A brain tumour patient says he was lucky to get surgery in just 2 weeks at UMSC instead of waiting 6 months or longer at UMMC, as he had insurance. Rakan KKM plans to operate likewise. The man slams inequality from privatisation: "The poor can go and die." The post Insured Brain Tumour Patient Got Surgery In Two Weeks At UMSC To Avoid Six-Month UMMC Wait appeared first on CodeBlue.| CodeBlue
A PSSC inquiry into a Health Service Commission proposal showed little willpower to solve issues of an overworked, underpaid and understaffed health service, as bureaucrats shifted blame across agencies and politicians acquiesced to maintaining status quo. The post Parliament Inquiry Shows Bureaucratic Inertia Blocking Health Reform appeared first on CodeBlue.| CodeBlue
PPPM says MOH faces a shortage of over 14,000 assistant medical officers (PPPs), calling for permanent posts to fill the gaps in specialist clinics left by nurses diverted to wards. Minimum qualification for PPP should be upgraded from diploma to degree. The post MOH Short Of 14,000 Medical Assistants, Says Association appeared first on CodeBlue.| CodeBlue
Patient arrivals at MOH facilities (inpatient/outpatient/day care) rose 18% from 57.9 million arrivals in 2020 to 68.2 million arrivals in 2023. MOH tells the Health PSSC about plans for GP clinics to cover NCDs like diabetes under Madani Medical Scheme. The post Patient Arrivals In MOH Rose 18% From 2020 To 2023 appeared first on CodeBlue.| CodeBlue
The success of Malaysia’s vaccination programme was built not in silos, but on powerful public-private partnerships. To now exclude GPs from the MR campaign is to forget that hard-earned lesson. The post GPs Must Be Frontline Providers In Measles-Rubella Vaccination Campaign — Dr Sritharan Rao appeared first on CodeBlue.| CodeBlue
Pregnant staff at an understaffed Klinik Kesihatan in Selangor are allegedly allowed to leave work early only at 36 weeks' gestation instead of 22 weeks. Some pregnant MOs developed hypertension. Overworked doctors are further burdened with taking vitals.| CodeBlue
The Ministry of Health will begin using real-world evidence like treatment outcomes from hospitals to inform drug listings in the MOH formulary, moving away from relying on clinical trial data alone in a shift towards value-based care and patient outcomes.| CodeBlue
Dr Dzul says Rakan KKM will offer total knee replacement surgery, saying one has to wait six months for this major procedure in public hospitals, "but if not, we go to private. Instead of us going to private, now there's a choice to come to Rakan KKM."| CodeBlue
MOH is the first ministry to release workplace bullying guidelines. The guidelines require HODs to protect bullying victims from retaliation, like transfers. The definition of psychological bullying includes "intentionally imposing excessive workloads."| CodeBlue
Doctors' groups FPMPAM, PMPASKL and MPCAM have rejected cooperation with MOH to provide data on drug prices for the ministry's new medicine "price catcher" app, dubbed a "Trojan horse". MPCAM says the app will spark a price war between GPs and pharmacists.| CodeBlue
MOH invites doctors and pharmacists to submit drug price data in a pilot project on development of MOH's new medicine “price catcher” app, named MyPriMeCatcher. Participants are eligible for CPD points. KPDN’s existing PriceCatcher app lists retail goods.| CodeBlue
Private GPs have been dealt another blow, after Cabinet ordered MOH to go back to the drawing board on its proposal to review GP consultation fees. In a parliament reply, Dr Dzul also defends use of the "legitimate" Act 723 to mandate drug price display.| CodeBlue
DRG, touted as a "silver bullet solution" to purported overcharging by private hospitals, has quietly fizzled out. MOH has deferred implementing DRG in private hospitals, as confirmed by IHH Healthcare. DRG is being implemented in public hospitals instead.| CodeBlue
Drug price display has triggered a domino effect: a doctors' group plans to advise a service fee in Penang private medical clinics, after its Sarawak counterpart recommended a prescription fee plus 2 new fees. Selangor/KL practitioners mull a facility fee.| CodeBlue
Medical groups are pressuring MOH to impose a federal ban on vape sales. The Malaysian Thoracic Society and Lung Foundation Malaysia say Act 852 empowers the health minister to gazette an order prohibiting vape if there is an "acute or critical situation".| CodeBlue
FPMPAM warns MOH that mandating itemised billing at private clinics will lead to an increase in patient charges, as GPs will be forced to unbundle all services, including the use of basic instruments, consumables, and procedures, like private hospitals.| CodeBlue
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