18 April 2023
Lack of patient awareness and the burden on hospitals to assist with applications have been cited as reasons for the low uptake of the Peka B40 completing cancer treatment incentive (CCTI).
Tag: cancer care
3 October 2022
Allocation for health care should be scrutinised to ensure equitable access to quality health care in the country.
15 September 2022
Malaysia
IHH Healthcare To Provide Free Radiotherapy And Radiosurgery For Cancer Patients From Govt Hospitals
MOH patients can get treated in IHH hospitals with Gamma Knife and Linear Accelerator: Pantai Hospital KL, Gleneagles Hospital KL, PCMC, Gleneagles Hospital Penang, Pantai Hospital Penang, Gleneagles Hospital Medini Johor, Pantai Hospital Ayer Keroh.
27 June 2022
Khairy Jamaluddin says many older Peka B40 beneficiaries declined to undergo breast or prostate examinations when it was explained to them how the cancer screenings would be performed.
3 June 2022
Sew Boon Lui, who has advanced breast cancer, says targeted therapy costs over RM6,000 monthly, chemotherapy over RM5,500 every 3 weeks, PET scans RM3,000 every 2 to 3 months; Socso covers a quarter of her chemo drug.
2 June 2022
Experts moot a more efficient way of sourcing for cheaper cancer drugs, making minor legislative amendments to improve access to early treatment, and improving resource-sharing between public and private facilities.
19 May 2022
The most common cancer types for the RM1,000 benefit last year to complete treatment were breast (30%), digestive system (21%), female genital (14%), and ENT (13%).
15 April 2022
The Maaedicare-NCSM partnership will pave the way for high-quality heart screenings for pre-chemotherapy patients.
4 April 2022
Khairy Jamaluddin says about 49,000 people in Malaysia were diagnosed with cancer in 2020, with the figure likely to hit over 66,000 new cases annually by 2030.
23 March 2022
The Health Ministry spent more than RM1.62 million on radiotherapy and oncology services in Perak in the first three months of this year.