Healthcare professionals

Malaysian Medical Association calls for stronger action against illegal clinics in Kuala Lumpur

Foreign nationals are allegedly posing as doctors and dispensing controlled medicines without proper qualifications or registration.

MOH to revise salary guidelines for community care staff; annual wages may rise by 7% or more

Minister for Health and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies Ong Ye Kung, visited healthcare workers at St. Luke’s Hospital and Alexandra Hospital on the first day of Lunar New Year. Mr Ong and representatives from the Healthcare Services
Employees’ Union(HSEU) will also deliver a doorstop interview at the end of the visit to AH. ST PHOTO KELVIN CHNG

South Korea to raise medical school quota to ease shortage

Students wait for the start of the annual college entrance exam, known locally as Suneung, at an exam hall in Seoulon November 13, 2025. (Photo by KIM HONG-JI / POOL / AFP)

Forum: Clear cybersecurity baseline needed in healthcare sector

‘Start talking about death earlier’: China to improve palliative care with some help from Singapore

Ms Zhou Jiayi sought palliative care help after her father was diagnosed with cancer in October 2024.

Commentary

Are we about to live through a Nipah pandemic?

A Nipah patient being moved in the Indian state of Kerala in 2024.

Jail for man who sought sexual favours from nurse, exposed himself to her in toilet

On Jan 30, Charles Teng Wei Yian, was sentenced to five weeks’ jail after pleading guilty to insulting the modesty of the nurse.

Nipah virus outbreak in India: What you need to know about the disease

Thai health officials monitoring passengers from international flights arriving at Suvarnabhumi Airport on Jan 25.

Patients must be notified, give consent for their health information to be shared with insurers: MOH

The Health Information Act will require all healthcare providers to contribute patients’ key health information to the national repository, the National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) system.

‘Dangerous step backwards’: Doctors’ group reacts after US vaccine panel head questions polio jabs

Dr Kirk Milhoan, chair of a US government vaccine advisory panel, said the committee aims to prioritise “not public health, but individual autonomy” and that vaccine decisions should be made by patients and doctors, not by mandate.

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