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Great Eastern exempt from foreign ownership ruling after pledging RM2 bil to B40 health scheme

Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng says the contribution will benefit more people than a reduction in the foreign ownership of Singaporean insurance giant.

What happens when an average Malaysian learns to live healthy | Malay Mail

PETALING JAYA, Jan 12 — Zaliha Abdul Rahim is your average homemaker in Malaysia. The 57-year-old cooks and spends time with her children daily while balancing household chores such as grocery shopping and cleaning the house. The…

New Guidance on CPD from the MMC

KKM akan bertindak terhadap salun kecantikan gigi haram

Man apologises to deputy minister over smoking ban tirade

Smoker was seen in a viral video lighting up and hurling insults at Dr Lee Boon Chye.

T-Home, a safe place that helps older Malaysian transwomen https://sg.news.yahoo.com/t-home-safe-place-helps-232447760.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=tw via @yahoosg

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 ― From the outside, T-Home looks like any other of the single-storey bungalows you would find in a Kuala Lumpur suburb. But it holds special significance for a number of older...

Pantai Hospital Penang offers free health screening for Grab drivers - The Edge Markets

GEORGE TOWN (Jan 11): Pantai Hospital Penang (PHP), in collaboration with GrabCar, is offering free annual health screening to all Grab driver-partners across Malaysia. Its CEO, Pan Wen Lek said that the health screening consists…

Govt to Work on Sex Education Syllabus After Stats Show Students as Young as 13 Are 'Active'

Women, Family and Community Development Deputy Minister Hannah Yeoh broke the news today (11 Jan) that a sex education syllabus is in the works after statistics show that sexual activity amongst students is on the rise. "It is al…

Saving our drugs from antibiotic resistance

The increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance means that more and more germs will be able to resist the killing power of antibiotic drugs, leaving us without a cure for common infections.

Attention doctors, please don't get so easily conned

In 2019, Health Ministry resolves to cut smoking, hypertension, obesity and more | Malay Mail

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 11 — The Health Ministry has made reducing non-communicable diseases (NCD) in the country its 2019 resolution as it seeks to keep Malaysia’s fitness levels from sliding further compared to regional peers. Datuk Ser…

Extra 100 Kota Belud hospital parking lots

KOTA BELUD: The hospital here kicked off its new year by unveiling the newly established parking lot named “Parking Muhibbah 2019” which is now available to the public.

Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) to become a corporate entity next year

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) is expected to become a corporate entity next year, said Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham A...

An outlook on the Malaysian healthcare scene for 2019

Economic uncertainties and budgetary constraints in the coming year do not bode well for Malaysian healthcare, opines our columnist.

Unwed Malaysian teens are having more sex but fewer babies?

Secrecy mars accurate data collection, but the poor seem to be most at risk of unplanned pregnancies

Delays in issuance of Annual Practising Certificates to be resolved by February

PETALING JAYA: Physicians who have applied for their Annual Practising Certificate (APC) will receive the document latest by February, said Health Dir...

Contractor jailed for slapping doctor at Ampang Hospital | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 9 — A contractor was sentenced to a month’s jail by the Ampang magistrate’s Court here today for slapping a woman doctor on the arm at the Emergency and Trauma Department of Ampang Hospital last Sunday. Magistra…

Be innovative, health minister tells businesses hurt by smoking ban | Malay Mail

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 9 — Restaurants should come up with creative ideas to stem declining business caused by the government’s smoking ban, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad said today. He claimed that the Pakatan Harapan (PH)…

Sabah smoking ban starts on Feb 1

Govt will not backtrack on smoking ban, says health minister

Don’t just choose the cheapest drugs, pharmaceutical group tells Putrajaya | Malay Mail

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 9 — A pharmaceutical group has urged the government to look at other factors like clinical needs in the procurement of medicines, instead of focusing solely on price. The Pharmaceutical Association of Malaysia (PhA…

Sabah to decide on smoking ban.

Govt hospitals’ housemen getting enough rest?

PETALING JAYA: Are housemen at our government hospitals getting enough time to rest or are they being exploited with being made to work long hours? Al...

Health Ministry eyes smoke-free universities next | Malay Mail

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 8 — The Health Ministry announced plans today to prohibit smoking in all universities in the country this year, following a similar ban in restaurants. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the…