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"What happens to my child when I'm gone?" Minister urges Malaysia to plan long-term care for neurodivergent adults as their parents age. 🧩

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"Build their confidence, rather than simply punish them." Sabah minister urges families to guide youths away from drugs, starting with phone-free dinners together…

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A 3D AI scanner at govt clinics now maps your spine, shoulders & pelvis alignment. Penang physio demand has doubled in 10 years, and sessions cost just RM1–RM5. 🦴

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Parit Buntar Hospital officially opened: RM173.3mil, 76 beds, maternity, HDU, dialysis & 2 OTs, 8 years after construction began on tricky padi-field soil. 🏥

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Haze illnesses easing: MOH says asthma cases at sentinel clinics fell 35% last week, with conjunctivitis and URTI also down. But 16 stations were still 'unhealthy…

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Asean health ministers met in KL on transboundary haze but left without a health protocol, body, or deadline. Families still just told: stay indoors, wait. 😷

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43,019 secondary schoolkids & 341 primary pupils (some just 9) smoke in M'sia. CAP wants Budget 2027 to hike cigarette tax to price teens out. 🚬

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Type 2 diabetes now shows up in M'sian kids as young as 14, says MOH. Early onset raises risk of kidney failure, vision loss & heart disease by their 30s — childh…

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