Malaysian Medical Resources
14,017 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 — Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad today said that the price of cigarettes will be increased across the board within a month following the implementation of the Sales and Services Tax (SST). Dzulkef…
IPOH, Oct 17 — Several restaurant owners and hawkers worry that a smoking ban at open-air eateries will turn away patrons who light up, their primary customer base. Ipoh Rumpun restaurant owner Muhammad Noor Ghazali said that the…
UPDATED 1.50PM | Shops selling alcohol must also display a warning sign about its health effects, Dzulkefly says.
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English News and Press Release on Indonesia about Health, Logistics and Telecommunications, Earthquake and Tsunami; published on 07 Oct 2018 by MERCY Malaysia
The government has yet to look into drawing up a law to control vaping.
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 15 — The Health Ministry has set up a special inquiry to probe the information obtained by an independent body on allegations of sexual harassment against housemen by a department head at a hospital in the Klang Va…
Smokers can only light up outside the building.
OCTOBER 15 — This morning I woke up to the news that an 18-year-old girl died while giving birth in a house in Perak and the police had sent her body for a post mortem. Her baby also did not make it. I don't even know her religio…
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — Despite the availability of several cancer screening programmes, the Healthy Ministry admitted that there are still many patients who presented the disease when they have reached a later stage. According to…
ALOR SETAR: The government has rejected a suggestion by restaurant operators who want to have a designated smoking area within their premises.
PETALING JAYA: A national survey has revealed that Malaysians aged 13 to 17 are critically suffering from mental health problems.
PETALING JAYA: In conjunction with its first anniversary and World Mental Health Day 2018 on Wednesday (Oct 10), the Mental Illness Awareness and Support Society (MIASA) organised a forum titled "Young People and Mental Health in…
KUALA LUMPUR: A proposed health insurance scheme by the Health Ministry will worsen the brain drain in public hospitals if no holistic plan is in place to address it, says Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj.
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Malaysia needs to do more to deliver better outcomes in terms of children's health and learning to boost the incomes of people and country, with returns far into the future, says the World Bank.
PUTRAJAYA, Oct 11 — Malaysians should not neglect people with mental health issues but should instead help them, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. She said it was reported that about 40 per cent of M…
JAKARTA, Oct 10 — The government is committed to promote better public-private partnerships and focus to enhance primary healthcare in the country, said Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. He said the vision was expressed during…
SANDAKAN: Before the creation of the radiology building at the Duchess of Kent Hospital (DOKH) here, patients here had to travel to Kota Kinabalu and sometimes even further to Kuala Lumpur to avail…
Healthcare sector
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) accounted for 60% of the disease burden in Malaysia in 1990, and this increased to 72% in 2013.