Niaga SPOTLIGHT: Managing healthcare shortages and costs
The Ministry of Health (MOH) received RM41.22 billion under Budget 2024, up from RM36.3 billion the previous year. Personal healthcare expenditures in Malaysia are projected to double to RM13.2 billion by 2028.
However, the national health service faces a severe shortage of medical staff and patient overcrowding, boosting the popularity of private clinics for their convenience and affordability. By 2022, there were over 9,800 registered private health clinics.
Dr. Azizan Abdul Aziz, President of the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA), discusses solutions for public healthcare talent shortages and strategies to maintain affordable private primary care.
However, the national health service faces a severe shortage of medical staff and patient overcrowding, boosting the popularity of private clinics for their convenience and affordability. By 2022, there were over 9,800 registered private health clinics.
Dr. Azizan Abdul Aziz, President of the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA), discusses solutions for public healthcare talent shortages and strategies to maintain affordable private primary care.
Fri Jul 05 2024
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MRCS and Maaedicare launch Klinik Amal Percuma for underserved community
Among the services offered are primary care, chronic disease management, as well as health education and counseling.
Tue Jan 17 2023
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Tokyo doctors call for cancellation of Olympic Games due to COVID-19
About 6,000 primary care doctors said hospitals in the Games host city "have their hands full and have almost no spare capacity".
Tue May 18 2021
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US urges screening adults for depression, including pregnant women
Evidence that combines screening for depression with "adequate support systems" may improve clinical outcomes by reducing or eliminating depression.
Wed Jan 27 2016
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Vaccination: A scientific breakthrough, denied by modern parents
Linawati Adnan ponders why some modern parents, who claim to be forward-thinking, can be so backwards when it comes to the primary care of their own children.
Sat Oct 31 2015