While Malaysia debates doctor shortages, renal nurses in private dialysis centres are quietly running life-or-death codes with limited backup — a hidden strain nursing academics say is being ignored. 💉
Opinion: MediAsas' copayments, some breaching BNM's own rules, put the burden of fighting medical inflation on patients, not insurers. "It's not the consumer's job," writes CodeBlue's Boo Su-Lyn. 💊
69.6% of NUMed Malaysia's MBBS grads landed UK Foundation Programme placements across 12 NHS regions this year — proof a Malaysian medical degree still opens NHS doors. 🎓
Malaysia has 9,040 medical specialists but needs 22,435 by 2030. Doctors say the health ministry's new workforce autonomy helps — but without better pay and more training slots, the gap won't close. 👩⚕️
Malaysia says it'll go through Asean diplomatic channels, not unilateral action, to tackle the transboundary haze choking Sarawak. Letters to the Asean Secretariat and Indonesia are coming. 🤝
Haze crisis: 591 schools in Sarawak — nearly 200,000 students — shut as Serian's API hits 242, "very unhealthy". 😷 Transboundary smoke from Kalimantan and Sumatra shows no sign of easing yet.
Dengue cases in Malaysia are up 56.2% this year — 58,079 cases, 55 deaths as of Aug 15. MOH says over 70% of mosquito breeding sites are in our own homes. 🦟 Ten minutes a week checking your water containers matters.
MOH just banned 3 batches of Chomel hand sanitiser after tests found excess methanol — exposure can cause blindness or worse. ⚠️ Check your bottle's batch number (BN111025, BN01026, BN061225) before using it again.
AI deepfakes of a Malaysian cardiologist are selling a fake diabetes-cure tea — even his brother-in-law got fooled. Doctors warn of rising AI health fraud. 🤖
MetMalaysia: haze has eased in the Klang Valley & Sarawak thanks to humid weather, but hot dry conditions could return within days as Southwest Monsoon season continues. 🌫️
Malaysia's govt dropped its nicotine vape appeal — MPS, MMA & MyWatch now want clarity: must retail sales stop immediately under the High Court ruling? 🚭