university hospital Archives

14 April 2025

Letter

USIM’s Financial Woes And Teaching Hospital — Prof Dr Rafidah Hanim Mokhtar

Prof Rafidah Hanim Mokhtar questions the decision to move USIM's teaching hospital, initially planned to be built in Nilai, to Kota Tinggi. "With RM44 mil deficit and a teaching hospital with uncertain financial sustainability, USIM needs new leadership."

28 February 2025

Malaysia

UMMC’s Fee Hike Justified, AG’s Report Shows Losses

UMMC’s move to increase fees for services is justified, as the university hospital recorded losses that almost doubled from RM33 mil in 2021 to RM61 mil in 2023, with the AG’s 2023 report showing that patient charges couldn’t cover operational expenses.

6 January 2025

Malaysia

Is UMMC A Public Hospital? Bukit Gasing Rep Asks Health Minister

After UMMC's fee hike, Bukit Gasing rep Rajiv Rishyakaran tells Dr Dzul to clarify if UMMC is considered part of the public health care service or if MOH sees UMMC as a semi-private teaching hospital. If the latter, Rajiv demands a general hospital for PJ.

15 November 2024

Letter

Painstaking Procedure For Prescription Medication For UH Inpatients — Christine SK Lai

A woman, who recently visited her elderly cousin in Universiti Malaya Medical Centre, asks why the university hospital requires warded patients to physically get meds from its pharmacy to give to the nurse. She had to get it for her cousin who is immobile.

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.

19 January 2024

Letter

MOH Must Explain UMMC’s Housemen Shortage — MMA

MMA demands an explanation from MOH on UMMC Medicine Dept's Zero HO Protocol, asking how housemen shortages can occur when 3,000-5,000 medical grads are produced yearly. UMMC's planned service cuts are also concerning as UMMC is PJ's main public hospital.

19 January 2024

Malaysia

Selangor Reps Worried About UMMC’s ‘Zero’ Housemen Problem

Taman Medan ADUN Dr Afif Bahardin, Kampung Tunku ADUN Lim Yi Wei, and Petaling Jaya MP Lee Chean Chung are seriously concerned about UMMC's "zero" housemen problem. "The health care system is collapsing and we are refusing to do anything," says Dr Afif.

17 January 2024

Malaysia

After ‘Zero’ Housemen Exposé, UMMC Restates Gag Order

After CodeBlue's story on a proposed "Zero HO Protocol" at UMMC's Medicine Department, the teaching hospital's management warned staff against making comments about UMMC on social media, including personal accounts, that could "tarnish" UMMC's reputation.

16 January 2024

Malaysia

UMMC Doctors Tout Parallel Houseman System, Full Independence From MOH

To resolve an "extreme" houseman shortage, doctors at UMMC’s medicine department suggest a parallel HO system to MOH and hiring more permanent service medical officers, including a clear pathway to specialisation, so that UMMC can be entirely self-reliant.

15 January 2024

Malaysia

UMMC’s Medicine Department Mulls ‘Zero HO Protocol’, With Indefinite Critical Houseman Shortage

A dire houseman shortage is forcing UMMC's Medicine Department to mull a Zero HO Protocol: operating without HOs. The department is cutting certain services and collecting reported cases of suboptimal care or "near misses" resulting from manpower shortage.

Tag: university hospital

USIM’s Financial Woes And Teaching Hospital — Prof Dr Rafidah Hanim Mokhtar

UMMC’s Fee Hike Justified, AG’s Report Shows Losses

Is UMMC A Public Hospital? Bukit Gasing Rep Asks Health Minister

Painstaking Procedure For Prescription Medication For UH Inpatients — Christine SK Lai

Petaling Jaya Needs General Hospital: Bukit Gasing Rep

MOH Must Explain UMMC’s Housemen Shortage — MMA

Selangor Reps Worried About UMMC’s ‘Zero’ Housemen Problem

After ‘Zero’ Housemen Exposé, UMMC Restates Gag Order

UMMC Doctors Tout Parallel Houseman System, Full Independence From MOH

UMMC’s Medicine Department Mulls ‘Zero HO Protocol’, With Indefinite Critical Houseman Shortage

Hire Foreign Housemen, Medical Officers Now: Galen Centre

Master’s Graduates Run Hospitals On ‘Study Leave’ But Can’t Apply For Subspecialty Training — Physician

Worsening Waiting Times At Government Hospitals’ Medical Outpatient Clinics — Physician

Medical Officer Duties, Service Load Strain FMS Gazettement Training — Government Doctor

Beyond Turf: Safeguarding Malaysia’s Clinical Core Before It Thins — Dr Musa Mohd Nordin