Tag: MMA

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16 August 2023

MMA Praises Zaliha’s ‘Inclusive’ Dialogue With Health Workers

MMA welcomes and appreciates Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa's "inclusive" town hall held recently with medical, dental, and pharmacy officers in Terengganu. "Such open discussions can only improve the system and health care delivery for the people."

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13 July 2023

MMA ‘Extremely Furious’ At MOH-JPA’s ‘Negligence’ In Doctor Relocations

MMA slams the doctor relocation exercise by MOH and JPA as "negligence at the highest level" that is risking patients' lives. Public hospitals like Melaka Hospital, Serdang Hospital and Miri Hospital are losing 80-100 senior MOs each, without replacements.

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27 March 2023

MMA Questions JPA Dropping Scholarships For Medical School

MMA questions if JPA's move to drop scholarships for medicine courses this year (besides dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and para-medical) will affect the expertise needed in the public health care sector in the near future and long term.

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18 November 2019

MMA Warns Putrajaya Of Public Health Workers’ Burnout

Staff are overstretching themselves to meet higher demand in hospitals.

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11 November 2019

MMA Protests ‘Apartheid’ Contract Medical Officer System With Lower Pay

Contract medical officers remain on UD41, but permanent medical officers are promoted to UD43.

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23 October 2019

Pharmacy Drugs Up To 150% Cheaper Than Private Clinics, Hospitals

Companies prefer buying drugs directly from pharmacies due to high prices by private clinics and hospitals.

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18 October 2019

MMA Pushes RM80 Medical Test For Commercial Drivers Despite JPJ U-Turn

MMA asks GPs to use the new form for licence renewals for record purposes, but to sign the old form for the drivers.

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30 September 2019

MMA Urges MOH To Investigate RM20 Fee Of E-hailing Drivers’ Medical Examination

MMA says the RM20 fee for a variety of tests is unethical.

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15 August 2019

Industry: Pump The Brakes On Controlling Medicine Prices

The Malaysian Medical Association says wholesalers and GPs and hospitals may charge the maximum ceiling price for medicines.

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1 August 2019

MMA Moots Shift Work At Public Clinics To Prevent Burnout

Most public health clinics operate for about 15 hours.