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Influenza cases are rising in Penang. Doctors say stay home until fever-free for 24 hours without medication; high-risk groups should consider vaccination. 🦠
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Continue reading ↗RM200 MediAsas premium help for up to 200,000 SME workers in Budget 2027. Cost about RM40m, paid to private insurers and takaful operators. 🧾
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Continue reading ↗MMA applauds ending the contract doctor system, but says permanent posts alone won't keep specialists. RM100 Flying Doctor incentive is too low. 🩺
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Continue reading ↗9,000+ contract doctors get permanent posts, but Galen Centre says Budget 2027 skips tobacco tax hikes, sugar subsidy cuts and an independent Health Services Comm…
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Continue reading ↗RM280 million for health in Budget 2027: RM80m for PeKa B40 screening and RM200m to send public hospital patients to private facilities. 💰
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Continue reading ↗Budget 2027 quietly drops the Madani Medical Scheme that subsidised GP visits for minor illnesses. Hospital outsourcing gets RM200 million instead. 🏥
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Continue reading ↗Malaysia’s contract doctor era is OVER 🩺 Budget 2027: 9,000+ doctors get permanent posts, nurses’ allowance doubled, RM1b for EMR. The catch? MOH gets just +2.5%,…
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Continue reading ↗Budget 2027 wish: less administrative rigidity in healthcare. An FMT op-ed says red tape, not just money, holds the system back. 💡
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