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8 Chinese medical universities, including Zhejiang University, have applied for official recognition in Malaysia. They're now going through MMC-approved assessment. 🎓

KUALA LUMPUR: Eight Chinese medical universities have applied for official recognition in Malaysia under a newly approved assessment process, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

Malaysia's Health Ministry now has full autonomy to manage & assign its own doctor positions, without going through JPA. Dzulkefly says this should finally ease staff shortages at understaffed hospitals. 🩺

KUALA LUMPUR: Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said his ministry now has full mandate and autonomy to manage, organise and distribute approved positions independently from the Public Service Department (JPA).

Sarawak has ~4,800 dialysis patients but lags the Peninsula on treatment rates due to distance. NKF Malaysia is expanding centres closer to home. 🩺

Kuching South held its 3rd free health screening this year in Bintawa, saying a healthy population is key to nation-building. 🩺

Sabah's Hospital Wanita dan Kanak-Kanak wants a PET-CT Centre and Cyclotron Facility so cancer patients get earlier diagnosis without leaving the state. 🎗️

Malaysia may help develop the world's first dengue treatment 💉 Hosp Raja Permaisuri Bainun (Ipoh) is now a trial site for a new antibody drug — dengue has no cure today.

This common viral infection currently has no cure, but healthcare experts are hopeful forthcoming clinical trials will have promising results.

DOSM's new "death calculator" uses 2000-2023 mortality data to reveal the top causes of death by age, gender and demographic group. 📊

KUALA LUMPUR: The Statistics Department's (DOSM) latest interactive calculator is giving Malaysians an insight into the leading causes of death among people of similar age and gender.

Rompin Hospital stayed open after a workers’ protest; salary issue resolved, says Pahang Health Dept.

KUANTAN, July 10 — Operations at Rompin Hospital and the delivery of healthcare services to patients have not been affected following a gathering by workers of a non-concession...

Malaysia's dengue cases jumped 34.8% to 42,848 this year; deaths up nearly 79% to 34. Klang Valley remains the hotspot. 🦟

PUTRAJAYA: The number of dengue cases recorded nationwide this year rose 34.8% to 42,848 as of Thursday (July 9), compared with 31,790 cases recorded during the same period last year.

Malaysia’s health budget won’t face a blanket freeze in 2026, says MOF — a crucial signal for hospitals, staffing and patient care as costs keep rising.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — The government is not implementing across-the-board restrictions on the allocations for the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Ministry of Education (MoE)...

Deputy Health Minister forecasts a 50% no-show rate among doctors offered permanent posts in Sabah this year, after just 20 of 39 reported for duty in June's intake. 😬

Deputy Health Minister Hanifah says she expects half of medical officers offered permanent positions in Sabah later this year to reject their offers. Her forecast was based on the June intake, where only 20 of 39 doctors posted t…

3 dengue warning signs that you should never ignore 🦟

Sabah’s doctor shortage: MOH plans 560 permanent medical-officer postings from October — a major test of whether staffing can catch up with demand.

Doctors are pushing back against pharmacists joining emergency triage in public hospitals. Their warning: non-critical cases are not necessarily simple illnesses — and a pharmacy is not a clinic.

PMPASKL opposes MPS' suggestion to integrate community pharmacies into a new emergency triage system in public hospitals, saying non-critical cases aren't necessarily simple illnesses. "A pharmacy is not a clinic and a pharmacist…

World Skin Health Day: doctors say skin disease isn't just cosmetic — it can disrupt sleep, mental health, mobility, and cause lifelong disability. 🩹

Skin conditions can affect far more than appearance, underscoring the importance of early diagnosis and treatment.

Malaysia won't adopt mandatory national health insurance — "not politically right," says Health Minister Dzulkefly. Govt will expand private insurance/takaful instead. 🏥

Dr Dzul says Putrajaya isn't planning to introduce mandatory national health insurance, likening it to a "double war" on top of general taxation that funds public health care. The Madani government wants to "mainstream" private h…

Papar Hospital’s water resilience is being strengthened through a groundwater initiative — the kind of quiet hospital infrastructure fix that only gets noticed when it fails.

Kota Kinabalu: Seorang wanita berusia 27 tahun dijatuhi hukuman penjara lima tahun dan denda RM10,000 atau penjara 10 bulan sekiranya gagal membayar denda, kerana menjadi orang tengah bagi menawarkan

Malaysia’s new affordable medical insurance pilot may reshape private hospital flows fast. Hospitals left out of the MHIT panel could soon feel the patient-volume squeeze.

RHB Investment Bank Bhd (RHB Research) maintained its OVERWEIGHT call on the healthcare sector, with KPJ Healthcare Bhd, LAC Med Bhd and Duopharma Biotech Bhd as its top picks as the MediAsas Base Medical and Health Insurance/Tak…

Malaysia’s High Court just reinforced a hard truth: a bad outcome alone is not enough. Medical negligence claims need independent expert evidence.

Judge says the lack of evidence from an independent medical expert was a 'fatal flaw' in the case.

81% of patients at Malaysia’s public clinics now see medical officers within 60 minutes after digitalisation rollout.

KUALA LUMPUR July, 8 — The implementation of the Cloud-Based Clinical Management System (CCMS) at government health clinics has helped reduce patient waiting times, with 81 per...

Malaysia’s workplace mental health crisis is no longer a HR issue to paper over with posters and wellness talk. It is now a measurable workplace hazard.

More than half of working Malaysians report high levels of work-related stress. Many of those people are, at this moment, sitting at a desk or standing on a line, doing their jobs and saying nothing.

Malaysia cannot keep calling this a staffing issue when it’s now a patient safety issue. An understaffed cardiology service means delayed diagnoses, delayed procedures, and avoidable deaths. Buildings don’t save lives. Doctors, nurses, and functioning equipment do. ❤️

HSAJB's cardiology department is severely understaffed and overworked, besides not having sufficient beds or angiography machines. Staff at every level are on excessive on-calls or double shifts. Johor has the lowest staffing occ…

Malaysia's DVS flags Salmonella Infantis among top 5 strains in healthy poultry — 90% of broiler, 93% of layer isolates were multidrug-resistant in 2025. 🐔

Salmonella Infantis is now among the top five Salmonella serovars isolated from healthy poultry in Malaysia, says DVS. It also revealed that 90% of broiler chicken and 93% of layer chicken Salmonella isolates were multidrug-resis…

Speaker urges MPs to get regular health screenings after the Kuala Terengganu MP was hospitalised at IJN this week. 🩺

KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 — Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Dr Johari Abdul today reminded Members of Parliament to undergo regular health screenings after an MP was hospitalised at the...