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⏰ Malaysia caps house officers’ working week at 60–62 hours. Health DG issues formal directive to all hospital directors to monitor compliance — a long-overdue reform for frontline doctors.
Health DG issues circular following group's finding that housemen and medical officers work an average of 65 to more than 85 hours a week.
🦠 MOH: Hantavirus risk in Malaysia is LOW — but take precautions. Avoid contact with rats & droppings, wear gloves when cleaning contaminated areas, and seek care if you develop fever.
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🦠 Malaysia confirms no nationals on hantavirus cruise ship. MOH: local risk is low — but avoid rat contact & seek care if you develop fever after exposure to rodent-contaminated areas.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad today said no Malaysians were on board the MV Hondius cruise ship linked to a hantavirus outbreak, which had...
🏥 Sarawak wants full control of procurement for its new cancer centre — Dr Sim Kui Hian says rapid tech advances mean the state can't wait on centralised processes.
KUCHING (May 6): The state government is determined to take control of the procurement of equipment for the Sarawak Cancer Centre project to avoid the risk of outdated technology, said Deputy Premier Dr Sim Kui Hian. He said the…
🤱 500 midwives from Malaysia and Brunei gathered for International Midwives Day 2026 in Sarawak. The Deputy Premier called them the backbone of maternal healthcare — and called for more investment in the profession.
MIRI (May 5): Midwives have been recognised for their dedication and resilience in shaping Sarawak’s healthcare system, particularly in delivering maternal care to remote and rural communities. Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Dr Sim Ku…
UK's new Medical Training Prioritisation Act blocks NUMed Malaysia grads from NHS spots — Newcastle University has now officially admitted it. Here's what that means for hundreds of Malaysian doctors-in-training.
Newcastle University admits that medical graduates at its Malaysian campus, NUMed, have been deprioritised for training in the NHS, following the UK's new Medical Training (Prioritisation) Act, but claims that NUMed's MBBS degree…
📋 What can NUMed grads do now? The Star breaks down the options — local housemanship, GMC-recognised Malaysian pathway, and more, as Malaysia's MOH steps in.
PETALING JAYA: A new law in the United Kingdom, which prioritises UK medical graduates for its foundation programme, is "distressing and unsettling" for Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NUMed) students, says the universit…
🤝 Cross-sector collaboration is essential for better maternal & child health outcomes in Sarawak — especially in rural and underserved communities, say state health officials.
MIRI (May 6): Strong partnerships among healthcare professionals are crucial to improving maternal and child health outcomes, particularly in Sarawak’s vast and challenging rural landscape, said Sarawak Minister for Transport Dat…
🏗️ Relief for public healthcare: Malaysia's Health Ministry confirms its development budget — hospitals, clinics, infrastructure — is protected from the austerity cuts despite broader govt spending reductions.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry's development budget will not be affected by the government's austerity drive, with funding for essential healthcare infrastructure and services set to be preserved.
🏥 Malaysia's Health Ministry is ready to take in all 850 NUMed students for local housemanship at public hospitals — Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad assures a clear pathway to practise medicine in Malaysia despite UK policy shift.
This comes after UK policy changes moved the graduates down the queue for NHS foundation programme placements.
🏥 Malaysia's Health Ministry is ready to take in all 850 NUMed students for local housemanship at public hospitals — Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad assures a clear pathway to practise medicine in Malaysia despite UK policy shift.
This comes after UK policy changes moved the graduates down the queue for NHS foundation programme placements.
🎓 850 NUMed medical students shut out of UK training — Malaysia's MOH says it's ready to place all of them at 48 hospitals for local housemanship. Degrees remain valid under the Medical Act 1971.
KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly 850 Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NUMed) students caught in uncertainty over their UK training pathway can still practise in Malaysia, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.
Malaysia is pushing ASEAN to cooperate on rare disease treatment — regional joint procurement could be the only way to make life-saving drugs affordable 💊
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry will bring forward the Asean Declaration on Rare Diseases at the upcoming Asean Health Ministers’ Meeting, as part of efforts to strengthen regional cooperation in accessing expensive treatments and…
A Health Service Commission won't fix Malaysia's doctor shortage unless it has real power over hiring, promotions and training — not just a rubber-stamp role 🩺
A Health Service Commission (SPK) isn't necessarily the solution to HR problems in the health service because if it follows the Education Service Commission's model, the SPK won't have the power to create new positions or autonom…
Malaysia's Galen Centre calls for a Health Service Commission with ring-fenced 5-year funding — structural protection the MOH budget desperately needs 🏥
The Galen Centre calls for the establishment of a Health Service Commission (SPK) authorised to create and fill positions, and set salary scales, with funding for these positions ring-fenced in a 5-year fiscal framework. MPs have…
Every clinician carries losses that never fully leave. How Malaysia's A-Shield program is helping doctors process grief and moral injury 💙
The A‑Shield framework sits comfortably within this philosophy: investigations focus on facts and processes, while peer support focuses on the person.
Malaysian doctors need clinical sovereignty over AI — not vendor lock-in. A physician’s blueprint for responsible AI adoption ahead of Malaysia’s AI Governance Bill 🤖
AI cannot replicate the lived, human insight of a physician. It is simply the loom; the physician remains the weaver.
Malaysia's government backbenchers tout Base MHIT as the antidote to health spending cuts. But can cheap insurance truly replace a well-funded public system? 💊
BBC chair Dr Zaliha Mustafa wants the Base MHIT to be launched quickly to mitigate Putrajaya's health spending cuts, so as to reduce dependence on public health care funded by the government. Base MHIT is meant to be offered by p…
Don't slash the system — find the waste. Dr Raymond Choy calls for health stakeholders to unite, collaborate and fix structural inefficiencies before more is cut 💡
Cost optimisation must never come at the expense of access or quality. Instead, it should drive smarter design, ensuring that care is delivered earlier, more efficiently, and in the most appropriate setting.
Malaysia's healthcare workers want answers, not buzzwords. MOH's 'strategic directions' response to the budget crisis is leaving frontline staff in the dark 🏥
Health frontliners don't need more frameworks. We don't need more “strategic directions” or “ongoing engagements.” Many of us don't like fluff; we don't need unnecessary content packaged as reform. We need clarity, alignment, tim…
Malaysia's MOH pushes back: a formal counter-proposal to Treasury on budget cuts is coming, with May 15 as the deadline for all ministries 💊
Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad says any budget reductions must take into account essential services and human resource needs.
PM Anwar is clear: only 'luxurious' hospital scopes get cut. Clinics, doctors, nurses and essential care stay. The line has been drawn 🏗️
On health spending cuts, PM Anwar Ibrahim says only the "more luxurious" scope of hospital projects will be "reduced slightly". It's unclear if development expenditure is also targeted in the government's austerity drive, besides…
Sarawak already starts from a lower healthcare baseline. Fiscal reform must not widen the East-West divide — equity must be built in, not an afterthought 📋
KUCHING (May 5): Budget rationalisation must be carried out in a fair and differentiated manner to avoid widening existing regional disparities in healthcare, said political secretary to the Premier Kho Teck Wan. In a statement y…