Healthcare professionals

Suspension for doctor who drove after drinking and tried to swop seats before police checks

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ID confirmed by Photog Kelvin Chng and Shaffiq ST//

Nah Kwang Meng leaving State Courts on Oct 20, 2023.//

2. Nah Kwang Meng: He's a doctor who failed to stop at a roadblock and later
asked one of his passengers to swop seats with him to conceal evidence.

Pleading guilty at 930am in 11D (Shaffiq)

Cases of public healthcare workers being abused doubled between 2022 and 2024: MOH

Between 2022 and 2024, the number of abuse and harassment incidents reported by public healthcare institutions increased from about 1,500 cases to 3,000 cases annually.

Forum: Health providers will be supported through cybersecurity transition

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.

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