Petaling Jaya Archives

29 May 2026

Malaysia

PJ Hospital Project Needs Land Acquisition, Road Upgrades, Says Taman Medan Rep

Taman Medan rep Dr Afif Bahardin says the proposed PJ Hospital site in his constituency needs acquisition of the private land and major road upgrades for the jam-packed area. He suggests two alternative sites of government-owned land: UiTM or UIA in PJ.

28 May 2026

Letter

PJ Hospital: Misplaced Priorities And Health Care Injustice — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin, Dr Zulkifli Ismail & Dr Soo Thian Lian

A new PJ hospital is a case of misplaced priorities. There are 13 public specialist hospitals in Selangor. Hospitals aren't at a breaking point because of a lack of beds; they struggle with outdated equipment, underfunded facilities, and overworked staff.

28 May 2026

Malaysia

PJ Hospital Can Be Funded Outside 13MP: Dzulkefly

Dr Dzul says the new PJ Hospital can be funded under rolling plans even though the project isn't listed under the 13th Malaysia Plan, expressing hopes that land acquisition will be announced in Budget 2027 and allocations can then be obtained for 2028.

28 May 2026

Letter

Alternative Solution To Petaling Jaya Needs: Reform Access, Not Build Another Hospital — Dr Mohamed Rafick Khan

The core driver of PJ's access problem isn't geography, but the absence of a universal financing mechanism. A national health insurance scheme, structured as mandatory social contributions by employers and employees, will fundamentally change the equation.

9 February 2024

Malaysia

Unfair That PJ Residents Pay More For Public Health Care: Bukit Gasing Rep

Bukit Gasing rep Rajiv Rishyakaran says it's unfair that PJ residents are forced to pay far more for public health care, due to UMMC being the only govt hospital in PJ. Some patients get medical bills of over RM5k/RM10k from the uni hospital's public wing.

23 January 2024

Malaysia

Petaling Jaya Needs General Hospital: Bukit Gasing Rep

Bukit Gasing state assemblyman Rajiv Rishyakaran urges MOH to build a general hospital in Petaling Jaya – and not "shortchange" PJ residents – to overcome long waiting times at teaching hospital UMMC, where some patients wait months for an MRI scan.

9 September 2022

Malaysia

Why MP Maria Wants An MOH Hospital In Petaling Jaya

Maria Chin Abdullah says treatments at UMMC, a teaching hospital, can cost tens of thousands of ringgit, while MOH hospitals in Shah Alam, Sungai Buloh, and Selayang are too far from PJ residents.

15 January 2021

Malaysia

‘My Entire Family Got Covid-19, Nobody Called Us’

PJ resident Ms Yong says she paid RM2,000 for two private ambulances to take her Covid-infected elderly parents-in-law, who had underlying medical conditions, to Sungai Buloh Hospital.

Tag: Petaling Jaya

PJ Hospital Project Needs Land Acquisition, Road Upgrades, Says Taman Medan Rep

PJ Hospital: Misplaced Priorities And Health Care Injustice — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin, Dr Zulkifli Ismail & Dr Soo Thian Lian

PJ Hospital Can Be Funded Outside 13MP: Dzulkefly

Alternative Solution To Petaling Jaya Needs: Reform Access, Not Build Another Hospital — Dr Mohamed Rafick Khan

Unfair That PJ Residents Pay More For Public Health Care: Bukit Gasing Rep

Petaling Jaya Needs General Hospital: Bukit Gasing Rep

Why MP Maria Wants An MOH Hospital In Petaling Jaya

‘My Entire Family Got Covid-19, Nobody Called Us’

HSAJB Probes Doctor’s Sexual Harassment Complaint Against Anaesthesiologist

Malaysian Medical Negligence Damages Still Too Low: Lawyer

Universiti Malaya’s Nirmala Appointed To WHO Science Council

Why Malaysia’s Health Care Financing Model Is Mathematically Unsustainable

I Hope Medicine Is Kind To You — Dr Loshi Rajen