patient rights Archives

12 January 2026

Letter

Insurance ‘Quotas’ Prioritising Outpatient Over Inpatient Care May Hurt Patients — Kok Mun Sum

Insurers' directives to raise the quota of outpatients over inpatients for certain illnesses, including dengue, may subtly undermine medical judgement. Dengue can worsen rapidly. When insurers apply pressure to reduce admissions, the safety margin narrows.

16 October 2025

Malaysia

Sim: Insurance Interference With Clinical Decisions And Denying Coverage May Be Illegal

Citing CodeBlue's poll, Bayan Baru MP Sim Tze Tzin warns insurance companies that interfering with clinical decisions and denying, delaying or revoking coverage may be illegal. "Insurance fails to protect patients at a time when they most need protection."

9 October 2025

Letter

Act Now For Better Patient Care: Protect Workers’ Health, Protect Patients’ Rights — Dr Steven Chow

Without urgent reform, Malaysia risks sliding into a profit-driven health care model that undermines ethics and patient safety.

23 January 2025

Opinion

Patients’ Rights To Their Medical Records

Hospitals, both public and private, and doctors should be mindful of the legal position whenever patients request access to their medical records, according to Dr Milton Lum.

1 November 2024

Letter

Empowering Patients To Exercise Their Rights In Public Health Care — Disciplined Taxpayer

A citizen raises two incidents of allegedly substandard care provided to a patient at two public hospitals' emergency departments in Selangor. The writer demands for patients' rights to be protected, such as the right to view their case files and notes.

10 October 2023

Malaysia

Doctors Seek Government Action To Protect Patient Rights And Safety

The task force urges the government to enact regulations in order to regulate Managed Care Organisations (MCOs).

29 August 2023

Malaysia

Medical, Consumer Groups Update Patient’s Charter To Cover Data Security

MMA, MPS, APHM, and Fomca sign an MOU on the 2023 Patient's Charter, which outlines patients' rights and responsibilities, to cover updates in line with digitalisation and AI in health care, particularly data security and privacy, and patient consent.

Tag: patient rights

Insurance ‘Quotas’ Prioritising Outpatient Over Inpatient Care May Hurt Patients — Kok Mun Sum

Sim: Insurance Interference With Clinical Decisions And Denying Coverage May Be Illegal

Act Now For Better Patient Care: Protect Workers’ Health, Protect Patients’ Rights — Dr Steven Chow

Patients’ Rights To Their Medical Records

Empowering Patients To Exercise Their Rights In Public Health Care — Disciplined Taxpayer

Doctors Seek Government Action To Protect Patient Rights And Safety

Medical, Consumer Groups Update Patient’s Charter To Cover Data Security

Pork Importers Back Pig Farming Ban In Selangor

Time To Phase Out Colonial-Era PTD Scheme From Malaysia’s Civil Service

Sultan Sharafuddin Wants Total Pig Farming Ban In Selangor

Half Of EPF Members Have Under RM50,000, KWAP Warns Of ‘Optimism Bias’

Critical Manpower Shortage, Unsafe Working Conditions At HTAR Klang — Medical Officer