Malaysian Medical Resources
13,991 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
KUALA LUMPUR: Deaths from Covid-19 in the country have crossed the 600-case mark, with another seven fatalities reported yesterday – bringing the total to 601 cases. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said th…
The Prime Minister agrees to form a health and scientific advisory group and invites the health experts to nominate representatives.
The medical body says allowing laboratories to do Covid-19 screening will result in a delay in treating patients.
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 17): New Covid-19 prevention standard operating procedures at workplaces with priority given to matters related to occupational safety and health (OSH) aspects may be needed to curb the spread of the virus, said…
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205 patients are being treated in intensive care, with 79 requiring respiratory assistance.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 ― Covid-19 patients awaiting a call from the Ministry of Health (MoH) can now report themselves through the ‘MySejahtera’ application. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the applicat…
Dr Khor Swee Kheng says Putrajaya cannot solely rely on the number of new cases and infectivity rate when responding to the pandemic.
This was despite them reporting through the MySejahtera mobile app.
[ UPDATE 17/01/2021 13:00 ]: Institute for Clinical Research (ICR) has released an FAQ on the COVID-19 vaccine trial. More details here.
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 15): The Ministry of Health (MOH) will hold further discussions with the Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM) and other private hospital licensees in the near future regarding the management of Covid…
A total of 204 patients are being treated in intensive care, with 87 requiring respiratory assistance.
The Malaysian Medical Association says the government should work with the private sector rather than twisting its arm.
APHM president Dr Kuljit Singh says that not all private hospitals have the necessary features like sterility and airflow, or sufficient manpower, that are required to manage Covid-19 cases.
Science minister Khairy Jamaluddin says frontline workers will be vaccinated first, then the elderly and those with chronic illnesses.
New procedures will see only individuals with symptoms being tested and sampling of clusters for testing.
Ismail Sabri Yaakob says harsh measures can be enforced under the emergency ordinance.
There were 1,036 cases in Selangor alone and 257 in Kuala Lumpur.
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 14): As two of Malaysia's closest neighbours, Singapore and Indonesia, kicked off their vaccination programmes, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin wrote a blog post to give an update o…
The Health Ministry targets to reduce new infections to 1,000 - 500 daily cases
JANUARY 14 — In the year 2020 alone, the number of new cancer cases reported in Malaysia was 48,639 and the number of people living with cancer (5-year) was a whooping 128,018 (Globocan, 2020). Presently, the top three most commo…
OUR Ministry of Health allocates more than 90% of its budget on sick care and not healthcare. While Covid-19 is an infectious disease, it is the non-c...
Health authorities expect to control Malaysia’s COVID-19 infection rate in 12 weeks now that the movement control order (MCO) has been reintroduced, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said on the first day of the renewed lockdown.