Malaysian Medical Resources
13,963 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 — Malaysia has so far seen 20,131 reports of side effects for over 44.8 million doses of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine Comirnaty which had been given, with...
KUALA LUMPUR: The low take-up rate for the second Covid-19 vaccine booster shot is largely caused by hesitancy and doubt among Malaysians.
Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah cites the example of Singapore monitoring Covid-19 viral fragments in wastewater in over 400 sites across the island.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 — A dengue fever epidemic will hit Malaysia this year and cases are expected to peak next year and in 2025, experts reportedly warn. The phenomenon is due to...
Though no one can predict when a new coronavirus strain might surface, we have moved on and returned to some sort of normalcy.
DECEMBER 30 — I’m sorry, I’m leaving. I had initially envisioned that I would spend my entire professional career in our Malaysian public service. But the realities of life...
The traditional focus on the use of health care resources, instead of outcomes of health care, have contributed to a surge in health care costs, says a health economist.
KUALA LUMPUR: The elderly, patients with comorbidities and people at risk of Covid-19 symptoms and complications may walk-in at any public health clinic or hospital starting Jan 9 to receive the vaccine.
PUTRAJAYA (Dec 30): All travellers arriving from abroad, including from China, must go through a fever screening at the international entry points in Malaysia.Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said if the travellers were detected…
PEMANTAUAN RAPI PERKEMBANGAN KEJADIAN JANGKITAN COVID-19 OLEH KKM BAGI MEMASTIKAN LANGKAH PENCEGAHAN DAN KAWALAN YANG SEWAJARNYA DILAKSANAKAN SECARA BERKESAN Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM) me…
Instead of closing borders to visitors from China, infectious disease experts Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman and Dr Christopher Lee stress masking and mRNA vaccine boosters. Dr Sanjay Rampal finds no evidence of more severe Covid disease…
KUALA LUMPUR: All visitors entering the country will undergo temperature screening checks for fever following concerns amid the rise of Covid-19 cases in China.
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2022 saw major health issues like medicine shortages, the tobacco bill, and MySejahtera, while chronic problems like overcrowded emergency departments, junior doctor bullying, and NCDs remain unresolved. Health care reform is a k…
KUALA LUMPUR: Kerajaan disaran melihat semula cadangan menawarkan perjawatan tetap kepada pegawai perubatan melalui caruman Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP), bukan hanya skim pencen yang dilaksanakan bagi semua perjawatan it…
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PUTRAJAYA: Persatuan Perubatan Malaysia (MMA) menyarankan kerajaan menjadikan pembangunan bakat dan modal insan sebagai dasar penting dalam menangani isu penghijrahan pakar perubatan ke luar negara.
Patients in private hospitals in Klang Valley, Penang, Melaka, and JB are waiting 6-8 hours or longer in the emergency room for beds in wards due to a nursing shortage; PHFSA 1998 prohibits private hospitals from opening up beds…
IV thrombolysis, i.e. clot buster, can be given to patients presenting within 4.5 hours of symptom onset. Currently, the golden hour is 4.5 hours from time of stroke symptom onset; the earlier the treatment, the better the outcom…
Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa announces a MySejahtera appointment system at public primary care facilities for 2023. But Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim hasn’t announced if the government has procured the app, or how much paym…
Pemadam says the policy is responsible for ensuring that every child is protected from neglect, abuse, violence and exploitation.