{
  "id": 12846192,
  "title": "Bagan Serai MP wants healthier food sold in hospitals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/bagan-serai-mp-wants-healthier-food-sold-in-hospitals-12846192",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-08T09:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/08/bagan-serai-mp-wants-healthier-food-sold-in-hospitals"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bagan Serai MP Idris Ahmad has advocated for stricter regulations on the food sold within hospitals to ensure public health safety. In a debate over the Food (Amendment) Bill 2026, Ahmad emphasized that hospitals should serve as places for health education rather than promoting potentially harmful food items. He specifically addressed businesses, including mini-markets operating within hospital premises, urging them to ensure their products do not pose a threat to public health.",
  "summary": "Idris Ahmad says hospitals should be places where the public is educated about healthy eating.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Bagan Serai MP wants healthier food sold in hospitals",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/bagan-serai-mp-wants-healthier-food-sold-in-hospitals",
        "published": "2026-10-08T09:55:37.000Z"
      }
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}