{"id":379735,"date":"2025-12-30T05:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T05:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/379735\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T05:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T05:26:10","slug":"mma-warns-against-consulting-unregistered-dr-without-verification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/379735\/","title":{"rendered":"MMA warns against consulting unregistered \u2018Dr\u2019 without verification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nFacebook<br \/>\nTwitter<br \/>\nLinkedIn<br \/>\nThreads<br \/>\nWhatsApp<br \/>\nTelegram\n<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1295061\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1295061\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kch-091225-ce-health-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"864\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1295061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Datuk Dr Thirunavukarasu Rajoo<\/p>\n<p>KUCHING (Dec 30): The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has urged the public to verify a doctor\u2019s registration status with the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) before seeking medical advice or treatment, amid rising concerns over unregistered individuals using the title \u2018Dr\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>MMA president Datuk Dr Thirunavukarasu Rajoo said the association noted a recent MMC clarification regarding the use of the \u2018Dr\u2019 title by medical graduates who are not yet registered practitioners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile academic graduates may use the title Dr, this does not grant the legal right to practise medicine or imply MMC registration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder Section 33 of the Medical Act 1971, unregistered individuals using misleading titles in medical context could face legal action,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Thirunavukarasu stressed the public should exercise vigilance, particularly in the age of social media and digital health advice, and encouraged verification via the MMC\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n<p>He also called on medical graduates, media practitioners, and digital content creators to act responsibly and ethically when using professional titles in health-related communications.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMMA will continue to collaborate with MMC and stakeholders to uphold the integrity of the medical profession and maintain public confidence in the healthcare system,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\nFacebook<br \/>\nTwitter<br \/>\nLinkedIn<br \/>\nThreads<br \/>\nWhatsApp<br \/>\nTelegram<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Threads WhatsApp Telegram Datuk Dr Thirunavukarasu Rajoo KUCHING (Dec 30): The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379736,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,24243,111034,786,18140,17200,785,85],"class_list":["post-379735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-doctor","tag-dr-thirunavukarasu-rajoo","tag-fighting","tag-lead","tag-malaysian-medical-association","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379735\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}