Malaysian Medical Resources
14,325 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry is studying whether to implement a full ban on vape or electronic cigarettes in the country following a worrying rise in the vaping habit among youth.
PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has issued a warning against the use of the "Herbun Plaster" as the traditional product contains diphenhydramine, a scheduled poison.
Disclose the report on the 2016 Hospital Sultanah Aminah fire that killed six patients.
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 8 — The next time you reach for a whitening face cream in hopes of fairer skin, think twice as many products being sold contain harmful substances especially mercury. Penang Consumers Association (CAP) said it fo…
From DR JOHN TEO, Consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, Kota Kinabalu.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 — About 80 per cent of cases that have the potential to donate organs have been rejected by family members, said Dr Raja Farah Faizura Raja Shahruddin, head of Transplantation Unit, Medical Development Divisio…
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 — The government is looking at the possibility of having a two-tier pricing system for private hospitals, says Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng. “We want to see a cheaper cost for our patients, maybe even suggest…
GEORGE TOWN, Oct 7 — Penang state exco Dr Afif Bahardin said the government should focus on making automated external defibrillators (AED) in public spaces compulsory instead of debating the legalisation of cannabis. “We need thi…
Health News -The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has suspended the import of fresh quail eggs from a farm in Malaysia that contributes about 20 per cent of Singapore's supply.. Read more at
He said the children would have 23 times increased risk of pertussis without vaccines.
WHEN she was a teenager, Tengku Puteri Raja Tengku Puteri Iman Afzan Al-Sultan Abdullah, 26, suffered from anxiety. She didn’t know what was wrong and didn’t ask for help, something she wished she had done.
KUALA LUMPUR: Doctors seeking to pursue certain specialties in a public university are now required to take an entrance examination, which will run for the first time next month, says Medical Deans Council of Malaysia chairman Pr…
The PeKa B40 scheme provides free health screening and treatment for the low-income group.
The Malaysian Medical Association and Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy say the government should spend to ensure citizens stay healthy.
KUALA LUMPUR: Nine Health Ministry nursing training institutes (ILKKM) have closed this year and 10 more are set to stop operating by 2021, says Cuepacs.
KUALA LUMPUR: Cervical, ovarian, and uterine cancer were among top 10 dreaded diseases to affect Malaysian women.
The department advises the public not to buy unregistered health products.
LETTER | We list here our serious concerns on the proposed implementation of medicines price control.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) is disappointed that the government is shutting down the Health Ministry's nursing training institutes (ILKKM).
A purported circular says medical officers will be placed according to the "importance of service".
MELAKA: The state governments' move to combat dengue by releasing sterile mosquitoes into the wild proved impotent as dengue cases here have soared to worrying levels.
Patients told to use 'after working hours' clinic at hospital to avoid such long waits.
KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Health department recorded more than 1,000 cases of Hepatitis B annually in the past five years.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 3 — Malaysian women are increasingly affected by heart ailments that are the nation’s number one killer, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. She said that over the years, women heart…