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26/12/2025

MPS says 379 contract pharmacists received permanent appointment offers; remaining pharmacists were granted a one-year extension of reserve list status. “These measures have helped to ease concerns over job uncertainty and potential service disruption.”

MPS says 379 contract pharmacists received permanent appointment offers; remaining pharmacists were granted a one-year extension of reserve list status. "These measures have helped to ease concerns over job uncertainty and potential service disruption."

26/12/2025

Dr Musa Mohd Nordin and Prof Thiyagar Nadarajaw propose several KPIs for MOH in line with the Smart framework to track progress, quantify the effectiveness and impact of MOH policies and programmes, and define true success.

26/12/2025

Health Minister Dr Dzul says he’s consulting with MOH’s legal advisor after an ex-aide to his predecessor, Zaliha Mustafa, alleged that Zaliha rejected an RM50 million bribe to axe the to***co GEG. Dr Dzul may issue a fuller press statement in later days.

Health Minister Dr Dzul says he's consulting with MOH's legal advisor after an ex-aide to his predecessor, Zaliha Mustafa, alleged that Zaliha rejected an RM50 million bribe to axe the to***co GEG. Dr Dzul may issue a fuller press statement in later days.

26/12/2025

Shortages in transplant capacity, including facilities and specialists, are sending wealthy Malaysians abroad for costly organ transplants, even though organ trade is illegal. These patients lose access to government-funded immunosuppressants back home.

24/12/2025

MOH continues to recommend universal hepatitis B vaccination for babies at birth, saying hepatitis B birth dose vaccination in Malaysia has proven effective since 1989 in curbing infections among children. Parents are reminded to follow the NIP schedule.

MOH continues to recommend universal hepatitis B vaccination for babies at birth, saying hepatitis B birth dose vaccination in Malaysia has proven effective since 1989 in curbing infections among children. Parents are reminded to follow the NIP schedule.

24/12/2025

We must demand that our confinement centres become places of true, safe, and empowering recuperation, not high-risk business ventures.

We must demand that our confinement centres become places of true, safe, and empowering recuperation, not high-risk business ventures.

24/12/2025

In response to the US CDC recommending an end to the universal birth-dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, Malaysian doctors note that virtually every newborn in Malaysia receives the hep B vaccine birth-dose, with hep B seroprevalence dropping by over 80%.

In response to the US CDC recommending an end to the universal birth-dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, Malaysian doctors note that virtually every newborn in Malaysia receives the hep B vaccine birth-dose, with hep B seroprevalence dropping by over 80%.

24/12/2025

In a booklet on Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad’s 50 initiatives and reforms over the past two years, he says Malaysia’s public health care system still shows “remarkable resilience”, compared to the UK’s NHS that is grappling with the “risk of paralysis”.

In a booklet on Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad's 50 initiatives and reforms over the past two years, he says Malaysia's public health care system still shows "remarkable resilience", compared to the UK's NHS that is grappling with the "risk of paralysis".

24/12/2025

The Health PSSC suggests adding organ donor status to driving licences or MyKad after new registrations on MySejahtera plunged. MOH officials are also weighing an opt-out system as Malaysia continues to record among the world’s lowest organ donation rates.

The Health PSSC suggests adding organ donor status to driving licences or MyKad after new registrations on MySejahtera plunged. MOH officials are also weighing an opt-out system as Malaysia continues to record among the world's lowest organ donation rates.

23/12/2025

The High Court has granted a temporary stay, until a Feb 4 stay application hearing, of a mandate for private clinics to display medicine prices by Jan 1, 2026. MOH and KPDN are opposing the stay application by doctors’ groups in the judicial review.

The High Court has granted a temporary stay, until a Feb 4 stay application hearing, of a mandate for private clinics to display medicine prices by Jan 1, 2026. MOH and KPDN are opposing the stay application by doctors' groups in the judicial review.

23/12/2025

Harmonising training standards across Southeast Asia and the wider Asian region is not merely an academic exercise. It is a moral obligation — to patients, to young doctors entering the field, and to the future of aesthetic medicine itself.

Harmonising training standards across Southeast Asia and the wider Asian region is not merely an academic exercise. It is a moral obligation — to patients, to young doctors entering the field, and to the future of aesthetic medicine itself.

23/12/2025

Sabah needs 4,648 extra doctors to achieve MOH’s target 1:400 doctor-population ratio that translates to 9,356 doctors. There are now 4,708 doctors in Sabah (including HOs, private doctors) at a 1:795 ratio. Only KK and Keningau reached MOH’s target ratio.

Sabah needs 4,648 extra doctors to achieve MOH's target 1:400 doctor-population ratio that translates to 9,356 doctors. There are now 4,708 doctors in Sabah (including HOs, private doctors) at a 1:795 ratio. Only KK and Keningau reached MOH's target ratio.