Six health facilities in Terengganu are still closed due to floods that hit the state on December18. State Health Department director Datuk Kasemani Embong said the facilities, comprising five rural…
By Prof Dr. Sasheela a/p Sri La Sri Ponnampalavanar, Infectious Disease Professor, University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC). As Malaysia and most of the world transitioned to the endemic phase of…
The health ministry has begun drawing up plans to resolve the issue of overcrowding at emergency and trauma departments to improve services to the people. Health minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa…
VIPs are not prioritised for treatment over urgent cases involving the general public at government hospitals, says health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. In denying claims that such practice was…
Johor recorded an increase in dengue cases with 3,924 cumulative cases up to epidemiological week 50 this year compared with 1,710 cases in the corresponding period last year. State Health…
The floods on the east coast of the peninsula have affected two government hospitals in Kelantan and four others in Terengganu, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah…
The Ministry of Health (MoH) will improve health services, especially in terms of infrastructure, in Sabah and Sarawak. Its minister, Dr Zaliha Mustafa said her ministry has taken note of…
First-term Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa, who supports the generational endgame (GEG) Bill on smoking and tobacco products, is upbeat on retabling it in the first sitting of Parliament next…
The health ministry will provide free sanitary pads in a bid to address the issue of period poverty in this country. Health minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa said for a start,…
No Covid-19 cases have been detected among flood victims at relief centres (PPS) since Nov 19, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said, however, 14 Covid-19…
