primary health care Archives

13 May 2025

Malaysia

Kuala Langat MP Opposes Drug Price Display Policy

Kuala Langat MP Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairi says he does not support the drug price display policy, regardless of which Act it's under. He expresses concern about the impact on private clinics that form nearly 45% of the country's primary health care service.

12 March 2025

Letter

Resolve Legal Issues Before Rolling Out Medicine Price Display — Malaysian Medical Association

MMA questions using the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011 to regulate private clinics already under the Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998. It says GPs aren’t retailers but prescribe and sell meds only after consultation.

26 February 2025

Letter

Primary Health Care: The Key To Controlling Malaysia’s Escalating Health Care Costs — Dr Junaidi Ismail

It is imperative that policymakers, insurers, and stakeholders shift their focus towards strengthening primary care, ensuring that Malaysians receive affordable, accessible, and effective health care.

28 June 2024

Letter

TPA’s ‘Administrative Fee’ From July Will Push GP Clinics To The Brink — Frustrated Medical Professional

A private medical professional says a TPA will impose a new "admin" fee on GP clinics from July 1. "The current situation has pushed the primary health care industry to a critical juncture, facing potential extinction...GPs may not survive this decade."

22 December 2023

Malaysia

MOF Rejected ‘Expensive’ Diabetes Drug Despite Cost Effectiveness

An endocrinologist says MOF rejected MOH's proposal to procure more SGLT2 inhibitors, which lower blood sugar, because it costs RM800 million to treat 500,000 people in five years, despite RM100 million in savings by cutting hospitalisations and dialysis.

21 November 2023

Malaysia

Recognise Clinical Researchers With PhDs As Specialists: Ipoh Timor MP

Ipoh Timor MP Howard Lee urges MOH to recognise medical officers with clinical research PhDs as specialists, raising complaints from some of these doctors about not getting a pay raise and even suffering salary cuts because of allowance issues.

27 July 2023

Malaysia

‘Madani Economy’ Lacks Recognition Of Health And Ageing: Galen Centre

The Galen Centre says the PM's "Madani Economy" vision fails to recognise Malaysia's increasingly sick and ageing population. "People who are sick and infirm will be disadvantaged and unable to participate in the benefits of this economic vision."

20 June 2023

Malaysia

All Malaysians To Be Registered With Primary Care Service Provider: Health White Paper

The Health White Paper proposes registering Malaysians with a primary health care (PHC) provider of their choice. PHC services, carried out by multidisciplinary teams, will coordinate referrals to specialists or hospitalisation with the use of EMR.

14 June 2023

Letter

Health White Paper: Specialists’ Role In Strengthening Primary Care – AMM

"There is a need to look at the positions offered by the MOH, besides the funding and pathways involved in training doctors to be specialists in their respective fields." – Academy of Medicine of Malaysia.

23 December 2022

Malaysia

Ipoh Timor MP Plans Mobile Wound Care Project To Help Decongest Clinics, Hospitals

Howard Lee wants to pilot a mobile wound care centre for those with bed sores or amputation wounds. One in five Malaysian adults have diabetes, which can cause foot wounds.

Tag: primary health care

Kuala Langat MP Opposes Drug Price Display Policy

Resolve Legal Issues Before Rolling Out Medicine Price Display — Malaysian Medical Association

Primary Health Care: The Key To Controlling Malaysia’s Escalating Health Care Costs — Dr Junaidi Ismail

TPA’s ‘Administrative Fee’ From July Will Push GP Clinics To The Brink — Frustrated Medical Professional

MOF Rejected ‘Expensive’ Diabetes Drug Despite Cost Effectiveness

Recognise Clinical Researchers With PhDs As Specialists: Ipoh Timor MP

‘Madani Economy’ Lacks Recognition Of Health And Ageing: Galen Centre

All Malaysians To Be Registered With Primary Care Service Provider: Health White Paper

Health White Paper: Specialists’ Role In Strengthening Primary Care – AMM

Ipoh Timor MP Plans Mobile Wound Care Project To Help Decongest Clinics, Hospitals

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