Tag: healthcare
Thai border hospitals shut as border clashes continue
Thailand has closed ten district hospitals and 173 tambon units along the Cambodian border as fighting continues, prompting patient transfers and reliance on emergency telemedicine. The Public Health Ministry ordered two additional closures on Wednesday, affecting Ban Kruad Hospital in […]
Govt to spend RM407mil a year on doctors on-call allowances
The government will spend about RM407 million a year to cover on-call allowances for medical and dental officers under the public healthcare system. Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said this was an annual increase of RM120 million from the RM287 million […]
Alarming shortage of nurses – Exco
The shortage of nurses in the government healthcare system in Johor may not be critical, but it has reached a worrying level, said state Health and Environment Committee chairman Ling Tiang Soon. He added that Johor needs about 1,700 nurses for […]
Philippine healthcare sees rise of AI tools
The Philippines is expanding its adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) to advance key sectors, with healthcare emerging as one of the most active areas of integration. In the medical field, AI is being used to improve disease detection, speed up […]
Singapore’s HMI Medical to build a new 300-bed hospital in Sarawak
HMI Medical has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Ibraco Berhad, a Sarawak-based property developer listed on Bursa Malaysia, for the acquisition of land to build its third hospital in Malaysia. The new facility, to be named Regency Hospital Kuching, […]
Malaysian nurses to get permanent posts
Offers of permanent positions for government nurses will ensure job security and curb the critical manpower crunch in the healthcare system, say stakeholders. Malayan Nurses Union president Saaidah Athman said the move will attract the younger generation to take up […]
Asia’s patients say healthcare access is burdensome – Study
Complicated access to healthcare and a lack of guidance are keeping patients from receiving the care they need, when they need it, according to research from Economist Impact commissioned by Prudential, a life and health insurance and asset management company […]
Malaysia’s healthcare crisis hitting all income groups
It is a big red flag if people in the country’s top income group – the T20 – are starting to use public hospitals because private insurance is just too expensive, says the Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations. The federation’s […]
Malaysia to expand healthcare with 81 wellness hubs by 2033
The Ministry of Health (MOH) has set a goal to establish 81 Wellness Hubs across Malaysia, aiming to strengthen the national healthcare ecosystem, said Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad. Dzulkefly highlighted that 33 Wellness Hubs have already been established in […]
307 medical officers to be deployed in Sabah
A total of 307 permanent medical officers will be stationed at healthcare facilities throughout Sabah under the first phase of the e-Placement initiative to strengthen services and reduce the existing workload. Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said 10 of these officers […]
