Tag: Ministry of Health (MOH)

6 February 2023

CodeBlue’s View: Time For Anwar To Step In

Overworked and underpaid health care workers are warning us that our public health care system is collapsing. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim must intervene and place this crisis at the top of his government's agenda within his first 100 days, says CodeBlue.

4 February 2023

Opinion

Malaysian Public Health Care Service Approaching Breaking Point — Galen Centre

With more demand for care as patients pour into hospitals and clinics, health care professionals are being forced to choose between care for themselves and care for their patients, which is incredibly unfair.

2 February 2023

Malaysia

‘My Nurses Can’t Cope. They Are Taking Care Of So Many Babies’: Medical Officer, Selangor

An MO details how in an MOH hospital in Selangor where she served in 2022, the acute (critically ill) section of the neonatal ICU had one nurse to three babies, instead of one-to-one care. She also says young children placed in adult ICUs get traumatised.

1 February 2023

Malaysia

Zaliha Expresses ‘Concern’ As Anger Swells Among Health Care Workers

In a general statement without setting a timeline for measures to resolve health care workers’ frustrations, Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa reiterates the Health White Paper and periodic meetings with stakeholders, including workers on the field.

29 September 2022

Malaysia

Ipoh GH Requires Court Order For Patients’ Lawyers To Get Medical Records

Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRPB) says a patient’s medical record is "government property" and that providing copies of medical records and information related to a patient, including ambulance calls, to a lawyer without a court order is prohibited.

Tag: Ministry of Health (MOH)

CodeBlue’s View: Time For Anwar To Step In

Malaysian Public Health Care Service Approaching Breaking Point — Galen Centre

‘My Nurses Can’t Cope. They Are Taking Care Of So Many Babies’: Medical Officer, Selangor

Zaliha Expresses ‘Concern’ As Anger Swells Among Health Care Workers

Ipoh GH Requires Court Order For Patients’ Lawyers To Get Medical Records

Closed In Three Hospitals, MOH’s FPP Service Severely Cut Post-Pandemic

Don’t Fear Lawsuits From Performing CPR: IJN Doctor

Doctors Warn Of ‘Dua Darjat’, Insufficient Beds And Staff To Expand MOH Private Wings

Dr Tay Tien Yaa’s Suicide Has Exposed Flaws In Health Care System — Members Of The Board Of Visitors Of Putrajaya Hospital

Battling NCD Crisis Starts With Eating Right To Get To Healthy Weight