KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni today called for an urgent drug policy reform, emphasising the need for decriminalisation.

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 20 — The government has not planned to implement a vaccination programme for monkeypox or mpox for the people of this country, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 15 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has denied a media report claiming that the 14-year-old teenager who posed as a healthcare worker at the Sultan Idris Shah Hospital (HSIS) in Serdang recently performed medical procedures, including prescribing medication to patients.

PETALING JAYA, Aug 8 — The MRT Kota Damansara station has been rebranded to MRT Kota Damansara Thomson Hospital station to promote sustainable and community-centred access to healthcare.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 — A total of 106 of the 403 projects to upgrade the facilities of identified dilapidated clinics with a RM150 million allocation this year have been completed as of July 30.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 — A total of 317 cases of attempted suicide among teenagers and adults have been successfully resolved as of July 20 since the Mental Health Crisis Helpline (HEAL) initiative was introduced in 2022.

IPOH, July 12 — The Health Ministry (MOH) will take legal action against unlicensed medical practitioners, believed to be foreign nationals, operating uncertified aesthetic medical service centres in the country.

IPOH, July 12 — The incident where Transport Minister Anthony Loke experienced shortness of breath while replying to oral questions during the Dewan Rakyat sitting on Wednesday (July 10) was not related to a heart attack.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — Contract pharmacists in the Health Ministry will be appointed permanently to their positions without going through a re-hiring process once the new permanent appointment method is introduced.

PEKAN, June 11 — The initiative to upgrade 403 health clinics, identified as dilapidated, with a RM150 million allocation, is progressing well and expected to be completed by the end of this year, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni.

PEKAN, June 11 — The incident where a Form Five student and a two-year-old girl died due from food poisoning on Monday is still being investigated by the Health Ministry (MOH).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 5 — Wolbachia Mosquito Operations (WMO), an initiative by the Health Ministry against dengue transmission, started in 2019 and has successfully reduced the number of dengue cases between 45 and 100 per cent in 19 assessed release areas.

PUCHONG, May 21 — The Health Ministry (MOH) will administer the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to 719,236 female students.

GEORGE TOWN, March 20 — The Consumers’ Association of Penang (CAP) has called on the government to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to probe into the influence of tobacco and vape industry players in removing the generational end game (GEG) components from the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health 2023 Bill.

SHAH ALAM, March 14 — The new Semenyih Health Clinic is expected to be completed by June next year with a capacity of 800 patients daily.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has several measures in place to address the risk of medical bill arrears from foreign patients, including collecting deposits.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 — The Health Ministry (KKM) has discovered an increasing trend in vaping or using electronic cigarettes, including among women, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — The number of chronic kidney disease (CKD) cases in Malaysia is on the rising trend, with almost 9,500 new patients requiring dialysis each year, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 — The Health Ministry (MoH) will expand and improve existing health facilities in an effort to provide the best treatment to cancer patients, especially children, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 6 — The IfitEr (I Fit and Eat Right) Weight Management Programme, a health intervention initiative implemented at 30 'wellness hubs' nationwide, recorded 9,031 clients who have succeeded in losing weight so far.