Tag: financial catastrophe

9 August 2024

Health Insurance Copay: ‘We Need Bank Negara To Protect Consumers’

Galen Centre CEO Azrul Mohd Khalib questions why the burden of managing medical inflation is placed onto patients with copayments for health insurance, urging Bank Negara to consult patients and consumers. "They're supposed to look out for us."

25 October 2021

Letter

Oct 31 Doesn’t Signal End Of Challenges For Breast Cancer Patients — Charles Santiago

Breast cancer is the most common cancer, and affects 34.1 per cent of cancer-stricken women in Malaysia.

6 October 2021

Letter

National Cancer Fund Imminent As Covid-19 Consequences Will Increase Cases — Charles Santiago

Poverty and job and income losses brought about by Covid-19 mean that the government must act now on cancer care.

1 October 2021

Letter

Time To Seriously Address The Expensive And Rising Cost Of Cancer — Yek-Ching Kong & Dr Nirmala Bhoo Pathy

There is an urgent need to improve and expand strategies to holistically protect the financial wellbeing of cancer patients and their households.

21 December 2020

Malaysia

Pandemic Forces Choice Between Cancer Treatment And Food

A study found that Malaysian breast cancer survivors experienced workplace discrimination, such as being forced to resign from their jobs.

5 September 2019

Malaysia

Most Malaysia University Hospital Cancer Patients Financially Ruined, Study Shows

Two-thirds and a third of cancer patients at university and Ministry of Health hospitals encounter financial catastrophe respectively.

Tag: financial catastrophe

Health Insurance Copay: ‘We Need Bank Negara To Protect Consumers’

Oct 31 Doesn’t Signal End Of Challenges For Breast Cancer Patients — Charles Santiago

National Cancer Fund Imminent As Covid-19 Consequences Will Increase Cases — Charles Santiago

Time To Seriously Address The Expensive And Rising Cost Of Cancer — Yek-Ching Kong & Dr Nirmala Bhoo Pathy

Pandemic Forces Choice Between Cancer Treatment And Food

Most Malaysia University Hospital Cancer Patients Financially Ruined, Study Shows

Retirees Hit By Medical Insurance Premium Hikes Up To 275%

UM’s Medical Faculty Targets 200 Graduates Annually Despite Declining Interest In Medicine

Thank You, HRPB Ipoh, JKN Perak, And CodeBlue — S. Kunasegaran

‘I’m Not Putting My Child At Risk From Unvaccinated Kids’: Malaysian Mom

Selcare Diagnostics Helps Ensure Self-Sufficiency For Selangor State Health Programmes