Malaysian here. There are 2 types of medical care in Malaysia: 1. Private - you have private clinics, which are small (usually for non-serious ailments) and can be found almost everywhere, even in small towns around the country. GPs here, see you and dispense medication. The patient would pay and pick up the medication all in one go. Some clinics even open 24hours. The other private care is Private Hospitals like Pantai Medical Centre, and there are quite a few well-known ones in the country as well. 2. Public or Government care. A good chunk of Malaysia's annual budget for the country goes to subsidising healthcare in this country, so generally, it's free for Malaysians. For the government clinics, waiting time can be quite long but very systematic and computerised. Almost every town in Malaysia would have one or two public clinics. Registration fee is RM1, but more for non-citizens, unless you are married to one. Cash is not accepted so everything's cashless. If your case needs to be looked onto further, then the GPs there will refer you to the main public hospital closest to you. And then you have the main public hospitals - the core of Malaysia's healthcare. You don't go there if you don't have follow-ups with specialists. It's crowded. But suprisingly, things can move very fast from registration to seeing the specialists. Cost - pay registration and meds (medication can also be free). For foreigners not married to locals, the cost would be different but still cheaper than private hospitals.

Most Indonesian that come to malaysia for treatment are middle to upper class citizen, lower or bottom class can't afford it. The reason is, they get better treatment in malaysia than their own country hospital. Many indonesian who got treated in malaysia vlogs about this, most of them said: fast respons, no waiting period to see specialist, friendly service from all level personel regardless who you are, and what they said is much much much more highly skilled professional and certified international doctors in malaysia compare to their own country. There also quite many european vlog in youtube about their treatment here and very satisfying with the services, price and the most important thing is result of their treatment!

Healthcare in Malaysia are top notch. Of course we still have a lot weakness here and there, but overall it's comparable to top Commonwealth countries. If you are a foreigner and have a decent financial (and insurance), you'll have a good access to our excellent private hospital.

I want to clarify something, please take note: 1. In public hospitals there are two situations. First, in case of emergency the services given including diagnostics, treatment and medication, there is no waiting period. They will treat immediately. Second, if you are a registered patient i.e you data is already in you then do follow ups and have an appointment card, the service given will be thorough and if any diagnostic to be done, it will be scheduled for you and it could be there and then or sent to another better equiped hospital. Particularly like CT Scan and MRI it will not take 3 months but just over a month, but there is no rush, it is not and emergency! Remember for emergencies, they will do it ASAP. Of course on the appointment day, there will be a waiting time from 3 to 6 hours. But be wise, do some planning and fill the waiting time with something useful. All of the above is free for Malaysian citizens. Non-citizens have to pay but it is definitely affordable for people like Saira Hayati, may it is peanuts. So please give the proper impression so people really understand. 2. For private hospitals, of course you have to pay and the hospitals will try to give their best services to compete with other private hospitals.

The Irish are for Palestine. God bless them!

Saira is really exposing UK government and its really funny

In Malaysia public hospitals , you have normal sickness like fever , cough , headache (outpatient treatment ) , you pay only RM1 and same day they will treat you . If you are on an emergency , they will treat you immediately . If you complain you have a chest pain , they will treat you immediately . We have free medical care basically for all citizens . Of course for private , you have to pay much more , they hv to attend to you immediately . Malaysia have one of the best heart surgery hospitals in the world . IJN . A lot of expats come here for that . For citizens , depending on the income , the government subsidizes , relatively much cheaper . In general ,government hospital ls and clinics are free for citizens .. Malaysia has one of the best medical care for its citizens..free for all .. Sorry , the doctor has not been able to provide you with a full picture , especially on the government hospitals . He is more concern on private hospitals , he never worked in our government hospitals , so he does not know much . For your info , the best facilities are in government hospitals .

We used to live in the UK about 15 years. What Saira said its true, the NHS services are deteriorating compared to years a go due to cutting cost by the UK government. It can be frustrated to make appointment to see GP, and everything has to be through your registered GP unlike in Malaysia, you can see straight specialists. The waiting time is horrendous moreover in over-populated areas. I have experience twice went to emergency where I got burnt and 2nd time I had kidney stone. I had to wait in pain for 4-5 hours before a nurse gave me a painkiller and 2 hours later for checking and treatment. My daughter also had similar experience during COVID-19, she has left alone in a cold bed during winter to get COVID test result first before getting checked by doctor for blood infection. She was shivering without blanket with no heater. In Malaysia we have option to get free treatment at general government hospital, or getting Medical Card which is quite affordable compared to services offered for getting treatment at private hospitals. However, no country is perfect, but Malaysia healthcare system is much better than even developed countries, and still improving.

