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Health think tank warns Budget 2026 fails to fix system’s deep flaws

Galen Centre says Malaysia’s healthcare remains “overcrowded, understaffed and underinvested” despite higher spending, urging stronger reforms in aged care, primary care, and tobacco control

42-hour week for 82,637 healthcare workers a recognition of their sacrifices: Dzulkefly

Health Minister praises exemption from 45-hour schedule, says it reflects government’s appreciation for frontline dedication

Government caps weekly hours at 42 for critical healthcare workers

Over 82,000 medical personnel to be exempted from 45-hour shift rule under the government’s move to protect frontline welfare

Nurses Day deserves more than a whisper, oops, it just passed us by on May 12 – Joseph Masilamany

While florists, retailers, and restaurants profit from Mother’s and Father’s Day, International Nurses Day slips by unnoticed—yet no one holds our lives more tenderly or tirelessly than the nurse

Sobering Pinkfish tragedy: healthcare workers call for drug harm reduction over punishments

Blacklisting substances could lead people to find ‘deadlier’ narcotics as new ones are emerging frequently

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Jho Low is now ‘Constantinos Achilles’, lives luxuriously in Shanghai: US reporters

The former playboy financier linked to 1MDB scandal is allegedly using a fake Aussie passport to move around China

What the pork!? – Rocky Bru

Rocky Bru reflects on a surprise in-flight warning about Malaysia’s pork import ban, tracing its public health roots and the politics of pig farming through a seasoned traveller’s lens

Southern Tigers ready to do what it takes to keep Bergson in JDT

The 34-year-old Brazilian is currently being targeted by Sport Club do Recife from Brazil’s top football league