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11/09/2026

MCHA 2026 provides an important platform for stakeholders to exchange ideas and develop approaches that could contribute towards a more age-friendly Malaysia.

MCHA 2026 provides an important platform for stakeholders to exchange ideas and develop approaches that could contribute towards a more age-friendly Malaysia.

11/09/2026

I experienced firsthand how qualified subject-matter experts are routinely sidelined. Instead of leveraging my expertise to solve problems, insecure officers at the administrative level perceived my qualifications as a threat to their authority.

I experienced firsthand how qualified subject-matter experts are routinely sidelined. Instead of leveraging my expertise to solve problems, insecure officers at the administrative level perceived my qualifications as a threat to their authority.

11/09/2026

Deputy Tourism Minister Chiew Choon Man, who is also Miri MP, contributes RM1,000 to each family of the FDS helicopter crash victims, with the money coming from the federal ICU Sarawak. He plans to personally visit the families this Sunday.

Deputy Tourism Minister Chiew Choon Man, who is also Miri MP, contributes RM1,000 to each family of the FDS helicopter crash victims, with the money coming from the federal ICU Sarawak. He plans to personally visit the families this Sunday.

11/09/2026

Malaysia already has a tax-funded public health care system that, for all its flaws, provides affordable care to the vast majority. The answer is not to abandon this system for an untested, unaffordable, and politically untenable NHI or SHI scheme.

Malaysia already has a tax-funded public health care system that, for all its flaws, provides affordable care to the vast majority. The answer is not to abandon this system for an untested, unaffordable, and politically untenable NHI or SHI scheme.

11/09/2026

Senator RA Lingeshwaran comes to Dr Dzul’s defence amid rising calls for the latter’s resignation, saying the health minister shouldn’t be scapegoated for the Long Lellang tragedy because some problems with the FDS and health care system are decades old.

Senator RA Lingeshwaran comes to Dr Dzul's defence amid rising calls for the latter's resignation, saying the health minister shouldn't be scapegoated for the Long Lellang tragedy because some problems with the FDS and health care system are decades old.

11/09/2026

While Perak DUN approves an increase in the pension rate for members of the state administration and legislative assembly, patients get blamed and health workers receive low allowances. Patients and doctors deserve the same attention as politicians.

While Perak DUN approves an increase in the pension rate for members of the state administration and legislative assembly, patients get blamed and health workers receive low allowances. Patients and doctors deserve the same attention as politicians.

11/09/2026

Hypothetically, if the government and Parliament were to enact and pass a new Act classifying to***co and ni****ne products as regular trade commodities, so as to legalise ni****ne v**e and bypass the Poisons Act, MOH risks ceding to***co control to KPDN.

Hypothetically, if the government and Parliament were to enact and pass a new Act classifying to***co and ni****ne products as regular trade commodities, so as to legalise ni****ne v**e and bypass the Poisons Act, MOH risks ceding to***co control to KPDN.

11/09/2026

El Niño is a valuable multi-month climate signal, providing an early warning of a heightened risk of dengue outbreaks across much of the tropical world.

El Niño is a valuable multi-month climate signal, providing an early warning of a heightened risk of dengue outbreaks across much of the tropical world.

11/09/2026

Last Wednesday, Deputy Foreign Minister Lukanisman Awang Sauni, who is also Sibuti MP, went to Miri to meet with the families of the victims of the Long Lellang tragedy.

One of the families he met was of staff nurse Jessie Paya Jok from Miri, who died at the age of 44 in Tuesday's crash of a Flying Doctor Service helicopter, along with four others.

In Miri, where Lukanisman greeted the families of the victims ahead of a briefing by police and Lukanisman's successor Hanifah Hajar Taib, the former deputy health minister recalled a heartbreaking encounter with Jessie Paya's child.

Read more: https://codeblue.galencentre.org/2026/09/deputy-foreign-minister-moots-insurance-for-flying-doctor-service-passengers/

11/09/2026

Deputy Foreign Minister Lukanisman wants insurance coverage for Flying Doctor Service (FDS) passengers. Before the FDS suspension was announced, Lukanisman said the service should be halted to avoid traumatising other FDS teams.

Deputy Foreign Minister Lukanisman wants insurance coverage for Flying Doctor Service (FDS) passengers. Before the FDS suspension was announced, Lukanisman said the service should be halted to avoid traumatising other FDS teams.