KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is focusing on conducting comprehensive engagement sessions with stakeholders, including non-governmental organisations (NGOs), to raise public awareness regarding mental health among children and adolescents.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 — Mental health issues among school and higher learning institution (IPT) students rose twofold last year, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is studying the development of a national diagnosis-related group (DRG) system for hospital care across the country as an effort to address the rising medical costs.

GEORGE TOWN, Oct 27 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has inspected 45,666 premises nationwide to enforce education regarding the Smoking Products Control Act for Public Health 2023 (Act 852) from October 1 until yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 — The collaboration between the Malaysia-India Business Council and the Asean-India Business Council (AIBC) at the Malaysia Pharma and Healthcare Expo 2024, signifies a commitment to fostering economic cooperation in the healthcare sector among Malaysia, India, and the Asean community.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — The Dewan Rakyat passed the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Amendment) Bill 2024 today by a majority voice vote after being debated by 23 MPs.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — A discussion will be held between the Health Ministry (MOH) and the National Heart Institute (IJN) to ascertain the reasons behind IJN’s request to increase its fees by up to 40 per cent.

KUALA LUMPUR Oct 8 — The construction progress of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has now reached 45 per cent, and is expected to be fully completed by July 2026, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 — The Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024 (Act 852), which will come into effect on Tuesday (October 1), is expected to bring significant benefits to public health and environmental sustainability.

KOTA BHARU, Sept 21 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has stepped up health screenings at all border entry points to prevent the spread of mpox.

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.