Very excellent video. Gives an insight of medical treatment in a hospital.

As Malaysian. Wow! What a surprise! Malaysian General Hospitals that we always complain are far...far....better than UK's hospital!

Tysm, welcome Dr thanks for coming on the channel❤

Private hospital....generally about RM 80 to 100 for non-emergency treatment with an MO within the hour. Specialist consultation without medicine is RM150-200 and in case of + some minor procedure up to RM300...all within the hour. Medicines would be ++. FYI in the 1970s and 80s, Malaysia had up to 30,000 students every year in GB doing all sorts of degrees. I was one of those as an architecture/engineering student in North London in 1979. So finding a Dr who graduated from Ireland (the hotbed for Malaysian medical students during my time apart from Egypt and India) and from the UK is quite common in Malaysia. In fact the wife of the current Malaysian PM, is one of the former top students/award winner of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland RCSI.

Thank you very much for this video I was waiting for🥰🥰

Thank You for this video, really useful to know. I think your fanbase will 'all' be moving over to Malaysia sooner or later after watching your videos. I researched once where in the world would you find the most hospitable nation. It was Iranian and Malaysian people, top in being the most kind and warming of people towards guests and visitors. My heart has fallen for one 😍.. 💓

Love the video, lots of thoughtful questions and very helpful for foreigners before coming there.

We have Islamic insurance here in Malaysia which is called Takafful. Many companies provide that type of Insurance.

What a soft spoken doctor. ✨

Great level of detail Saira. You are asking all the right questions.

Hi Saira thank you for another insightful and informative video, could you also review the Dental services in Malaysia. Thank you

Salam and thank you Nomad capitalist talked about healthcare in Malaysia 🇲🇾 He said; he did a complete blood 🩸 work and check ups for 300$ at an international hospital 🏥 I had saved it, but now I forgot where I saved it. He said; most of the Drs are western trained and speak English. Salam and thank you again 🇮🇶🇺🇸

I love you, sister You really encourage me You speak what I have been trying to explain to others

Very informative. Thank you so much.

Foreigner can apply for Medical Takaful/Insurance. 2 main things needed are passport (or other verification ID accepted in system) and Malaysian (opened) bank account.

So let me just clarify to anybody interested as well - If you are a foreigner and you want medical treatment you can also pay in cash / credit card if you do not qualify or are excluded from medical insurance. Many people just do this in Malaysia and depending on your case most scans, medications and operations are still affordable under private.

Great video. It would be great to make a video about taxes there for foreigners.

Thank you this was very informative

was admitted a few years ago in Pantai...as long as you have a medical card insurance, that would help a lot. Nonetheless, Pantai Hosp is one of the best.

Normal condition for personal medical insurance/ takaful policy coverage (hospitalisation): 30 days waiting period (except for accident), 120 days for specified illness, pre-existing illness (and related) is not covered. You may need to pay & claim for policy under two years but after that (2 years) you can easily obtain Guarantee Letter for cashless treatment (depending on the coverage and you must get referral letter from GP for the admission).

One thing to bear in mind when you go to small private hospitals in Malaysia is that, when there are complications in the surgery or treatment, the patient is sent to the Government Hospitals to sort out the complications. Sometimes the patient recovers and sometimes doesn't. When the patient sent to the Government Hospital from a Private Hospital eventually dies despite the lastvditch efforts, the Government Hospital gets blamed.

Many indonesians go to melaka and penang for medical services.

In reality, cheap & fast Public healthcare system doesn't exist. I know some countries have a totally free medical health care system and they are facing the same problem, which is long queues. At least in Malaysia, all the Public General Hospital (hospital besar) in every state are well equipped & (almost FOC for all Malaysian). And we also have dedicated Public Cancer Centre in Putrajaya as well as a National Heart Centre in Kuala Lumpur. In addition there are also University medical centres, owned & run by local Universities, namely UiTM, UM, UKM, UPM, USM which are staffed with highly competent specialist & consultant

Hi Saira, just want to share my experience going into emergency at private hospital during weekend. The fee would be extra as compared to weekday. This applies the same when you’re going there on weekday after office hours. Every private hospital is different from another. If you have bad experience with some, you can always go to another. Just like hotel. We shop around and turn into their regular if they met our standards. I hope you find your favourite private hospital in Malacca. I went to Pantai Ayer keroh even though I’m from KL. I’m still waiting your video on your kid’s school . Are they home tutoring or you chose to send them to the Private İnternational School? as Malaysian International School is just out of our budget, I would say for majority of us.

