Tag: buffet table syndrome

5 February 2026

Opinion

Sick Patients Don’t Go To Hospital For Fun

In relating a medical episode of very bad stomach cramps that required expensive diagnostics, CodeBlue EIC Boo Su-Lyn says patients don't go to the hospital for fun and that they shouldn't be blamed for a so-called health insurance "buffet table syndrome".

2 February 2026

Letter

Health Insurance Buffet Table Syndrome Is Real — Dr Rajeentheran Suntheralingam, Dr Musa Mohd Nordin, Dr Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus & Dr Sng Kim Hock

Four specialists say the health insurance buffet table syndrome is real, rebutting APHM that dismissed health care over-utilisation as a myth. The doctors also say private ERs often see non-critical patients who insist on admission to claim from insurance.

Tag: buffet table syndrome

Sick Patients Don’t Go To Hospital For Fun

Health Insurance Buffet Table Syndrome Is Real — Dr Rajeentheran Suntheralingam, Dr Musa Mohd Nordin, Dr Ahmad Faizal Mohd Perdaus & Dr Sng Kim Hock

UKM’s Public Health PhD Faces NSR Derecognition Push

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Health Ministry Threatens Enforcement Action Against Doctor Fee-Splitting