THE Government launched the Malaysia International Healthcare Megatrends 2025 conference setting a national agenda for healthcare innovation, sustainability, and inclusivity.
Deputy Prime Minister II and Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof urged stakeholders to unite in strengthening the healthcare system through digital technologies and public-private collaboration.
“Every discovery, every reform, every innovation, and every act of care is, in essence, an act of saving humanity,” he said at the event held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on Tuesday.
He highlighted the moral and social responsibility of the healthcare sector. Drawing on Ibn Sina’s words, he added, “The aim of medicine is to preserve health and restore it when it is lost,” framing healthcare as a trust requiring compassion, knowledge, and integrity.
Under Budget 2026, RM46.5 billion has been allocated to the Ministry of Health, an increase from RM45.3 billion in 2025.
Key priorities include expanding public health infrastructure, reducing hospital congestion, addressing medical inflation, and empowering essential-medicine public-private partnerships.
Fadillah stressed that equity and social justice are central to healthcare: quoting Tun Hussein Onn, “Justice and fairness must be the foundation upon which a nation is built. Only then will every citizen feel that they belong.”
The conference aims to foster cross-sector collaboration, promote digital health solutions, and support inclusive policies that enable Malaysia to advance as a regional leader in healthcare innovation.
Fadillah added with a spiritual reflection from Surah Ash-Shu’araa, Ayat 80: “And when I am ill, it is He who cures me,” reinforcing the principle that human innovation in healthcare must be guided by compassion and integrity. - November 25, 2025
