Malaysian Medical Resources
13,959 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 ― The high cost is a challenge for the Health Ministry (MoH) to implement the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system in hospitals nationwide, the...
Reference:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/3/581
The Malaysian Medical Association says past and present governments have not been able to address issues relating to contract doctors and this group feels they are getting nowhere.
DAP’s Dr RA Lingeshwaran says apart from equipment shortage, there is also a shortage of nurses.
Dr Zaliha Mustafa says MOH has requested JPA approval to expand doctors' locum allowances to Sun and public holidays, and to expand the allowance to pharmacy and science officers. Klinik Kesihatan Bandar Botanik began extended ho…
The vape industry supports the potential exemption of liquid nicotine from control under the Poisons Act, claiming that vape can be regulated by amending the Control of Tobacco Product Regulations. The Poisons Board met today to…
The Galen Centre says the proposed exemption of liquid nicotine from the Poisons Act is against public health and it isn't the solution to the GEG controversy. This will remove any possibility to regulate the nicotine content of…
KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — Five health clinics are currently under construction in Sarawak to make health care services accessible for communities in the rural and interior...
PUTRAJAYA, March 29 — Anticoagulant medication Dabigatran Etexilate Capsules USP 75mg and 150mg are not registered in Malaysia, says Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor...
:Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby said on Wednesday it has not yet decided to divest its Asia-focused healthcare joint venture with Australia's largest private hospital operator Ramsay Health Care.The development comes a day aft…
The prime minister tells Dewan Negara this is a long-standing issue and the current government cannot be expected to resolve it within a year.
KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — All members of Dewan Rakyat, from both the government and the Opposition, will have to undergo a health check once a year starting from the next session...
KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — With healthcare workers rumoured to be gearing up for another unannounced strike nationwide next month, the Health Ministry reiterated today that said...
KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — Discussions on Malaysia’s procurement of the bivalent Covid-19 vaccine are currently ongoing between the government and pharmaceutical company...
KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — The Health Ministry said it was committed to speeding up the tabling of the Tobacco Control Bill in Parliament in light of the fact that vape containing...
KUALA LUMPUR (March 29): The government may have to be open to the possibility of allowing other providers to supply and distribute medicines in the public health sector as it has proved too risky to depend on a single provider,…
There has been a deafening silence.
Reference:https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2204737
The Malaysian Pharmacists Society says it sends the ‘wrong message to the public’, while the Malaysian Medical Association is concerned the exemption will see children becoming addicted to nicotine.
A MARDI survey of 1,722 Malaysians among the general public and 200 medical practitioners found 81% of the former back cannabis as alternative treatment, while 74% of the latter approve marketing of cannabis for specific patients…
According to a 2015 study cited by Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa in a written parliamentary reply, of 389 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases sampled 2009-2012 in Malaysia, 47% had eyewitnesses, 23% received CPR from bystand…
A doctor accuses UPM’s teaching hospital, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah UPM Hospital, of not compensating Master’s trainees for on-call work; only service MOs receive on-call allowances. "RM200 is a lot for a medical officer who's doing…
Health inspectors found that some food handlers at a Ramadan bazaar in Kemaman breached food hygiene rules, such as wearing a watch when handling food, or not wearing head coverings or aprons.
Family medicine specialists (FMS) in Malaysia are frequently encumbered with non-clinical tasks, excessive paperwork, and superfluous meetings. They also face demands to oversee numerous public health initiatives, despite their c…