dialysis Archives

15 April 2026

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MOH Wants New Dialysis Patients To Choose PD Amid Potential HD Product Shortages

MOH exhorts new dialysis patients to choose peritoneal dialysis (PD), amid potential shortages of haemodialysis (HD) components. MOH says local manufacturers highlighted rising prices of plastics and related products, but no supply shortages currently.

29 January 2026

Malaysia

Maaedicare Charitable Foundation Subsidises Dialysis For 100 Patients Nationwide In 2026

Maaedicare Charitable Foundation is tackling the kidney failure crisis by subsidising dialysis treatment for 100 new, low-income Malaysian patients from B40 households.

6 October 2025

Malaysia

Patients Say Peritoneal Dialysis Offers Flexibility, But Better Support Needed

Patients say peritoneal dialysis is more flexible than haemodialysis, but more financial and caregiver support is needed. “Socso covers my machine and solutions, but everything else is on me,” says a PD patient who pays up to RM250 monthly out of pocket.

4 September 2025

Malaysia

Vantive Expands Access To Recycling Programmes Across Southeast Asia, Australia And New Zealand

Home dialysis patients and hospitals have signed up for plastic waste collection and recycling programmes in Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, and New Zealand.

8 January 2025

Malaysia

Government Mulls Dialysis Fee Waiver For Underprivileged Kidney Patients

The Ministry of Health is reviewing dialysis and day care charges for underprivileged groups, currently based on the Fees (Medical) Order 2017. Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad says fee waiver requests must be submitted to the Treasury for approval.

14 March 2024

Letter

Malaysia Is On The Brink Of A Kidney Disease Crisis — Galen Centre For Health And Social Policy

The Galen Centre says Malaysia is on the brink of a kidney disease crisis. Socso spent RM1.22mil on dialysis for its contributors in 1999. This increased a whopping 274x in 23 years to RM334.67mil in 2022. Over 51,000 Malaysians currently live with ESRD.

2 May 2023

Malaysia

NKF Malaysia Signs MoU With Malaysian Pharmacists Society To Raise Funds For Kidney Failure Patients

The MoU will entail placement of donation boxes in pharmacies nationwide.

14 April 2023

Malaysia

Malaysia Has Under 300 Nephrologists To Treat Millions Affected By Chronic Kidney Disease, Says HKL Nephrologist

HKL nephrologist Dr Mohamad Zaimi Abdul Wahab suggests kidney failure patients can do away with dialysis if organs were readily available. “It will not provide what an actual kidney can for your body, as simple as that". Malaysia has under 300 nephrologists across public/ private sectors.

13 April 2023

Malaysia

Half Of Dialysis Patients In Malaysia Won’t Live Long Enough To Receive A Kidney Transplant: Nephrologist

Despite a surge in organ donor pledges, Malaysia’s lack of organ donations means that only 1.6 per 1,000 dialysis patients receive a kidney transplant, says a HKL nephrologist. Surviving family members can still veto a deceased’s organ donation pledge.

1 September 2022

Malaysia

Columbia Asia Hospital Launches Dialysis Unit In Tebrau

Columbia Asia Group of Hospitals has opened its second dialysis unit at CAH-Tebrau in Johor Bahru to accommodate an increasing number of renal failure patients in Johor.

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MOH Wants New Dialysis Patients To Choose PD Amid Potential HD Product Shortages

Maaedicare Charitable Foundation Subsidises Dialysis For 100 Patients Nationwide In 2026

Patients Say Peritoneal Dialysis Offers Flexibility, But Better Support Needed

Vantive Expands Access To Recycling Programmes Across Southeast Asia, Australia And New Zealand

Government Mulls Dialysis Fee Waiver For Underprivileged Kidney Patients

Malaysia Is On The Brink Of A Kidney Disease Crisis — Galen Centre For Health And Social Policy

NKF Malaysia Signs MoU With Malaysian Pharmacists Society To Raise Funds For Kidney Failure Patients

Malaysia Has Under 300 Nephrologists To Treat Millions Affected By Chronic Kidney Disease, Says HKL Nephrologist

Half Of Dialysis Patients In Malaysia Won’t Live Long Enough To Receive A Kidney Transplant: Nephrologist

Columbia Asia Hospital Launches Dialysis Unit In Tebrau

Admin Assistant Allegedly Scams Nearly 190 Housemen Out Of RM47,000 At HTA

HTA Sacks Admin Assistant, Reports Massive Housemen Scam To Police

Nationalism Can Curb Doctor Brain Drain, Says KPPA

Doctors’ Groups Demand Internal Inquiry Into Housemen Scam, Victim Compensation

MOH Admits Energy Crisis Impact On Medicines, Medical Devices Supply