Medicine has changed, health care has changed, Malaysia has changed, and we too must change.

As Malaysia celebrates Doctors’ Day, the Federation of Private Medical Practitioners’ Associations, Malaysia (FPMPAM) calls for a fundamental rethink of how health care is organised, delivered, and sustained.

Despite mounting pressures on health care workers, resources, and institutions, Malaysia’s health care system continues to function.

Clinics open their doors. Hospitals receive patients. Emergencies are attended to. Babies are delivered. Illnesses are treated. Lives are saved. The public sees the service, but not always the strain behind it.