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"If doctors are rejecting permanent positions that were once a carrot, the system has failed." Dr Timothy Cheng urges the PM to step in for public healthcare. 🏥
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Continue reading ↗Chronic illness doesn’t end at hospital discharge. CodeBlue says Malaysia’s financing must cover long-term medicines, specialist care and biologic treatments—not …
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Continue reading ↗Batu Pahat schools have been temporarily closed after the air-pollution index hit 211—“very unhealthy”. Exams were postponed and home-based learning arranged as h…
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Continue reading ↗Health insurance still centres on hospital stays, leaving long-term chronic illness underprotected. Dr K. Thiruchelvam says Malaysia needs shared financing for ch…
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Continue reading ↗After the FDS helicopter crash, families of two health workers say they needed immediate help, not ex-gratia payments months later. They want MOH to do more. 🚁
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Continue reading ↗Sabah hospital no-shows by new doctors have jumped from 2% in 2022 to 66%. MP Dr Kelvin Yii urges temporarily hiring Malaysian-trained foreign doctors as a "bridg…
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Continue reading ↗Sibu Hospital lit up green to honour “Madam SK”, a 55-year-old teacher and its first solid-organ donor in seven years. She donated kidneys and her corneas on 2 Oc…
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Continue reading ↗An eight-year-old boy required surgery after a stray-dog attack in Bachok caused puncture wounds to his head and neck.
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