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Rakan KKM is not a charity. Experts slam the move to let private firms tap public hospitals for profit while our healthcare system bleeds. 🏥
Health experts say Rakan KKM cannot use public resources for cheap or free, like facilities, equipment, support services or MOH's pool procurement of drugs and consumables. “If Rakan KKM can’t survive without MOH subsidies, it pr…
Health Minister now says Rakan KKM is a public initiative, not a private venture—despite earlier links to a private company inside MOH 🤔 Damage control or just rebranding?
Dzulkefly Ahmad addresses concerns that the initiative is a form of privatisation.
Finally, some good news for junior doctors 🎉 MOH confirms that pre-gazettement specialists will receive their specialist allowance during the provisional period. Long overdue recognition!
Medical officers will now receive a pre-gazettement incentive during their supervised work experience (SWE) period after completing specialty training, equivalent to the incentive rates they previously received after completing s…
Health Ministry warns mortuary staff: No more kopi-o money! Bribes for queue-cutting or special treatment at hospital mortuaries won’t be tolerated 🚫
PETALING JAYA: Hospital mortuary staff have been strictly instructed not to accept any form of bribery in the handling of deceased individuals or the release of related information.
Govt promised on-call allowance hike. Now says tak cukup doktor to implement shift system, so… no raise. Doctors left waiting again. 🥴
Medical officers can quit waiting for their promised on-call allowance increase because it turns out that wasn’t a “done deal” after all. Dr Dzul says doctors’ on-call allowance can’t be raised because WBB can’t be implemented du…
Penang’s African Swine Fever outbreak is under control and limited to just 3 farms, says the state vet. No human risk, but strict containment is ongoing 🐷
188 pigs have been culled and 45 carcasses disposed of at one farm, while 70 pigs have died at another farm from ASF-related complications.
Good news: Dengue cases in Malaysia dropped 58.6%! 🚫🦟 But the Health Minister says—don’t let your guard down. Aedes doesn’t take holidays. Stay vigilant, clean your surroundings, and stop the bite.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 12 — Dengue cases in the country dropped to 32,299 between January 1 and July 5 this year, compared to 78,068 cases during the same period last year, a...
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Malaysia just made healthy living harder with a sales tax on fruits. More expensive fruits = less healthy choices for many. We need policies that support, not sabotage, public health 🍎
A new research report by the Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) highlights Malaysia’s significant reliance on imported fruits to meet domestic demand, noting that while local production is substantial for certain tropical fruits
🎉 Historic breakthrough! Malaysia’s shift-based healthcare workers finally secure a 42-hour work week—a well-deserved recognition for their tireless dedication.
KUALA LUMPUR: Describing it as a historic breakthrough, the Health Ministry welcomed the 42-hour work week for shift-based healthcare workers as a recognition of their dedication.
Malaysia now has over 120,000 nurses nationwide, but shortages persist as MOH pushes urgent system reforms. Can we retain talent and meet rising healthcare demands? 🩺
Health Ministry doubles nurse trainee intake, eases entry rules, ends moratorium to address 14,000-nurse shortage.
Malaysia’s healthcare brain drain isn’t just an MOH problem—it’s a national crisis. Without a whole-of-government response, we’re losing our best talent. Time for real action, not empty promises! 🏥🇲🇾
PUTRAJAYA, July 12 — Addressing the issue of talent migration in Malaysia’s healthcare sector requires a coordinated, whole-of-government approach, not just efforts from the...
Private hospital facing asset seizure over RM8mil negligence suit—now told to transfer all patients within 14 days. Healthcare collapse in slow motion? 😷
KUALA LUMPUR: The private hospital in Bangi that is facing an asset seizure has been advised to transfer patients to other healthcare facilities within two weeks.
Malaysia trains them, Singapore gains them 🇸🇬 MMA wants urgent reforms before more doctors walk across the Causeway Before it’s “goodbye Malaysia, hello $385K salary”
Retaining doctors must be treated as a national priority, says MMA president Dr Kalwinder Singh Khaira.
Middle-class Malaysian parents now face RM350,000 bills for a medical degree 🧾 as subsidies shrink and cost of education soars. Is becoming a doctor becoming a luxury only the rich can afford?
A mother's viral post exposes how families earning just above RM12,000 monthly are priced out of affordable higher education, despite their children's academic excellence.
MOH’s Private Wing? Why Rakan KKM Sdn Bhd Has Everyone Talking
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Free healthcare isn’t really free when you’re stuck in long queues, denied meds, or forced to pay out-of-pocket elsewhere. Let’s stop romanticising it and start fixing the system 🏥
Irrespective of the country you live in, you will be paying a significant amount both directly and indirectly for your healthcare.
Contract system for doctors was supposed to be a stopgap. Now it’s a career dead-end for many. MMA says it’s time to abolish it—for real change in healthcare 🇲🇾
MMA calls for abolition of the contract system for new doctors joining service, as there's no longer a shortage of permanent posts like a decade ago. "This will provide job security and do away with the present burdensome contrac…
Rakan KKM Sdn Bhd is now offering private healthcare services within MOH facilities. Public hospitals, private lanes. Is this healthcare or two-tier care? 🏥
The company profile of Rakan KKM Sdn Bhd, owned by MOF Inc., states it is to provide "private health care services within the Malaysian Ministry of Health's public health care system.” Rakan KKM is hiring for multiple positions a…
A private hospital may be seized over an unpaid RM8 million negligence judgment. Court found it liable after a patient suffered permanent disability. A stark reminder—medical errors can carry massive financial consequences ⚖️
KUALA LUMPUR: A private hospital in the Klang Valley faces seizure after failing to settle RM8.32 million for medical negligence.
Singapore’s hiring spree is draining Johor’s healthcare talent 🏥🇸🇬 With RM385k salaries on offer, who can blame them? Malaysia risks losing even more doctors across the Causeway.
JOHOR BARU: The Johor government has expressed concern over the growing number of Malaysian public healthcare professionals, particularly doctors and nurses, being lured to Singapore with lucrative pay packages.
Singapore’s direct recruitment of Malaysian doctors is causing alarm. Senator Dr RA Lingeshwaran calls it a “serious concern” for Malaysia’s healthcare system already hit by brain drain. 🇲🇾💉
RA Lingeshwaran says Singapore’s offer of an annual salary of RM385,000 plus housing and other perks will see an exodus of Malaysian doctors.
Another young doctor pushed to the edge — remote postings without support, no choice, no voice. When will the system start caring for its carers? 😔
The doctor's dilemma exemplifies the complex balance between professional duty and family obligations that many Malaysian healthcare workers face when confronted with distant posting assignments.
“Rakan KKM” creates a fast lane for those who pay — while others wait. This isn’t innovation, it’s institutionalised inequality 😡
Rakan KKM, an "express lane" for elective procedures in government hospitals that will be priced above cost, has sparked public anger over the creation of a two-tier system within the health service that risks diverting resources…