By Gandipan Gopalan. New private hospitals worsen public health manpower shortage
The Hollow Pride: Winning with Our Own Strength?
By S. Arutchelvan. Malaysians-by-birth denied citizenship while foreign athletes are fast-tracked
Plantations workers, detached government, misdirected funds
I read with frustration the views by Mitra officers in Malaysiakini and would like to add on the plight of three generations of plantation workers. On 13th August, hundreds of plantation workers gathered at Parliament urging the government to enact a sunset law that would legally compel plantation owners including government-linked companies (GLCs) like Sime…
Is the MITRA Fund addressing Indian Poverty?
There appears to be quite some angst among Indian NGOs and politicians about how the MITRA fund of about RM 100 million per year has or has not been disbursed. I think we need to also ask ourselves whether the Mitra Allocation is addressing the problems faced by the poorest 20% of the Indian population…
We should rethink banning vape
By Jeyakumar Devaraj. Call to ban vape, though well-intentioned is seriously misguided.
PSM’s Save the Public Health System Campaign
PSM urges government to uphold our public health system
Lim Guan Eng’s 13MP Argument: A Call for Exploitation, Not Fairness
by S. Arutchelvan. Pitting local and foreign workers against each other will only result in all workers losing their rights.
The 27th National Congress of PSM
3-day Congress was attended by around 150 delegates and observers
A brief history of PSM
The first 25 years of PSM
Fund healthcare through the budget, not from the people’s pocket
By Barathi Selvam. Don’t privatise public healthcare.