PUTRAJAYA, Jan 28 — The Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) is investigating allegations of ventilator failure in two incidents involving patients at the hospital.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 26 — The comprehensive digital health transformation being implemented this year aims to ensure that each individual has only one health record accessible across both government and private health facilities, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 — It is crucial to approach issues surrounding the increased resignations among contract medical officers (MOs) in the public service with a nuanced perspective, recognising the numbers presented may not fully capture the complexity of the situation, said the Health Ministry.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 22 — A total of 1,197 second-phase reserve candidates, including 857 medical officers and 340 pharmacy officers, were appointed following the approval of the Health Ministry's (MOH) applications by the Public Services Commission (SPA) on September 29, 2023 and January 3, 2024.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 5 — The number of dengue cases for the 52nd Epidemiological Week (ME52) of December 24 to 30 dropped by 6.8 per cent to 2,715 cases compared to 2,913 cases in the previous week.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 27 — The authorities have blocked access to 1,675 websites selling illegal pharmaceutical products and confiscated various products worth more than RM500,000 through Operation Pangea XVI conducted across the country from October 3 to 10.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 — The number of dengue fever cases dropped by 1.3 per cent to 2,948 cases in the 49th Epidemiological Week (ME49) from Dec 3 to Dec 9, compared with 2,988 cases reported in the previous week.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 14 — The Health Ministry (MOH) has recommended a third booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine especially for vulnerable and high-risk groups following the recent increase in cases.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 — A total of 12,757 COVID-19 cases were reported during the 49thh Epidemiological Week (ME 49/2023) from Dec 3-9 compared to 6,796 cases the previous week, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 11 — Medical gas products must be licenced and registered from January 1, 2023, to ensure products supplied to patients and consumers are of quality as well as safe and effective.

SEGAMAT, Dec 9 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) will continue implementing the Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP) to curb the infection at all flood relief centres.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 7 — The current situation of Covid-19 infection in Malaysia is still under control, and is not burdening the existing health facilities, despite the increase in the number of cases, said Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 6 — The Health Ministry (MOH) strongly condemned the actions of Israel in ordering World Health Organisation (WHO) to relocate health supplies from the medical warehouse in south Gaza in 24 hours.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 6 — The Health Ministry (MOH has revoked the notification of four cosmetic products as they were found to contain scheduled poisons and are no longer allowed to be sold in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — A fortnight ago, social media was abuzz with stories about a tuberculosis (TB) outbreak in Cheras, sparking concern among the public.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 26 — Adding charcoal to coffee drinks, which is reportedly become a trend, is an offence under the Food Regulations 1985.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 — A total of RM9.65 billion was spent to treat non-communicable diseases (NCD), which is 16.8 per cent of the country's health expenditure, said Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 — The number of ministers appointed as co-chairs on the Board of Directors of the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) has been reduced under the Unity Government administration, said Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa.

GEORGE TOWN, Nov 19 – The public, especially those living in areas at risk of flooding, have been advised to be vigilant by keeping the environment clean, to avoid the spread of dengue fever.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 15  — The Health Ministry (MOH) is preparing its response to the recommendations by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on the Covid-19 Outbreak Management report, including on the ventilator issue.