public health care Archives

23 April 2026

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Too Many Agencies Involved In Doctor Workforce Pipeline: Health DG

DG Mahathar says the doctor workforce pipeline is fragmented across MOHE, JPA, and MOH, causing delays and staff shortages despite adequate workforce numbers. He wants end-to-end workforce planning, competency-based approaches, and less "regulatory drag".

20 April 2026

Letter

A Profession Built On Sacrifice Can’t Survive On Sacrifice Alone — Doctor

The question is not whether doctors love their country enough; the question is whether the system allows them to stay. Doctors in the public health care system face long hours, heavy workloads, and limited job security (particularly for contract officers).

16 April 2026

Letter

RM100 Allowance For Nurses For 17 Years: A Test Of National Leadership — MMA

MMA calls for an immediate decision to increase the post-basic nursing allowance to a minimum of RM500 per month.

16 April 2026

Letter

Doctor Retention Requires System Reform, Not Just Sentiment — Dr Azizan Abdul Aziz

Malaysia has a strong foundation of dedicated health care professionals, and we must ensure that the system supports them as much as they have supported the nation.

16 April 2026

Letter

Don’t Reduce Complex Health System Challenges To Cheap Caricatures — Dr Kamal Amzan

To suggest that distrust in private health care is driving patients to the public sector because private care is fundamentally transactional, or because doctors may be motivated by personal extravagance, is unfair, reductive, and irresponsible.

15 April 2026

Letter

When Performance Takes A Back Seat: Rethinking Promotion Culture In Malaysia’s Public Health Sector — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin

Restoring confidence in promotion practices is not just about fairness. It is about safeguarding the future effectiveness, morale, and integrity of our public health institutions.

15 April 2026

Letter

Malaysia’s Mental Health Workforce At A Crossroads — Counsellor

Strengthening system capacity is no longer optional, but essential to meeting current and future mental health needs.

14 April 2026

Letter

‘Zero Pending’, Zero Safety, Zero HCWs: The Burning Crisis At Queen Elizabeth Hospital — Health Worker

To hit a 4-hour ETD clearance target at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, patients are pushed out of the emergency room and dumped into a multidisciplinary ward, regardless of their diagnosis or stability. Staff who try to delay unsafe admissions are threatened.

9 April 2026

Letter

Expand Public Dental Capacity To Manage System Strain — MDA

MDA reiterates that expanding facilities and strengthening service delivery capacity should be prioritised, rather than focusing solely on increasing or restricting the number of dental practitioners.

9 April 2026

Letter

BIW Allowance Cut, Expensive Flight Tickets Complicating Travel To Peninsula — Medical Officer

The BIW allowance reduction to RM360, coupled with an automatic BISH allowance cut, leaves us with just extra RM60 compared to our friends working in Semenanjung. I can't visit my baby back home because of expensive flight tickets amid the Iran war.

Tag: public health care

Too Many Agencies Involved In Doctor Workforce Pipeline: Health DG

A Profession Built On Sacrifice Can’t Survive On Sacrifice Alone — Doctor

RM100 Allowance For Nurses For 17 Years: A Test Of National Leadership — MMA

Doctor Retention Requires System Reform, Not Just Sentiment — Dr Azizan Abdul Aziz

Don’t Reduce Complex Health System Challenges To Cheap Caricatures — Dr Kamal Amzan

When Performance Takes A Back Seat: Rethinking Promotion Culture In Malaysia’s Public Health Sector — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin

Malaysia’s Mental Health Workforce At A Crossroads — Counsellor

‘Zero Pending’, Zero Safety, Zero HCWs: The Burning Crisis At Queen Elizabeth Hospital — Health Worker

Expand Public Dental Capacity To Manage System Strain — MDA

BIW Allowance Cut, Expensive Flight Tickets Complicating Travel To Peninsula — Medical Officer

‘Zero Pending’, Zero Safety, Zero HCWs: The Burning Crisis At Queen Elizabeth Hospital — Health Worker

Nationalism Can Curb Doctor Brain Drain, Says KPPA

Malaysia Faces Emerging Shortage Of Dialysers, Haemodialysis Components

UMMC Denies Radiation Exposure Caused Staff Cancer ‘Cluster’

Fifty Years Of Negotiations Across The Table For The Betterment Of Doctors’ Rice Bowl — Dr Sng Kim Hock