PeKa B40 Archives

19 March 2025

Malaysia

Peka B40 Screening Rate Improves But Still Below 20% In Selangor, KL

The Peka B40 health screening rate has improved, with a national screening rate of 22% as of Jan 2025, up from 10% in 2022. Yet urban areas like Selangor (14%) and Kuala Lumpur (10.85%) lag behind, while smaller states and rural areas see stronger uptake.

24 November 2023

Malaysia

MP: Why Was Tuaran Hospital’s Emergency Department Staffed With Only Junior Doctors?

Tuaran MP Madius Tangau asks how Tuaran Hospital's ED could be staffed with only junior medical officers with under 2 years' experience, after MOH sent a specialist there following a misdiagnosis case. New services have opened up, but "there are no staff".

18 April 2023

Malaysia

Peka B40 Cancer Incentive Uptake Low, Fell Further To 5% In 2020

Lack of patient awareness and the burden on hospitals to assist with applications have been cited as reasons for the low uptake of the Peka B40 completing cancer treatment incentive (CCTI).

23 March 2023

Malaysia

Setiu MP Questions Peka B40 Awareness In Low-Income Households

Setiu MP Shaharizukirnain Abdul Kadir calls for more funding and better communication for the Peka B40 health care scheme, which faced a RM5 million budget cut in the 2023 budget.

15 December 2022

Malaysia

MMA: Partner With GPs On NCD Prevention To Decongest Hospitals

MMA says including private GPs in NCD prevention and management will help spread patients out across clinics. Dr Milton Lum tells MPs to push Peka B40 screenings in their service centres.

18 November 2022

Malaysia

How A Successful Health Screening Programme Is Possible

Howard Lee says elected reps need to drive public health campaigns as community leaders, citing Kinta Valley in Perak that saw high participation in the Peka B40 health screening programme.

27 June 2022

Malaysia

Many Peka B40 Beneficiaries Refuse Breast, Prostate Exams: Khairy

Khairy Jamaluddin says many older Peka B40 beneficiaries declined to undergo breast or prostate examinations when it was explained to them how the cancer screenings would be performed.

20 May 2022

Malaysia

One-Third Of Peka B40 Beneficiaries Have Chronic Disease

Women reported twice as many obesity cases as men, while Malays comprised two-thirds of overweight or obese beneficiaries.

19 May 2022

Malaysia

Selangor Says Its Health Screening Programme Wider Than Peka B40

Dr Siti Mariah says Selangor Saring is meant to “supplement” the Peka B40 federal health screening scheme; Selangor Saring's free screenings are open to state residents across income levels.

19 May 2022

Malaysia

Peka B40 Approved 71% Cancer Treatment Incentive Applications In 2021

The most common cancer types for the RM1,000 benefit last year to complete treatment were breast (30%), digestive system (21%), female genital (14%), and ENT (13%).

Tag: PeKa B40

Peka B40 Screening Rate Improves But Still Below 20% In Selangor, KL

MP: Why Was Tuaran Hospital’s Emergency Department Staffed With Only Junior Doctors?

Peka B40 Cancer Incentive Uptake Low, Fell Further To 5% In 2020

Setiu MP Questions Peka B40 Awareness In Low-Income Households

MMA: Partner With GPs On NCD Prevention To Decongest Hospitals

How A Successful Health Screening Programme Is Possible

Many Peka B40 Beneficiaries Refuse Breast, Prostate Exams: Khairy

One-Third Of Peka B40 Beneficiaries Have Chronic Disease

Selangor Says Its Health Screening Programme Wider Than Peka B40

Peka B40 Approved 71% Cancer Treatment Incentive Applications In 2021

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