Press Statement
OCTOBER 2025 – PRESS STATEMENT

2 October 2025 – Doctors’ body slams directive on anaesthesia, inpatient classification
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has condemned a directive by a third-party administrator (TPA) to panel hospitals to prioritise local anaesthesia (LA) over general anaesthesia (GA).

2 October 2025 – TPA’s Local Anaesthesia-First Policy Breaches Medical Ethics: MMA
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 — The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has condemned a directive by a third-party administrator (TPA) to panel hospitals to prioritise local anaesthesia (LA) over general anaesthesia (GA).