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Flash: IRB reverses decision to backdate SDN BHD ruling for specialists

Flash: IRB reverses decision to backdate SDN BHD ruling for specialists

Colorectal cancer: Most common cancer in men

I turned down deputy health minister post offer, says Gopeng MP

PKR vice-president Lee Boon Chye said today he has turned down Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's offer to appoint him deputy health minister. The Gopeng MP told Sin Chew Daily…

Health DG: Ministry has regulated canned sardine brand from China | Malay Mail

PUTRAJAYA, June 27 ― The Health Ministry has taken regulatory measures on the sardine brand from China which was reported to contain a worm, said Health Director-General Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said no individual had become a…

1Malaysia Clinics to be rebranded as ‘Community Clinics’

UPDATED 6.50PM | They will come equipped with both doctors and pharmacists, says minister.

Disease-causing worms in canned sardines from China

The Anisakis spp worms attack the gastrointestinal system, resulting in abdominal pain, diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting.

Fate of 1Malaysia clinics in limbo pending briefing

1MALAYSIA clinics are in for either an overhaul or closure for certain outlets after Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad gets a full briefing on it today. (Wednesday) This will end…

MMA working with ministry to regulate healthcare middlemen -

MMA president Dr Ravindran R Naidu says the association wants the health ministry to eliminate unethical practices of third party administrators hired by employers.

Health Ministry mulls pooled procurement for medicines

Updated FAQ on CPD from the MMC

Helping adult diabetics avoid blindness

KUALA LUMPUR: Diabetes is the most common cause of blindness among adults in Malaysia. According to the 2006 National Health and Morbidity Survey, about 15,000 to 39,000 people lost their sight because of diabetes. This condition…

Terima suapan, doktor ATM dipenjara 5 tahun, denda RM7 juta -

Hakim Rozilah Salleh membuat keputusan itu selepas berpuas hati bahawa pihak pembelaan gagal menimbulkan keraguan munasabah terhadap kes pendakwaan.

1Malaysia clinics to be revamped, says Dzulkefly -

Health minister says the clinics will be encouraged to conduct more early detection of medical conditions.

Measles cases on the rise - Health Ministry

PUTRAJAYA: Health authorities are concerned by the high number of measles cases with a 22.3 per cent increase compared to the first five months last year.

Rights group demand better healthcare after WHO says being transgender not a mental illness | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, JUNE 23 — A transgender rights group urged the Health Ministry today to introduce trans-specific healthcare services after the World Health Organisation (WHO) no longer classified being transgender as a mental disor…

Activist urges govt to introduce mental health assessment system | Malay Mail

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — The government needs to introduce a mental health assessment system which can determine the extent of mental disorders that can lead to crime occurrences or criminal acts, said social activist Tan Sri Lee…

Almost all foreign workers in study carry food poisoning microbes

KUALA LUMPUR: Almost all foreign workers tested in a study were found to be carrying microbes which could cause food poisoning and even death, and a small percentage of them harboured antibiotic resistant bacteria, said researche…

Warded patients' relatives told to utilize QEH's dormitory

KOTA KINABALU: Relatives of ward patients should make use of Queen Elizabeth Hospital 1’s (QEH’s) free public dormitory instead of turning its grounds into a ‘refugee camp’,…

MP lodges MACC report on drug procurement scandal -

Klang MP urges the new government to do away with tendering agents who are marking up the prices of medication.

Health Dept to hold supplementary immunisation against measles

KUCHING: The Health Department will carry out supplementary immunisation activity (SIA) in Bintulu starting July 2, following a spike in measles cases there. In a statement yesterday, director Dr J…

Child marriages in Malaysia — Girls Not Brides | Malay Mail

JUNE 21 — In a few days, Girls Not Brides, a global partnership of hundreds of civil society organisations (CSO) committed to ending child marriage, will hold its 2nd global meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia has the unique opport…

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Perak reps lodge report over medicine monopoly claims, demand Subra’s explanation | Malay Mail

IPOH, June 19 — Two Perak DAP assemblymen have lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), urging the anti-graft body to probe recent revelations of a billion-ringgit medical supply monopoly. Keranji ass…