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Top 5 at 5: The Future of Online Healthcare

Charlaine Chin, Medico-legal Lawyer

02-Jul-25 17:00

Top 5 at 5: The Future of Online Healthcare

During the pandemic, online healthcare services took centre stage and their influence has continued even years post COVID-19. New guidelines to regulate the age of digital healthcare service models came into effect on May 5th. We discuss what the guidelines cover and the future law framework for them with medico-legal lawyer, Charlaine Chin.

Other stories we covered:

• Impact of SST to be felt soon: Yesterday, the 8% SST increase was implemented, and business owners are already warning consumers that they will feel the effects as early as this month. To better understand the burden this has put on businesses we speak to President of the Malaysian SME Association Chin Chee Seong.

• New details in Cyberjaya university murder: Maniishapriet Kaur Akhara, a 20-year old university student was murdered in her hostel in Cyberjaya about a week ago. With new information into suspects, motives, and more emerging, we talk to Tamyra Selvarajan, advocacy officer at Women’s Aid Organization (WAO) for her thoughts on this case and the wider concerns for women’s safety.

• 200 university students diagnosed with HIV: According to the Health Ministry, of the 3,200 HIV cases recorded last year, an alarming amount were attributed to the youth population. With many avoiding HIV screenings due to taboos and required parental consent, the government is trying to expanding accessibility to testing. We speak to Andrew Tan, President of the Kuala Lumpur AIDS Support Services Society (KLASS) about why the youth are at risk and the importance of getting tested.

• Generative AI is affecting our brains: While it is too early for scientists to fully understand the effect of AI on our brains, there are already signs of how it would look like in the future. With users turning to AI for therapy there are concerns that it could encourage delusional thinking and affect learning capabilities. We talk about this.

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Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek, Sneha Harikannan, Dashran Yohan, Sudais Ferhard, Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharaad Kuttan


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