Malaysian Medical Resources
14,022 reports from 2017–2026, collected from the Malaysian Medical News Telegram channel.
SUBANG JAYA — A father abandoned his five-year-old son who was being treated at the Serdang Hospital in Selangor after a road accident in February. It is learnt that the boy, only known as Rizky, was sent to the hospital's emerge…
KUALA LUMPUR, June 13 — A senior professor from University of Malaya’s (UM) Faculty of Medicine has made the nation proud by receiving the highest rank and most prestigious award in medical physics. Prof Dr Ng Kwan Hoong is the f…
From A CONCERNED MEDICAL STUDENT, Kuala Lumpur.
LETTER | The new health minister's aim to make healthcare more affordable should be applauded.
The state must be accountable for its failure to uphold its responsibility to protect people from unwanted deaths.
PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry should approve a drug named Spinraza that can help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), said WeCare Journey co-founder Yap Sook Yee.
Galen Centre CEO Azrul Mohd Khalib says rural patients now have to travel long distances to seek treatment for chronic diseases such as cancer, causing them financial hardship.
More posts for housemen will allow new doctors to be placed more quickly, says MMA chief Ravindran Naidu.
THE drug shortage in government hospitals and clinics is the top priority for new Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, who said a task force has been set up to resolve…
Aggression towards doctors and nurses jumped by 1,080% last year, according to a news report.
COMMENT | There is a strong case for a royal commission to report on the need for quality healthcare services.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 — The Ministry of Health will implement six measures to address various issues related to health services and facilities to ensure the provision of best health services to the people, said Health Minister Dz…
INTERVIEW | The need is great, says Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, as the country faces a shortage of specialists.
Dzulkefly Ahmad says no new degree programmes, no increase in medical student intake, and more training slots for graduates.
This is aimed at solving glut of medical grads and nurses who cannot find placement in public hospitals.
KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 ― The Health Ministry will solve the glut of medical graduates and new nurses who have yet to get placement in government hospitals. Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the glut was due to an increase in…
INTERVIEW | Only qualified contractors can bid for these projects, vows minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.
KUALA LUMPUR: Shares in Pharmaniaga Bhd fell 4% in early trade on concerns over its concession agreement with the Health Ministry (MoH) to supply medicines.
Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad responds to concerns on a monopoly by Pharmaniaga, says other vendors also supply directly to ministry facilities.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry has refuted claims that Pharmaniaga is monopolising the supply of medicines to the ministry.
KUNAK, June 6 — The Kunak Hospital Blood Bank is appealing to the public to donate blood as supply had greatly decreased during the month of Ramadan. Its director, Dr Asbullah Sudin, said the hospital was in need of supply of all…
PUTRAJAYA, June 5 ― Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad wants his ministry to be more proactive in providing healthcare. At his first official town hall with ministry officials and staff, Dr Dzulkefly said he wanted the ministry t…