Good to know 👍

From what i heard and relatice experience.. we just go to private for the luxurious treatment (you got what u pay).. if they cant treat the patient usually the case will move to goverment/public hospital cause the best are there...

Everything the doctor said about the insurence was great and most people will not understand insurance language , but when he said the insurence will not take if you have pre-exisitance is scary.

If you have insurance , the private hospital will maximize the charges . If you pay cash , the rates is much lower . But they are not telling you this . Our public hospitals are generous . Not too worry .

Salaams. Can you consider making a Vlog on the Rubber industry plantations of the rubber trees and palm oil industries.

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31:30 For common blue collar workers, our medical are usually covered under the government scheme of SOCSO where both the employers and employees will pay for a small amount every month, which covers accidents at work, travelling to and from work, etc. And our auto insurance also covers accidents, so it's not really necessary to take extra medical insurance. And that's why they frequent public cinics and hospitals more than the private for cases other than accidents.

More Videos Like this pls

Foster child or own child should be treated equally. Don’t say it’s worse if it’s your own child

Peri menopausal women aged 38- 49yrs old-- PLEASE stay HYDRATED to prevent strokes.

That's what I love about private healthcare. If you got money and want immediate treatment it's perfect. I was in Bangladesh for 2 months and when I fell sick just paying for immediate treatment was blessed. In the UK phoning at 8.30 for an appointment and speaking to a nosey receptionist telling me to call back tomorrow is horrific.

I think your videos are good but you have to allow your guests to talk explain more than comparison to UK...plus simple names for medical issues like about your father I did not understand. Thank you

It depends on where u stay in Malaysia, probably in dense populated area like KL, the waiting time for specialist in public hospital can be longer, but in my place...which is in East malaysia, the waiting time is not that long, depends on what specialist u require to see, some times it is around 1 week to 2 months, then again, it depends on cases, emergency or urgent cases, the waiting time will be shorten

In Canada , where I’m from, you are lucky to get out of emergency in less than 10 hours

The guest doctor mentioned months to get a specialist and MRI is quite surprising. I was using gov hospital so far meeting two types of specialists - one with mri scan, and it was fast, and my case in no way emergency! But maybe he was told to say that for sales purpose?

As muslims, 1st thing is to choose takaful system (very similar to insurance) but all the system are shariah compliant and most insurance company provide the service

Dr Fikri is selling his hospital well. But the fact remains that Private hospitals tend to over charge patients and do unnecessary tests to make money

A good start in the beginning, but u then turned the interview around and went in boring details about the UK, while (from the headline), visitors landed to your video in search of information about Malaysian Healthcare and not the UK. Perhaps you should change the headline to "Malaysia - UK HEALTHCARE COMPARISON". I though like your channel

Hot oil splash and get into my eyes recently.. i went to the hospital.. they ask me to go to emergency.. i went there at 8pm.. they give me early treatment at the yellow emergency room and i got to see a doctor specialized in eyes at 930pm. She treat my eyes. I went home at 1030pm... The next day i went to see her again eventhough its not her working day (she told me just come and register at the emergency).. got my eyes treat for second time.. met again the day after next day for 3rd treatment.. (by this time my eyes got better) got two days mc...going for future checkup tomorrow.. super fast and good.

I had a severe asthma attack 4yrs ago, they sent me to the ICU, i stayed there for 2days, then another 1 day in the general ward (4 in a room) i was charged RM6000 ...this is at Columbia (private)

I went to Prince Court Hospital in KL. I can’t believe that I can say that I like to go to a hospital 😆

So what happens if you have a pre existing medical condition as an expat? If private does not cover it then what do you do?

Kudos to the doctor for enduring some of the annoying lines of questioning!

better to choose takaful for muslim rather than insurance. you have option here. it is like to choose islamic bank facilities rather than haram banking facilities.

is there any schools in MALACCA for moderate learning difficulty ?please make a full video about schooling . like we have grammar schools ,state school SEN Schools . what options you have there. thank you

How did you buy your first house in the U.K.

My God, poor Doctor. She is asking him questions like it's a Bazaar

every where in the world medical treatment is crumbling...the best to say is...money n wealth n big pay insurance cover everything i believe

Uk used to have the best health system. Not any more

Please share expat IT jobs in Malaysia,people want to migrate to Malaysia from Canada,because of attractive Visa opportunities,but no job opportunity is an issue

Thanks for the information. I wonder, whether it's a good idea to live in Malaysia, but shop around for good health insurance from surrounding countries, such as, Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia, which you then fly to whenever you needed it. I think Malaysia and Singapore are the most expensive countries for medical tourism and health insurances

People who are over 40 and have diabetes or any other serious conditions, if insurance does not cover them, then what do they have to do? What options do they have?

