KUCHING, Jan. 5 -- The recent delays in the processing and issuance of the 2026 Annual Practising Certificate (APC) should be a wake-up call for the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) and other related healthcare regulatory bodies to adopt urgent reforms, said the Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy.

The Galen Centre expressed concern that such delays are creating avoidable medico-legal, patient-safety and regulatory-compliance risks across both the public and private health sectors.

It said the Malaysian Medical Association's warning that this could possibly affect tens of thousands of doctors, in both the public and private sectors, was potentially describing a major crisis needing swift resolution.

MMC had responded by saying tha...