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🍣 Sushiro's KLCC outlet shut on health authorities' guidance. Reopening terms being worked out.
KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 — Japanese conveyor-belt sushi chain Sushiro has temporarily closed its Suria KLCC outlet from today “following guidance from Malaysian health...
MOH takes its website offline after a cyber threat — no breach of patient data, no impact on healthcare systems; investigations ongoing 🔒
PUTRAJAYA (June 30): The Ministry of Health (MOH) has temporarily suspended access to its official website to allow for enhanced cybersecurity measures to be implemented. In a statement today, the ministry said it is conducting i…
US Embassy donates RM124,000 in medical equipment to Malaysia's Flying Doctor Service in Perak — ultrasound machines, medical kits, portable power stations; Sabah & Sarawak next ✈️
IPOH: The United States Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has donated about RM124,000 (US$30,000) worth of medical equipment to the Perak Health Department to strengthen the Flying Doctor Service (FDS).
Malaysia's new base medical insurance plan (MHIT) pilots in Klang Valley by end-July — will cover stable pre-existing conditions, nationwide rollout Jan 2027 🏥
KUALA LUMPUR: The new base medical and health insurance/takaful (MHIT) plan will enter its pilot phase by the end of July as authorities step up efforts to tackle rising medical costs, says Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.
9.15 million B40 Malaysians are eligible for MySalam health payouts — govt is mulling extending the scheme for another year as fund balance hits RM490.9 million 💊
KUALA LUMPUR, June 30 — A total of 9.15 million Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah (STR) recipients are eligible for benefits under the MySalam B40 National Protection Scheme based on this...
📱 Malaysian children are spending hours daily on screens — and paying with obesity, poor posture, eye strain, and sedentary habits. Are we raising a generation that can't put the phone down?
WALK into almost any restaurant today and a familiar scene unfolds. Families sit around a table, yet conversations are scarce. Couples share a meal, yet their attention is fixed elsewhere. Children, teenagers and adults alike sta…
⚠️ 465 deaths in Malaysian immigration depots over 5 years — 12 of them children. Causes: sepsis, respiratory illness, heart disease. The Dewan Rakyat heard improvements are now in place, but scrutiny remains.
Minister says the highest number involved Filipinos, followed by Indonesians and Myanmar nationals.
🧬 Thalassemia is one of Sabah's most important inherited diseases — yet many couples still skip pre-marriage screening. Early testing can prevent generations of suffering.
LOVE is often described as blind, but when love begins to move towards marriage, pregnancy and family planning, health should never be left in the dark. In Sabah, this message carries special meaning because thalassemia remains o…
🍄 A couple in Sik are hospitalised after mistaking toxic wild mushrooms for edible kulat tahun. Their 280kg combined weight made the rescue a 20-minute operation. Wild mushroom foraging carries real risks.
SIK: A husband and wife suffered food poisoning after mistakenly eating poisonous wild mushrooms they mistakenly thought were rare yearly mushrooms (kulat tahun) on Sunday (June 28).
♿ MOH wants to open PERKESO's rehab centres to non-contributors — including children with cerebral palsy. Legal hurdles under a 1969 Act need resolving first. A whole-of-government fix in the works.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry is working on a plan to tap the Social Security Organisation's (PERKESO) world-class rehabilitation centres to treat patients, including children with cerebral palsy, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly…
🦟 Malaysia's dengue crisis is shifting — DENV-3 is now the dominant strain with 38,842 cases this year. A new serotype brings new risks, especially for those previously infected. Selangor leads at 17,701 cases.
PETALING JAYA: With more than 38,000 dengue cases recorded in the first half of the year, the country is now grappling with a significant viral shift, as the DENV-3 strain emerges as the dominant circulating serotype.
🏥 That viral photo of people sleeping in Sabah hospital corridors? Sabah Health Dept says they're family caregivers, not patients. But overcrowding at QEH KK remains a real and familiar problem.
