Selayang Hospital Archives

30 January 2025

Malaysia

Selayang Hospital Processes 4,000 Lab Samples Manually Daily

MOH's Dr Mahesh Appannan says Selayang Hospital’s outdated IT system highlights the need for a new subscription-based approach to digital maintenance. The hospital’s previous IT system worked for 15 years, but couldn't keep up. "We couldn't keep patching."

29 September 2023

Malaysia

MMA Demands Zero Tolerance For Health Worker Abuse

MMA demands zero tolerance for the abuse of health workers, after Selayang Hospital doctors reported rising aggression at the ED due to long waiting hours. "MMA fears that many other overcrowded public health care facilities would be facing similar issues."

28 September 2023

Malaysia

‘Patient Rage’ Traumatising Doctors And Nurses: Selayang MP

Selayang MP William Leong says emergency department (ED) doctors and nurses are traumatised by “patient rage”, adding that Selayang Hospital is the first responder to emergencies like accidents and disasters. “ED doctors are the frontline of frontliners.”

27 September 2023

Malaysia

At Selayang Hospital’s Understaffed Emergency Department, Doctors Allege Abuse By Patients’ Relatives

Three Selayang Hospital medical officers, including one who quit MOH in August, say verbal abuse against doctors at their understaffed emergency department, mostly by patients’ accompanying family, is rising. Doctors feel their work environment is unsafe.

28 July 2023

Malaysia

Staff Shortage At Selayang Hospital’s O&G Department Risks Patient Safety

Selayang Hospital’s O&G department will be stripped to 14 MOs by July 31, about 3 times lower than the recommended 40. Doctors say this may harm patients – including pregnant women losing their baby or even their life – as "anything can happen" in O&G.

20 July 2023

Malaysia

Medical Officer Shortage Hits Klang Valley, Hundreds Relocating Out Of Tertiary Hospitals

Over 1,000 medical officers in the Klang Valley are involved in relocations by end July. HKL is losing net 200 doctors; other public tertiary hospitals losing over 100 MOs: Selayang Hospital (120), Serdang Hospital (106), and Sungai Buloh Hospital (104).

24 February 2023

Malaysia

ICT Gets Tenfold Increase In MOH’s Budget 2023

The allocation for information and communications technology (ICT) in MOH rose by a whopping 939% from an estimated RM11.3 million in 2022 to RM117.2 million for 2023.

22 February 2023

Letter

A Case Of Malignant Selayang-IT-oma – That Radiologist

To describe Selayang Hospital's IT issues as "cancerous" is apt, and like cancer, the problem is incredibly complex.

16 February 2023

Malaysia

Zaliha Vows To Restore Selayang Hospital’s IT Glory

Dr Zaliha Mustafa – without providing timelines – promises to restore the glory of Selayang Hospital as a flagship IT hospital in Southeast Asia. In 1999, Selayang Hospital was the first hospital in the world, not just the region, to go fully electronic.

14 February 2023

Malaysia

Report: Selayang Hospital Patient Stabbed By Another Patient Stranded In Emergency Department

Singapore’s Straits Times reports that a psychiatric patient in Selayang Hospital – upset about being stranded in the emergency room along with dozens of others as all wards were full – stabbed another patient earlier today, causing serious injuries.

Tag: Selayang Hospital

Selayang Hospital Processes 4,000 Lab Samples Manually Daily

MMA Demands Zero Tolerance For Health Worker Abuse

‘Patient Rage’ Traumatising Doctors And Nurses: Selayang MP

At Selayang Hospital’s Understaffed Emergency Department, Doctors Allege Abuse By Patients’ Relatives

Staff Shortage At Selayang Hospital’s O&G Department Risks Patient Safety

Medical Officer Shortage Hits Klang Valley, Hundreds Relocating Out Of Tertiary Hospitals

ICT Gets Tenfold Increase In MOH’s Budget 2023

A Case Of Malignant Selayang-IT-oma – That Radiologist

Zaliha Vows To Restore Selayang Hospital’s IT Glory

Report: Selayang Hospital Patient Stabbed By Another Patient Stranded In Emergency Department

Bleak Future For Malaysia’s Health Assurance Industry — Dr Mohamed Rafick Khan

Nutritionists: Follow Malaysia’s Scientific Food Pyramid, Not US Inverted Pyramid

CodeBlue’s View: Doctors Must Follow The Law. Period.

Transfer Allowance Opened To Contract Doctors, Pharmacists, Dentists With 2025 Permanent Appointments: Minister

Digital Ministry Opens RM87m Tender For MySejahtera App Maintenance Over Three Years