Tag: Ministry of Health (MOH)

29 January 2024

Government Nurses Lack Freedom Of Choice In Specialisation

A nurse says that nurses in MOH are pressured to specialise in fields related to their ward duties, as they face transfers or a "negative" view from management if they want post-basic training in a different field. "We cannot choose what we love to study."

24 January 2024

Malaysia

Contract Doctors’ Future Now Questionable, Civil Service Permanent Appointments Halted From February

The future of contract doctors is now in question, as Cabinet has decided to suspend permanent appointments in the civil service from Feb 1, 2024 (all new appointments will be contract), pending a "new" recruitment method to curb the rising pensions cost.

9 January 2024

Malaysia

MMA Praises MOH’s ‘Progressive’ Reassignment Of Nurses To Hospital Wards From Clinics

Doctors' group MMA commends MOH's reassignment of nurses from clinics to wards in govt hospitals, where nurses in clinics will be substituted with medical assistants, as a "progressive" move to tackle a nursing shortage and cut the workload in some wards.

9 January 2024

Malaysia

MOH: Nurses’ Relocation To Hospital Wards ‘Strategic Mobilisation’ With ‘Skill-Matched Staffing’

MOH's statement on nurses' transfer from specialist clinics to wards in government hospitals, where nurses in clinics are replaced by MAs, describes it as "optimising" the healthcare workforce with "skill-matched staffing", without mentioning nurses' "shortage".

6 November 2023

Malaysia

‘Inaccurate, Insensitive, Inefficient’: MMA Slams Government’s Refusal To Raise Doctors’ On-Call Allowance

MMA slams the government's refusal to raise doctors' on-call allowance, saying it's an "insult" for MOH to describe the RM9/hour rate as appropriate. Doctors have widely criticised the health minister online for maintaining the status quo on doctor issues.

20 October 2023

Malaysia

Why Still No Specialist Wing For Muar Hospital After 20 Years? — MP

Tan Hong Pin (PH-Bakri) asks why Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital in Muar, Johor, still does not have a specialist building that was mooted by then-Health Minister Chua Jui Meng two decades ago. "Do we plan based on needs or on who the minister is?".

20 October 2023

Malaysia

Government Saved Nearly RM80 Million Through Pool Procurement Of Medicines: MOH Official

Pool procurement between MOH, six teaching hospitals, and a military hospital to collectively purchase, as a single buyer, 82 drugs from 2020 to 2022 had saved the government RM79.6 million, says an MOH official.

19 October 2023

Malaysia

Adeeba: Public Health Service Relies On Health Workers’ Altruism

Prof Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman says public hospitals rely on health workers' altruism. The main factor driving brain drain in medicine is the lack of a proper training system. She adds it's not acceptable nor good training for doctors to work 36-hour shifts.

17 August 2023

Malaysia

Minister: MOH Can Deal Directly With Pharmaceutical Suppliers Outside Pharmaniaga

Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa says MOH can obtain medicine supplies directly from suppliers instead of going through Pharmaniaga, adding that MOH isn't currently facing disruptions in drug supply and that Pharmaniaga merely handles logistics.

20 July 2023

Malaysia

Medical Officer Shortage Hits Klang Valley, Hundreds Relocating Out Of Tertiary Hospitals

Over 1,000 medical officers in the Klang Valley are involved in relocations by end July. HKL is losing net 200 doctors; other public tertiary hospitals losing over 100 MOs: Selayang Hospital (120), Serdang Hospital (106), and Sungai Buloh Hospital (104).

Tag: Ministry of Health (MOH)

Government Nurses Lack Freedom Of Choice In Specialisation

Contract Doctors’ Future Now Questionable, Civil Service Permanent Appointments Halted From February

MMA Praises MOH’s ‘Progressive’ Reassignment Of Nurses To Hospital Wards From Clinics

MOH: Nurses’ Relocation To Hospital Wards ‘Strategic Mobilisation’ With ‘Skill-Matched Staffing’

‘Inaccurate, Insensitive, Inefficient’: MMA Slams Government’s Refusal To Raise Doctors’ On-Call Allowance

Why Still No Specialist Wing For Muar Hospital After 20 Years? — MP

Government Saved Nearly RM80 Million Through Pool Procurement Of Medicines: MOH Official

Adeeba: Public Health Service Relies On Health Workers’ Altruism

Minister: MOH Can Deal Directly With Pharmaceutical Suppliers Outside Pharmaniaga

Medical Officer Shortage Hits Klang Valley, Hundreds Relocating Out Of Tertiary Hospitals

Proposed Medical Act Amendment ‘Huge Mistake’ With Non-Accredited Parallel Pathway: Paediatric Surgeon

University Opposition Swells Against Amending Medical Act For Parallel Pathway

AGC Not Defending MMC In USM Genetic Pathology Graduates’ Suit For Specialist Recognition

IJN Directs Cardiothoracic Parallel Trainees to Get UiTM ‘Accreditation’ After MMC’s Non-Recognition

Make MMC Presidency Elected, Not Appointment To Health DG: MMA