MALAYSIA'S public healthcare system is often lauded for its accessibility and high standards of care, drawing patients from even the most remote corners of the country to its facilities. However, this leads to high demand on its…
🫀 97.8% of Malaysians screened had at least one cardio-renal-metabolic risk factor. Nearly 9 in 10 had two or more. NCSM is urging integrated national co-screening — before chronic disease breaks the system.
Policy briefs launched by National Cancer Society Malaysia and Boehringer Ingelheim highlights significant rates of co-existing cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic diseases among Malaysians.
❤️ HIV is not a death sentence. Sarawak's Teratak Kasih Tok Nan is quietly helping PLHIV access care, shelter and dignity — while urging society to treat HIV awareness like dengue campaigns.
FOR many people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) in Sarawak, the challenges that they face are not only medical, but also social, emotional and logistical. At the heart of the efforts to address these gaps is Tera…
🩺 Sabah still losing specialists to private practice — and the state is calling on Putrajaya to step up with better pay, facilities and targeted incentives. A chronic problem that needs urgent federal action.
KOTA KINABALU (June 27): The federal government has been urged to implement targeted measures to address the migration of medical specialists from the public to private sector, as Sabah continues to grapple with longstanding heal…
🏥 Malaysia's deputy health minister says public hospitals can't carry the healthcare burden alone. Private sector partnership is no longer optional — it's essential.
KUALA LUMPUR: Public hospitals cannot shoulder the country's healthcare needs alone, says Deputy Health Minister Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib.
⚕️ Malaysia is spending RM650 million on healthcare digitalisation — but without recognising medical physicists, AI tools can do more harm than good. A critical profession still flying under the radar.
JUNE 26 — Artificial intelligence is already helping doctors make healthcare decisions. The bigger question is: who is making sure these systems remain safe after they enter our...
💨 Malaysia's nicotine vape tax stays frozen at 40 sen/ml while the Court of Appeal rules on its legality. MOF is also waiting on MOH's final stance — ban or regulate?
MOF says the government will only make a decision on nicotine vape taxation after a Court of Appeal ruling, noting that the Health Ministry has filed an appeal against the High Court's quashing of the exemption of liquid nicotine…
📋 Malaysia's base health insurance product (MHIT) will be piloted by end of July 2026. The Joint Ministerial Committee says the RESET strategy is on track after the PAC's damning report on healthcare costs.
In response to the PAC's report, the Joint Ministerial Committee says the base MHIT product will be piloted by the end of July, claiming that "significant progress" has been made across its Reset strategy, including a phased adop…
🏥 117 government specialists quit for private practice every year. Malaysia's MOH confirmed 351 in 3 years — but officially recorded reasons don't include burnout or workload. The data gap says everything.
MOH says 351 medical and dental specialists left the public sector for private practice from 2023 to 2025, averaging at 117 resignations a year. The main reasons cited included personal reasons, private-sector jobs, lecturer offe…
💊 Malaysia's MOH spending cap is RM500 million — not RM3 billion as rumoured. An expert says it's tight but workable for essential services. Context matters when debating healthcare austerity.
Dr Zainal Ariffin Omar says any cost-cutting measures must take into account their direct impact on patients, hospital and clinic operations, medicine supplies, and staffing needs.
🩺 8 months of fake consultations. RM20 MCs. No medical licence. A Pakistani man posed as a doctor at a Subang Bestari clinic before Immigration shut it down. How many others are operating undetected?
KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 — A Pakistani man suspected of posing as an unlicensed doctor has been detained after Immigration officers raided a private clinic in Subang Bestari,...
🚨 1 in 4 Malaysian drug rehab patients now also have mental illness — up from just 6% last year. Synthetic drugs like syabu are fuelling hallucinations, self-harm and suicide risk. A growing dual-diagnosis crisis.
KEPALA BATAS, June 27 — More than one in four drug addicts undergoing rehabilitation in Malaysia this year have also been diagnosed with mental health disorders, as the rise of...