16 April 2026
MMA calls for an immediate decision to increase the post-basic nursing allowance to a minimum of RM500 per month.
Tag: nurses
2 April 2026
Letter
From Caregiver To Patient: A Nurse’s Call For Safer Chemotherapy Handling Practices — Parameswari Vadivalu
Every nurse and health care worker deserves a safe working environment. Protecting those who care for others is not only a professional obligation but a moral imperative.
13 March 2026
Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad says nurses will continue working a 42-hour week for now, with a reduction to 38 hours only when staffing improves. MOH is offering incentives, career progression, and digitalisation to improve working conditions and retain nurses.
11 March 2026
Letter
Nurse Migration: Can Malaysia Afford To Lose Its Caregivers? — Nadira Amalina Azizan & Wong Lee Sia
Policymakers, health care leaders, and society at large must recognise that retaining nurses is not a cost, but an investment in public health security.
5 February 2026
Letter
From Scrubs To Screens: Utilising Social Media Platforms To Elevate The Nursing Profession — Mohd Irwan Hakeem Mohd Arif & Tan Lih Sy
Social media platforms give nurses the chance to control their narrative, highlight their expertise, and show the world what modern nursing truly looks like.
27 January 2026
Through education, exposure, innovation, and collaboration, society can see that nurses in Malaysia are not only caregivers, but also educators, innovators, leaders, and essential contributors to the nation’s health.
19 December 2025
Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii urges MOH and JPA to reconsider BIW allowance cuts for doctors, pharmacists, and nurses posted to Sabah, Sarawak, and Labuan. Ideally, the old BIW framework (percentage of salary) should be restored for health care workers.
2 October 2025
Interventions such as formal support systems are needed for Australia’s exhausted, overwhelmed mental health nurses.
23 September 2025
By strengthening job security, career development, and workload, we can retain more nurses, inspire more young Malaysians to join the profession, and ensure that patients continue to receive the best possible care.
16 September 2025
Letter
This Malaysia Day, Let’s Remember Those Who Keep Hope Alive In Our Hospitals — Dr Muhammad Yassin
Dr Muhammad Yassin hails doctors, nurses and medical assistants who fight for their patients till 3am. "This Malaysia Day, I plead with our leaders: do not treat health care as an expense to be trimmed, but as an investment in the very soul of our nation."