MIRI – The Health Ministry needs to speedily resolve the acute shortage of medical staff and basic facilities at the Tudan and Miri Town polyclinics in line with the 1Malaysia concept of putting people’s interest first.
Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr George Chan said although undeniably there are also shortage of medical personnel [...]
THE healthcare sector is set to be transformed from a social service and consumer of wealth to a private sector-driven engine for economic growth under the Economic Transformation Programme (ETP).
“The healthcare sector is also a wealth creator. Beyond just the organic growth in services, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, we will explore new horizons in services, [...]
MIRI – The first mobile hospital by boat in the country could take off in the Baram, hopefully by end of this year.
Should this materialise, it meant that medical facilities would be brought to the doorstep of villagers residing near riverbanks, Baram MP Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan said in an interview .
The International Trade and [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia will soon approach the governments of India, Pakistan and Egypt for medical specialists to work in the country, as previously recruited doctors were found ‘not very good’, the health minister has said.
Malaysia is facing a lack of medical specialists and many patients are forced to go to India. Indian doctors also [...]
ABOUT 460,000 people are expected to receive oral healthcare at government dental facilities while 1,511 (79 per cent) kindergartens and 1,206 (95.5 per cent) primary schools in the state respectively will receive oral healthcare under the Incremental School Dental Programme.
Minister of Environment and Public Health Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh said in his winding-up speech [...]
KULAIJAYA – The government will obtain the service of 58 specialist doctors from Egypt by year end to overcome the shortage of doctors at several hospitals nationwide, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.
He said the service of the affected doctors was obtained following negotiations between the Egyptian and Malaysian governments and that the [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – The cabinet yesterday approved RM5 million to upgrade the facilities at the intensive care unit of Kuala Lumpur Hospital to provide better services to the public.
The allocation was announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who was treated at the unit between Nov 4 and 7 due to complications from the [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – Several proposals have been in tackling the country’s mental health issues.
Mental Health Promotion Advisory Council (MHPAC) member Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye suggested giving insurance coverage to the mentally-ill and tax relief for caregivers of the mentally disabled, among ways to address the subject.
He also urged employers to consider setting up an [...]
KUALA LUMPUR – The National Heart Institute (IJN), University Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and University of Geneva have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to further advance the development of medical research in cardiovascular and cardiothoracic medicine in Malaysia.
The 5-year joint collaboration is expected to contribute to the better health and well-being of Malaysians.
IJN’s chief executive [...]
LOCAL dental practitioners have been advised not to be complacent and be more competitive to have a share of Malaysia’s lucrative health tourism industry.
International Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan said they would face stiff competition after Malaysia’s move to liberalise commitments on healthcare under the Asean Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS).
At [...]
