health care reform Archives

9 April 2026

Letter

Can’t Compare Complex Health Care To Airline Pricing — Dr Poh Ban Chung

Comparing inherently complex health care to airline pricing doesn't quite fit. The suggestion that health care costs should be as predictable as a flight ticket assumes that the journey is already defined. In reality, health care is a process of discovery.

13 March 2026

Letter

A ‘Just Culture’ Must Be The Foundation Of Our Health Care System — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin & Prof Azizi Haji Omar

The MOH needs a cultural reset, not just a strategic one. This means moving beyond task forces and press releases to embrace a "Just Culture" in every hospital, clinic, and department. A Just Culture isn't about being soft, but being fair and systematic.

4 March 2026

Letter

Outpatient Overload: Can Private GPs Relieve Malaysia’s Public Hospitals? — Dr Mohamed Rafick Khan

Scaling GP responsibilities is feasible, but only with coordinated training pathways, regulatory recalibration, and performance-based contracting to maintain clinical governance standards nationwide.

2 March 2026

Letter

Beyond Turf: Safeguarding Malaysia’s Clinical Core Before It Thins — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin

The current debate should not centre on which scheme expands its domain. It should centre on sustaining the full spectrum of health care delivery.

24 December 2025

Malaysia

Two Years On, Dzulkefly Compares MOH’s ‘Resilience’ To NHS’s ‘Paralysis’

In a booklet on Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad's 50 initiatives and reforms over the past two years, he says Malaysia's public health care system still shows "remarkable resilience", compared to the UK's NHS that is grappling with the "risk of paralysis".

13 November 2025

Letter

Finding The Equilibrium: Why Malaysia’s Health Care Needs Collaboration, Not Confrontation — Dr Raymond Choy

The solution lies not in litigation or finger-pointing, but in co-creating a new health care contract, one based on trust, transparency, and shared value.

3 November 2025

Letter

State Governments Should Also Invest In Health Care — Azrul Mohd Khalib

The Galen Centre urges states to share responsibility for health care. “Putrajaya cannot shoulder the burden alone,” says CEO Azrul Mohd Khalib, who calls for state co-funding and stronger leadership, citing Sarawak and Selangor as examples.

13 October 2025

Letter

An Open Letter To Malaysians About The Health Care Mirage In Budget 2026 — Medical Officer

An MO casts doubt on the 40% hike of doctors' on-call allowance, saying there's no official circular yet. The MO also the 40% raise is only an RM3 increase from RM9.16 to RM12.83/hour. "Doctors don’t need 40% of peanuts. We need a system that retains us."

10 October 2025

Opinion

Budget 2026: Anaemic Raise In MOH’s Allocation Belies Public Health Care Crisis

The Galen Centre says the "anaemic" 2.8% (RM1.3 billion) increase in MOH's allocation in Budget 2026 to RM46.5 billion belies the fact that the public health care system is over-congested, understaffed and underfunded. Sugar subsidies weren't scrapped too.

10 October 2025

Malaysia

Budget 2026: Health Spending Growth Slows, MOH Gets RM46.5 Bil

MOH’s allocation for Budget 2026 is RM46.5 billion, a 2.8% (RM1.25 billion) increase from 2025, reflecting slower growth after recent double-digit hikes in previous budgets. Allocation for development expenditure barely increased by just RM7 million.

Tag: health care reform

Can’t Compare Complex Health Care To Airline Pricing — Dr Poh Ban Chung

A ‘Just Culture’ Must Be The Foundation Of Our Health Care System — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin & Prof Azizi Haji Omar

Outpatient Overload: Can Private GPs Relieve Malaysia’s Public Hospitals? — Dr Mohamed Rafick Khan

Beyond Turf: Safeguarding Malaysia’s Clinical Core Before It Thins — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin

Two Years On, Dzulkefly Compares MOH’s ‘Resilience’ To NHS’s ‘Paralysis’

Finding The Equilibrium: Why Malaysia’s Health Care Needs Collaboration, Not Confrontation — Dr Raymond Choy

State Governments Should Also Invest In Health Care — Azrul Mohd Khalib

An Open Letter To Malaysians About The Health Care Mirage In Budget 2026 — Medical Officer

Budget 2026: Anaemic Raise In MOH’s Allocation Belies Public Health Care Crisis

Budget 2026: Health Spending Growth Slows, MOH Gets RM46.5 Bil

Ampang Hospital’s IT System Down For 33 Hours In First Huge Outage

UMMC Denies Radiation Exposure Caused Staff Cancer ‘Cluster’

Too Many Agencies Involved In Doctor Workforce Pipeline: Health DG

The Business Of Growing Old In Malaysia

Take Action Against Retail Blood Testing In Pharmacies — FPMPAM