Malaysian Medical Resources
13,996 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 ― The Health Ministry is scrutinising allegations that Industry, Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali did not comply with the government’s mandatory 14-day isolation order upo…
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 ― Covid-19 infections in the country more than doubled today with 16 new cases, just a day after Malaysia chalked seven cases. Twelve of the new cases were domestic transmissions, all involving Malaysians whi…
The minister is setting an example that might trigger the entire quarantined population to reconsider their need to remain indoors and avoid interacting with the general public.
None of the UD41 medical officers, whose contracts were extended for six months in 2020, received permanent appointments due to the lack of vacancies.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 19 — An attempt to explain Datuk Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali’s apparent failure to observe the mandatory 14-day quarantine for Covid-19 prevention has triggered indignation among Malaysians online. A source clos…
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 19 ― The three medical tourists and their two companions who arrived in Penang last week were sequestered at a ward separate from other facilities, a private hospital that brought them in said today. Island Hospi…
PETALING JAYA: Someone once said “vanity can easily overtake wisdom”. This statement has never been more true than now. For the sake of looking good, ...
KUALA LUMPUR: More data is needed before Malaysia can decide whether to use the Covid-19 vaccines discovered by China and Russia.
The industry is also expected to achieve single-digit growth for the second half of the year.
She says this will reduce parents’ expenses in purchasing masks, which were made mandatory in public areas from Aug 1.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 ― A school in Kulim, Kedah has been ordered to close after three students and one teacher tested positive for Covid-19, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah confirmed today. He said the inf…
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 ― Covid-19 infections that were traced to two clusters in Kedah, Sala and Tawar, were able to spread because those who contracted the virus did not follow the regulations set by the Health Ministry, Tan Sri D…
Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says mutation to virus would result in higher infection rate.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 — Health experts and a former Cabinet member have expressed their belief that the ongoing recovery movement control order (RMCO) will likely be extended past its initial expiry date on August 31, in light of…
As the fattest country in Southeast Asia, a growing number of Malaysians are considering weight loss surgery as a way out.
The decision was made by a multi-stakeholder task force formed by the Ministry of Health in 2019.
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 17 — The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) exhorted the government to stop medical tourists from entering Malaysia amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement today, CAP said it was shocked that AirAsia provi…
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 17 — It is now compulsory for all agencies involved in the medical tourism sector to keep the state government informed on developments in the sector, said Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. The Penang lawmaker…
COVID-19 | The Health Ministry discovered a variant in Kedah and Johor that researches suggest is more infectious and fatal.
GEORGE TOWN: Penang will no longer grant permission or receive patients under medical tourism following active Covid-19 cases in the state, Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow announced last night.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — The number of Covid-19 infections in Malaysia draws closer to the 10,000 mark, as 25 new cases were reported today, bringing the total number of positive cases to 9,200. Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noo…