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Early detection saves lives 🎗️ MOH reminds Malaysians: 50,000 new cancer cases are found every year — regular screenings are key.

Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad says most cases are detected at stage three or four, when it is too late.

Malaysia is set to launch the Senior Citizens Action Plan on Oct 5, aiming to address ageing population challenges with better care, inclusion & support for the elderly 👵👴

🤖 Malaysian scientists are using AI to predict knee osteoarthritis and personalise treatment. Their new tool combines scans and cell data to guide doctors and could transform care for aching knees.

AT first glance, it’s just another outpatient visit. A patient in her late 60s walks in with persistent knee pain; something that she has grown used to over the years. A few scans, a prescription for physiotherapy, and perhaps a…

💰 A think‑tank urges Malaysia to set up a National Health & Social Insurance to fund healthcare and aged care, scrap sugar subsidies and boost doctors’ on‑call allowances.

KUCHING (Sept 27): Putrajaya is urged to finance health and aged care, increase on-call allowances (ETAP) for doctors and dentists, and remove sugar subsidies under Budget 2026. According to the Galen Centre for Health and Social…

🩺 Sarawak’s hospitals are understaffed as burnout and low pay push nurses out. With an ageing population, leaders warn patient care is at risk and call for urgent federal support.

MIRI (Sept 28): Sarawak is confronting a severe nursing shortage that is straining the state’s healthcare system and jeopardising patient care. In observing this, state Transport Minister Dato Sri Lee Kim Shin believed that the s…

Malaysia is making it easier for Malaysian specialists abroad to return home and serve with new MMC guidelines 🚑 A big step to tackle our healthcare brain drain.

The move addresses long-standing barriers faced by many Malaysian-trained doctors abroad whose credentials were previously excluded from the country’s “recognised” list.

🚭 Deferring the vape ban sends the wrong signal. MMA calls it unacceptable and warns public health is at stake.

Malaysian Medical Association president Dr R Thirunavukarasu says Malaysians cannot afford another year of preventable harm.

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MOH clears the air: Vaccines do NOT cause autism, and paracetamol in pregnancy is SAFE. Science > myths 💉

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 — The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) has dismissed claims circulating in international media linking paracetamol use during pregnancy and childhood...

Malaysian doctor shares eye-opening differences between working in Malaysia and Australia 🌏 Healthcare systems, pay, and work-life balance worlds apart.

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MOH moving to expand the 13th Fee Schedule — new specialist procedures will be added, but will this finally address long-standing gaps or just spark more debate on fair doctor pay? ⚖️

Dr Dzul says MOH is reviewing Schedule 13 of Act 586 by adding new procedures, which will enable specialists in private hospitals to charge reasonable fees for new procedures with modern tech. A review of Schedule 7 for clinic GP…

Cancer Society rolls out new programme to put health monitoring tools directly into the hands of Malaysians 💡 A move towards empowering communities in early detection and prevention.

IPOH: The political secretary to the Finance Minister, Muhammad Kamil Abdul Munim, spoke about learning that his one-year-old daughter was suspected of having leukaemia.

Civil servants should walk the talk on public health — MMA says they must lead by example in quitting smoking, eating healthy, and staying active 🚭

MMA condemns Selangor civil servant smoking in govt vehicle, calls for consistent enforcement

MOH plans to promote community nurses and redeploy them to hospitals to help tackle the nurse shortage crisis 👩‍⚕️ But will rural communities be left behind?

The health ministry says 2,233 community nurses will be promoted to grade U5 and sent to hospitals to help plug a staff shortage.

Most surgeons in Malaysia are practising outside the Health Ministry — raising questions about staffing, training, and access to surgical care in public hospitals 🏥

Only a small minority of NSR-registered surgeons in Malaysia work in MOH: general surgeons (33%), thoracic (30%), upper GI (28%), breast & endocrine (27%), hepatobiliary (25%), colorectal (20%), and vascular (17%). But all 9 trau…

Malaysia is setting up 10 obesity management clinics nationwide to tackle the rising epidemic. With obesity a ticking time bomb for chronic diseases, this move could be a game-changer for prevention and treatment 💪

Health minister says a screening of 1.2 million Malaysian adults from January to September found 61.7% of them were obese or overweight.

Heart disease remains Malaysia’s #1 killer, warns Deputy Health DG. Despite advances in care, lifestyle risks are fueling the crisis. Prevention > treatment ❤️‍🩹

Malaysia can’t make healthy meals affordable without tackling land access and farmer support 🌾 Time to fix the root of the food system, not just the plate.

Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin says Malaysia must increase food production for healthy Suku-Suku Separuh meals to be affordable. Fruits and vegetables are widely imported. Farmland access is a big problem as land here is mainly focus…

Health Ministry suggests expanding SARA subsidy scheme to cover fruits and vegetables, aiming to make healthier food more affordable for Malaysians 🥦

A division from the ministry suggests that families cook at home more regularly if they find the 'SSS' healthy plate model too costly.

Mercy Malaysia is preparing to dispatch its 6th and 7th medical relief teams to Gaza as the humanitarian crisis deepens. 🇲🇾✈️ #Malaysia #Gaza

IPOH: Mercy Malaysia is preparing to deploy its sixth and seventh Special Medical Teams to Gaza soon to continue humanitarian missions despite facing technical and security challenges.

Private hospitals brace for a shake-up 💉 Sunway Healthcare warns in its IPO prospectus that the govt’s upcoming DRG billing system could cap revenues from high-cost procedures, threatening RM1.6b expansion plans.

Sunway Healthcare Holdings Bhd, which is seeking a listing on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia to fund an expansion worth over RM1.6 billion, has flagged a major regulatory risk — the impending diagnosis-related group (DRG) paym…

MMA says Singapore’s plan to pay Malaysian doctors higher compensation won’t solve the real problem—address brain drain causes at home, not just money 💡

The association says the push factors in the Malaysian healthcare system are far stronger than the pull factors abroad.

Doctors get the blame, insurers and MCOs get a free pass? APP Sabah slams MOH for shielding powerful players while pointing fingers at doctors 😡

APPS accuses MOH of targeting private health care providers, while shielding insurers/MCOs/TPAs that are interfering with patients' treatment. GPs are blamed for drug price discrepancy, but MOH procures generics at 100%-150% high…

New COVID-19 variant XFG has been detected in Malaysia, sparking fresh concern over mutations and public health readiness 😷

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