Ouh wow.. that was really bad. If a sick person have a chance to survive, he may wont be survive because the time taken too long to get treatment

Is this monthly costs? Or annual?

Foreigners owe RM100 million to govt hospitals in unpaid bill :) Malaysia gov too kind

Not all are roses though. Only a fraction of people in Malaysia have private healthcare insurance. For most of the everyday Joe, private healthcare can be out of reach. Malaysia sorely needs to invest into primary healthcare on a larger scale. Also Saira is looking from a perspective from someone who has earned in sterling pounds. That said, a two tier healthcare system works, as people with insurance or with $$$ can expedite their care without congesting the government hospitals. Win win.

Does anyone how much it costa to deliver a baby in a public vs private in Malaysia, as a non-citizen?

i am curious....why u ask the internal physician ? u should go to the manager ...they suppose to be less busier than the physician... and promote their hospital better

Do I need a resident permit to buy medical insurance in Malaysia?

Takaful insurance better

Oh my God, what the heck is happening in England? That’s a totally screwed up system. How does one wait for MRI for 18 months? If they had terminal illness they’d die before they get diagnosed

Islam god....

Is it 500 Malaysian ringit per month?

BTW sis. This is the correct way of writing Afghan and not Afgan Haha

My little baby wasn't well I couldn't get her an appointment when I did get through to a line and the reply I got is go to your pharmacist Pharmacist turned around looking very annoyed said this is very serious if doctor don't see you go hospital When I went to BRI hospital waited 8hours to get seen This is the UK

another fact about malaysian healthcare, due to the policy of treating the patient 1st without the needs to have the patient financial background.. malaysian healthcare suffering loss of million of dollar, because the patient just go away after their treatment, this contribute majorly by the immigrant..

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This vid is great but I'm afraid it didn't achieve the objective It should be to share information & promoting Malaysia healthcare for foreigners..Yet just look at all the commenters here; VAST MAJORITY OF THEM WERE LOCAL MALAYSIANS Local Malaysian does not need this vid. We do aware, know & enjoy the service. The group that really need to watch this vid is expats I do hope your vid can finally reach those expats who really want to learn about Malaysia's offer for healthcare.

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OMG why talking about medical insurance with doctor? Insurance should talk to insurance agent. Insurance agent can give full explanation on the coverage you can get out of the medical insurance (here call it medical card)

Assalamualaikum How can we get in touch? Looking forward to relocate

Assalamu Alikum sister, I am from bangladesh. I want to start a business in malaysia. Can you please give me details of business opportunities in Malaysia.

Saira: asks a question Doctor: tries to answer it Saira: butts in and starts talking about her own experiences Sorry but to be a good interviewer you need to let the guy talk!

If I have Medicare from USA can I use it there? is local insurance policy mandatory?

The private hospital in My is just ok. Two thing that will make private hospitals in My is not ok, lack of specialist & equipment. I don't blame the private side, it is so expensive to hire specialist & to maintain medical machines & equipment. If you got money & having no serious sickness such heart problem, cancer, stroke, brain & organ injury, yeah you can go to private hospital for good care. However if you got serious sickness or very bad injury you need to go to public hospital, the care is less such less comfy, the specialist doctors are top notch & the equipment are great (not the best). Just remember, doctors & all medical staff are super duper busy in public hospital cause its almost free & obviously so many patients. Both are great depends on your budget & need not what you want. It is about health that we can not compromise. Just take what you need.

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Yes Medical Insurance....not travel insurance 😅

The subtitle is horrible. Lol

M'sia is always better than oth country

Please let the man speak. I enjoy your content but you have a slight problem with speaking over others and interjecting/ interrupting much too often. Before he can fully answer or articulate himself, you pummel the poor guy with another question. Sheesh! We get it! It’s your video but is it actually about helping the people understand what is being explained or more about you trying to show that you’re knowledgeable??? Thanks.

When the 2 of you said that the Irish are "fun", I feel that you guys a calling them a bunch of drunks, am I wrong?

Malaysia is developed for Malaysians, not foreigners. Stay where u r pls.

She's trailing off the talk to Palestanian issue😂😂

May I suggest if u want to know about insurance cost & coverage that u ask an insurance agent...not a doctor...go see a doctor when you are sick not when u want to buy insurance. I think this doctor is not really sure what he is talking about

Who is this saira??? Is she a medical doctor...cos, she behaving as though she's a medical doctor or she's thinking since she's from the UK she is entitled to behavevlike asthough she knows all😂😂

KZfaq.... entitled "What nobody told you about the UK" Tells all...