Tag: Ministry of Health (MOH)

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22 September 2025
Letter

Is There Light At The End Of The Tunnel? — Tajuddin Rosli

MOH should stop patch-work on leaking pipes. The patch will only last a while before it gives way again. Knee-jerk solutions don't solve problems. A radical overhaul and systemic changes are necessary when the whole pipe is rusted, writes Tajuddin Rosli.
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3 September 2025
Malaysia

MOH, JPA, SPA Play Blame Game Over Health Worker Shortages

In a Health PSSC inquiry, MOH, JPA, and SPA bureaucrats traded blame for health worker shortages. MOH cites a lack of new positions for old hospitals despite rapid service expansion. JPA and SPA say MOH is their priority; MOH gets new positions every year.
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4 June 2025
Malaysia

MOH Gets New Deputy Sec-Gens In Leadership Reshuffle

Changes in MOH's top leadership: Zahrul Hakim Abdullah moves from deputy sec-gen (management) to deputy sec-gen (finance), replacing Norazman Ayob who was transferred to the Agriculture Ministry. Azah Hanim Ahmad is MOH's new deputy sec-gen (management).
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5 May 2025
Malaysia

Lawyers: Only KPDN Can Enforce Drug Price Display, Not MOH

Three lawyers say MOH lacks "punca kuasa" to enforce a drug price display order under Act 723. The authority bestowed on the KPDN minister under Section 3 is “non-delegable”. Inspections or issuing summonses for non-compliance lie solely within KPDN's power.
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13 January 2025
Malaysia

‘Disaster’ MOH Stuck In Last Century: Clinical Advisor

Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman, clinical advisor to the health minister and MOH, says Malaysia's health care system is stuck in the last century. Calling MOH a "disaster", the ex-Health DG says MOH works in silos and that MOH didn't learn from the Covid pandemic.
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25 November 2024
Letter

45-Hour Work Week May Drive Nurses To Quit — Galen Centre

The Galen Centre says JPA's decision to streamline working hours to 45 hours a week fails to address the nuanced realities of shift-based nursing roles and the toll that nurses endure. It may push nurses to resign from the public health service altogether.