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Malaysia reports 2 deaths and 56 heat-related cases in just 4 months of 2026. Heat is no longer seasonal. It’s a public health threat. Expect more cases unless behaviour and policy change fast. 🌡️
More than half of the cases reported were linked to physical activity during hot weather. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MOH draws its line: emergency care, medicines & medical supplies are OFF the table in Malaysia's health budget fight. Counter-proposal incoming — only unfilled posts & deferred staffing on the chopping block 🏥
KOTA KINABALU: The Health Ministry will submit a counter-proposal to safeguard non-negotiable core healthcare services from a proposed 10% budget cut for the sector.
Sarawak General Hospital gets another round of donated medical equipment from the CCEP Foundation — their 4th contribution to Sarawak healthcare facilities 🤝
KUCHING (May 1): The Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) here has received two syringe pump machines from the Community Care Enrichment Programme (CCEP) Foundation to support its daily patient care services. CCEP Foundation chief exec…
Malaysia is short 11,000 specialists and has 18% nursing vacancies — and now there's a dedicated inter-ministerial task force to fix it. Relocation incentives, retention packages on the table 🏥
Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad says the shortage of doctors in Sabah, Sarawak and across the country requires a comprehensive, whole-of-government approach.
Malaysia's NCD bill: RM64.3 billion a year — more than the entire MOH budget. Dzulkefly launches Wellness Hubs & expands health kiosks to rural Sabah & Sarawak. Prevention is the only way out 💊
SANDAKAN: Malaysia must urgently shift from a treatment-focused healthcare system to prevention, as the cost of managing diseases continues to exceed the Health Ministry's budget.
Sabah logs 357 monkey malaria cases and 1 death by Week 16 — Tawau, Ranau & Kudat hardest hit. Zoonotic malaria is rising; all govt clinics can detect and treat 🦟
SANDAKAN: Sabah reported 357 zoonotic (monkey) malaria cases by Epidemiological Week 16, and one death was recorded, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad
Malaysia may cut billions from healthcare while public hospitals are already stretched. Dr Avatar Singh turns it into a blues protest song: Triage by Treasury Cut waste first. Don’t start with hospitals.
Triage by Treasury is a blues-jazz protest song about Malaysia’s proposed healthcare budget cuts and the pressure already felt inside public hospitals. Sung by Dr Avatar Singh, this track uses satire, blues grit, and public hospi…
MOH heads to the table: formal discussions with the Finance Ministry on budget realignment begin, with May 15 as the deadline for all ministries to submit reviews 📋
The finance ministry yesterday proposed RM3.06 billion in operational spending cuts for the health ministry to save government funds amid the Iran conflict.
Malaysia's health budget is getting "intensive care" of its own — The Star rounds up the escalating standoff between Treasury cuts and frontline healthcare needs 🏥
Cut the junkets, not the clinics. Public health doctors lay out where Malaysia should — and shouldn't — trim the health budget. Essential care must be off the table ✂️
The wrong health spending cuts will cost Malaysia more than they save. Don't touch primary care, emergency services, public health/communicable disease control, essential medicines, and MCH. Older Malaysians will be among the fir…
60,000+ dialysis patients and cancer groups push back on Malaysia’s health spending cuts — warning of care disruptions, treatment delays, and worst case, death 🩺
NKF and NCSM warn that cuts to the government's health budget may hit dialysis and cancer services. NKF, which receives substantial subsidies from MOH for kidney replacement therapy, says it may be forced to reduce screening and…
Health Minister Dzulkefly now expects a 10% MOH budget cut — that's RM4.65b, more than Treasury's original RM3b ask. Core services "non-negotiable," but the math is getting harder 💸
Dr Dzul says he expects a cut of about 10% to MOH's RM46.5 billion budget, but maintains that "essential core services" will be protected. A 10% cut is equivalent to RM4.65 billion, much higher than the RM3 billion cut initially…
Private hospitals have ~1 month's drug supply and must buy at market price. Public hospitals have larger buffers but are nearly full. Malaysia's healthcare is on thin ice 🏗️
Private health care providers in Malaysia face greater risk from global supply shocks for drugs and consumables due to limited stocks and market exposure, while public hospitals are buffered but strained by heavy patient loads, s…
Drug prices haven't spiked yet — but once manufacturers restock APIs at crisis-inflated costs, Malaysians will feel it. The wave is coming 💊
Drug prices in Malaysia haven’t risen yet, but increases are expected as higher API costs feed through, says MAPS. Heavy reliance on imported API exposes Malaysia’s medicine supply to shocks, though delays haven’t caused nationwi…
MOH draws the line: blood taking in pharmacies is illegal. Phlebotomy is a clinical procedure — only licensed health facilities may perform it ⚕️
MOH says blood taking is not permitted in community pharmacies because phlebotomy is a clinical procedure that can only be carried out in licensed health care facilities under Act 586, adding that it will continue to strengthen e…
Malaysia launches Occupational Safety & Health Master Plan 2026–2030 on Labour Day — plus a new Integrated Workplace Health Programme open to all employers 👷
Doctor groups sound the alarm: RM3b health budget cut = longer waits, delayed surgeries, burnout, more exits. Already 11,000 specialists short. Malaysia can't afford this 🏥
FPMPAM says a RM3 billion health spending cut will likely have "real consequences" for both patients (worse outcomes) and health workers (rising burnout and resignations), while MMA says the public health care system is already u…
MOF says health cuts are "non-critical only" — but hasn't withdrawn its RM3.1b cut request to MOH. Core services "safe", yet the sword still hangs 💸
PUTRAJAYA, April 30 — The government’s recent expenditure adjustment measures will not affect essential public services such as healthcare, education, security and other core...
Hospital supplies take 74% of every inpatient insurance claim — up from 70% in 2022. Claims inflation: 21.6%. Premium inflation: 13.2%. The maths is unsustainable ⚠️
Hospital supplies take 74% of every inpatient insurance claim — up from 70% in 2022. Claims inflation: 21.6%. Premium inflation: 13.2%. The maths is unsustainable ⚠️
Sabah needs 9,000+ doctors but has just 4,828. The shortfall? 4,526. Doctor-to-patient ratio: 1:775 against a national target of 1:400 🏥
KOTA KINABALU, April 29 — Sabah is facing a critical shortage of doctors, with the state government saying the gap to the national average is a significant 4,526 doctors across...
Malaysia faces a healthcare crisis — yet Treasury is proposing to cut MOH's budget BELOW 2025 levels. RM43.4b on the table vs RM45.3b last year 💸
The Treasury has ordered budget cuts for various ministries this year due to a ballooning subsidy bill, specifying a proposed cut of about RM3 billion (6.6%) to the Health Ministry's RM46.5 billion 2026 budget, leaving MOH with a…
Malaysia's public health promotions run on seniority, not performance. Dr Musa Mohd Nordin says this is killing morale — and the healthcare system pays the price 📋
Restoring confidence in promotion practices is not just about fairness. It is about safeguarding the future effectiveness, morale, and integrity of our public health institutions.