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MMA calls for bold reforms

Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 2d

MMA urges the govt to be bold in healthcare reforms — boost funding, improve staffing, and fix systemic inefficiencies. Incremental steps won’t heal a bleeding system 🩺
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Bold reforms in healthcare financing, workforce retention, digitalisation and elderly care, adding that health must be viewed as an investment, not an...

Experience Public Health Care Without VIP Status, MMA Tells MPs

Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 2d

MPs should try queuing at govt clinics, waiting months for surgery, & sharing wards before debating healthcare reforms. Only then will they truly understand the rakyat’s pain 💊
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In justifying the need to raise doctors' on-call allowance to RM25/hour, MMA tells MPs and ministers to experience the overworked, underfunded, and understaffed public health care system like ordinary...

Private hospitals seek incentives in 2026 budget

Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 2d

Private hospitals are urging the govt to include incentives in #Budget2026 to help them expand healthcare access and manage rising costs 💰 A public-private synergy could ease pressure on MOH facilities and boost patient care nationwide.
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Association proposes investment tax allowances for private hospitals investing in artificial intelligence, robotics, and health IT infrastructure.

MMA urges 5% GDP healthcare spend, RM25 on-call rate in 2026

Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 3d

MMA calls for Malaysia to raise healthcare spending to 5% of GDP and set a minimum RM25/hour on-call rate for doctors by 2026 💪
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Malaysian Medical Association calls for major healthcare reforms including tripling public spending

Malaysia to strengthen heart treatment with new Serdang facilities by 2027

Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 4d

Malaysia is stepping up cardiac care with new facilities at Serdang Hospital, set to be ready by 2027 ❤️ A major boost for heart disease treatment — the nation’s No.1 killer.
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Health Ministry adds two invasive cardiology labs at Serdang Heart Centre to address cardiovascular disease, Malaysia’s leading cause of death.

Medical first for Malaysia: baby’s spina bifida repaired in the womb

Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 5d

Historic breakthrough in Malaysia 🇲🇾 — doctors successfully repaired a baby’s spina bifida while still in the womb, giving hope to families and marking a medical first for the nation.

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Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) has successfully conducted Malaysia’s first intrauterine (fetal) surgery to repair spina bifida, a congenital spinal defect. This pioneering procedure took place on 22 S...

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‘We Can’t Keep Building New Dialysis Centres’: Health Deputy DG

Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 5d

Dialysis demand is surging — MOH stresses prevention, and PD must be championed as the first-line treatment over HD 🩺

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Health deputy DG Nor Azimi sounds the alarm on the unstoppable rise of kidney disease in Malaysia, saying public and private sectors can't keep building new dialysis centres. Peritoneal dialysis must ...

Ex-Health DG Slams TPA’s Directive To Prioritise Local Over General Anaesthesia

Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 6d

Ex-Health DG slams TPAs for telling docs to push local over general anaesthesia — warns it compromises patient safety ⚠️
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Ex-Health DG Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, who is UCSI Healthcare Group chair and a surgeon, tells MediExpress not to "cross the line of the medical profession", as "safety comes first". The TPA ordered ho...

Ex-Health DG Slams TPA’s Directive To Prioritise Local Over General Anaesthesia

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Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 6d

Ex-Health DG slams TPAs for telling docs to push local over general anaesthesia — warns it compromises patient safety ⚠️
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Ex-Health DG Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, who is UCSI Healthcare Group chair and a surgeon, tells MediExpress not to "cross the line of the medical profession", as "safety comes first". The TPA ordered ho...

MOH launches P3S online system to streamline healthcare staff transfers

Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 7d

New system for doctors & nurses 🚑
MOH launches P3S online platform to make healthcare staff transfers faster & less painful. Goodbye endless paperwork, hello clicks.

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Malaysia’s Health Ministry introduces P3S mutual posting swap system to cut bureaucracy and improve healthcare personnel placement process.

Use reasonable discretion when enforcing hospital dress code, says Dzulkefly

Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 7d

MOH tells hospitals: enforce dress codes with civility, not hostility 👔 Respect patients while upholding rules.
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Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad says hospitals should enforce dress codes with respect and good judgment.

‘On-call pay for doctors must be fair’

Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 9d

Doctors are speaking up: on-call pay hasn’t kept pace with rising workloads. Fair compensation is overdue ⚖️

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PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has urged lawmakers to urgently debate long-delayed reforms to doctors’ on-call allowances, war...

Extend cancer treatment subsidies to children under 7, govt urged

Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 9d

Calls grow for govt to extend cancer treatment subsidies to children under 7 — because no family should face financial ruin while fighting for a child’s life 💔 www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nat...

The National Cancer Society of Malaysia says the government currently subsidises treatment only for Malaysian children who go to public schools.

Malaysia’s First Scholarly Public Health Article, Co-Written With AI, Published Internationally

Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 9d

Malaysia just made history: its first scholarly public health article co-written with AI is now published internationally 🤖📚 Read more: codeblue.galencentre.org/2025/09/mala...

A public health physician at the Institute for Public Health has published Malaysia's first peer-reviewed scientific article, transparently co-written with AI, in an international journal. Dr Kishwen ...

Malaysia evaluates traditional indigenous medicine for official recognition

Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 10d

Malaysia is studying whether traditional and indigenous medicine should be formally recognised as part of the health system 🌿 This could reshape healthcare access and cultural preservation.
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Health Ministry studies recognising indigenous medicine under 2016 Act, with 373 practitioners from 25 communities consulted so far.

Ministry urges regular screenings as 50,000 cancer cases detected yearly

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Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 10d

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

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

Malaysia prepares to launch Senior Citizens Action Plan on October 5

Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 11d

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 👵👴
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is preparing to launch the Senior Citizens Action Plan on Oct 5 to safeguard the rights, dignity and wellbeing of older Malaysians.

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Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 11d

🤖 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. www.theborneopost.com/2025/09/28/w...

When AI meets aching knees | Borneo Post Online

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 ...

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Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 11d

💰 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. www.theborneopost.com/2025/09/28/t...

Think-tank: Malaysia needs to identify sustainable funding for health, aged care | Borneo Post Online

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...

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Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 11d

🩺 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. www.theborneopost.com/2025/09/28/f...

Federal help vital in tackling Sarawak’s nursing crisis, says state minister | Borneo Post Online

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...

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Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 12d

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.
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Malaysia Eases Path for Returning Specialists With New MMC Guidelines

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

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Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 12d

🚭 Deferring the vape ban sends the wrong signal. MMA calls it unacceptable and warns public health is at stake.
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Unacceptable, MMA says on decision to defer vape ban

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

Malaysian Medical Resources @mymedical.bsky.social · 13d

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