June's intake. 😬
Deputy Health Minister Hanifah says she expects half of medical officers offered permanent positions in Sabah later this year to reject their offers. Her forecast was based on the June intake, where only 20 of 39 doctors posted t…
Doctors are pushing back against pharmacists joining emergency triage in public hospitals. Their warning: non-critical cases are not necessarily simple illnesses — and a pharmacy is not a clinic.
PMPASKL opposes MPS' suggestion to integrate community pharmacies into a new emergency triage system in public hospitals, saying non-critical cases aren't necessarily simple illnesses. "A pharmacy is not a clinic and a pharmacist…
Malaysia won't adopt mandatory national health insurance — "not politically right," says Health Minister Dzulkefly. Govt will expand private insurance/takaful instead. 🏥
Dr Dzul says Putrajaya isn't planning to introduce mandatory national health insurance, likening it to a "double war" on top of general taxation that funds public health care. The Madani government wants to "mainstream" private h…
Papar Hospital’s water resilience is being strengthened through a groundwater initiative — the kind of quiet hospital infrastructure fix that only gets noticed when it fails.
Kota Kinabalu: Seorang wanita berusia 27 tahun dijatuhi hukuman penjara lima tahun dan denda RM10,000 atau penjara 10 bulan sekiranya gagal membayar denda, kerana menjadi orang tengah bagi menawarkan
Malaysia’s new affordable medical insurance pilot may reshape private hospital flows fast. Hospitals left out of the MHIT panel could soon feel the patient-volume squeeze.
RHB Investment Bank Bhd (RHB Research) maintained its OVERWEIGHT call on the healthcare sector, with KPJ Healthcare Bhd, LAC Med Bhd and Duopharma Biotech Bhd as its top picks as the MediAsas Base Medical and Health Insurance/Tak…
81% of patients at Malaysia’s public clinics now see medical officers within 60 minutes after digitalisation rollout.
KUALA LUMPUR July, 8 — The implementation of the Cloud-Based Clinical Management System (CCMS) at government health clinics has helped reduce patient waiting times, with 81 per...