public health care budget Archives

4 May 2026

Letter

Cut The Budget, Not The System: A Call For Health Care Stakeholders To Unite Now — Dr Raymond Choy

Cost optimisation must never come at the expense of access or quality. Instead, it should drive smarter design, ensuring that care is delivered earlier, more efficiently, and in the most appropriate setting.

29 April 2026

Malaysia

MOH’s Proposed RM3b Budget Cut Risks Worsening Health Care Crisis: Galen Centre

Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy CEO Azrul Mohd Khalib warned a RM3.06b MOH budget cut would mean longer waits, shortages, staff burnout, and preventable deaths. He said the cut would not even match the RM4b spent monthly on RON95 and diesel subsidies.

29 April 2026

Malaysia

Report: Treasury Wants RM3b Cut To Health Ministry’s 2026 Budget

The Treasury has ordered budget cuts for various ministries this year due to a ballooning subsidy bill, specifying a proposed cut of about RM3 billion (6.6%) to the Health Ministry's RM46.5 billion 2026 budget, leaving MOH with a smaller budget than 2025.

28 July 2025

Malaysia

Can’t Get RM36 Billion Extra For Health Budget, Government Debt Too High, Says Dzulkefly

Health Minister Dr Dzul justifies the “gamechanger” Rakan KKM by saying he can’t ask MOF for an extra RM36 billion for the public health care budget (another 2% of GDP), saying that government debt is nearing the statutory limit of 65% of GDP.

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Cut The Budget, Not The System: A Call For Health Care Stakeholders To Unite Now — Dr Raymond Choy

MOH’s Proposed RM3b Budget Cut Risks Worsening Health Care Crisis: Galen Centre

Report: Treasury Wants RM3b Cut To Health Ministry’s 2026 Budget

Can’t Get RM36 Billion Extra For Health Budget, Government Debt Too High, Says Dzulkefly

Obituary: Dr Sng Kim Chai, Sole Community Doctor Of Pulau Ketam — Dr Sng Kim Hock

Malaysian Anaesthesiologist First Asian To Lead Global Pain Association

Dzulkefly ‘Commits’ To Forming Health Service Commission Without Power To Create Positions Or Set Emoluments

Private Hospital Beds Officially Surpass Public Beds In Penang: Exco

Ranau Hospital Crisis: Doctors Working 48 To 72 Straight Hours — Medical Officer