<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Full Circle Solutions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Empowering precision medicine through statistical synergy]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/thinktank</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 04:40:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.theinsightcircle.org/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Delisting A Poison: A Costly Fallout And Nicotinization of a Nation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Assessment by Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha, Sean Thum, Hoomashini Gunasegaran Click icon for detailed report Source for policy review 1.   Boo Su-Lyn. High Court rules liquid nicotine was delisted unlawfully [Internet]. CodeBlue. 2026 May 15 [cited 2026 May 18]. Available from: https://codeblue.galencentre.org/2026/05/high-court-rules-liquid-nicotine-was-delisted-unlawfully/ 2.   Kenyataan Media (17th May 2026) – Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia – Maklumbalas Berhubung Keputusan Mahkamah...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/delisting-a-poison-a-costly-fallout-and-nicotinization-of-a-nation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0a97ef2fd8b3b696955905</guid><category><![CDATA[Insight Rapids]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 10:44:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fb08a4_67b6106b5d1d43c399be959758416067~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing More With Less: Navigating  Healthcare Budget Cuts with Prudence and Hindsight]]></title><description><![CDATA[Assessment by Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha, Dinyadarshini Johnson, Sean Thum, Hoomashini Gunasegaran Click icon for detailed report Source for policy review CNA - Malaysia to slash 2026 federal operating spend over Iran war costs (https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/malaysia-slash-federal-operating-spend-iran-war-costs-6090996) Free Malaysia Today - Treasury suggests RM5.4bil budget cuts for health, higher education ministries - Treasury suggests RM5.4bil budget cuts for health, higher...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/doing-more-with-less-navigating-healthcare-budget-cuts-with-prudence-and-hindsight</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f9709bb27e981e27c5f4b0</guid><category><![CDATA[Insight Rapids]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 05:31:25 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fb08a4_67b6106b5d1d43c399be959758416067~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mental Healthcare Is No Longer a Monopoly: Authority And Autonomy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha, Sean Thum, Dinyadarshini Johnson, 1st May 2026 “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” — Alvin Toffler Two Different Scenarios, One Converging Outcome              	Imagine this. Real eye witness accounts from two patients, walking into a clinic, only desiring guidance and a therapeutic relationship. What unfurled, can be summarized as follows 1.    A 74-year-old...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/mental-healthcare-is-no-longer-a-monopoly-authority-and-autonomy-in-the-age-of-artificial-intellige</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474f2</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 01:07:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_c98984b94bd14e1cb151d18284efa4d8~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Anatomy of Premium Escalation: Rethinking Malaysia’s Healthcare Financing Model (Part II)]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Sean Thum, Nadirah Babji, Dinesh Sangarran Ramachandram, Dinyadarshini Johnson, Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha, 17th March 2026 “Every system is a lie refined by logic” – Emile Cioran RESET of the current system 	The current administration’s RESET initiative seeks a more incremental approach. A key proposal is the introduction of a standardised basic medical and health insurance/takaful (MHIT) product ( the Base MHIT Plan ) targeted for implementation in 2027. By creating a common...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/the-anatomy-of-premium-escalation-rethinking-malaysia-s-healthcare-financing-model-part-ii</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474f9</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:30:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/99ec98fdb81945c29c25a3ad6c5606b1.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Crisis by Design: The Collapse of Malaysia’s Medical Workforce (Part 2 - The Fix)]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Sean Thum, Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha, Dinyadarshini Johnson (The Insight Circle), 26th March 2026 "A cage went in search of a bird” – Franz Kafka Build to Last 	The crisis confronting Malaysia’s healthcare workforce did not arise from a single policy failure but from the cumulative effects of structural decisions cutting across spanning decades. Addressing the current shortage, therefore, requires more than temporary administrative measures or incremental adjustments. What is needed...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/a-crisis-by-design-the-collapse-of-malaysia-s-medical-workforce-part-2-the-fix</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474f0</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:30:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e479d05d6e340e890bb5f4245eca025.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Crisis by Design: The Collapse of Malaysia’s Medical Workforce  (Part 1 - The Genesis)]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Dinyadarshini Johnson, Sean Thum, Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha (The Insight Circle), 19th March 2026 “Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.” – Leo Tolstoy Lost in translation  	We were told reform was impossible — too complex, too costly, too politically dangerous. Yet history shows that what is most resisted often becomes inevitable. On February 14th 2026 — just when the health workforce shortage had formally reached a beginning of meltdown — it was finally...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/a-crisis-by-design-the-collapse-of-malaysia-s-medical-workforce-part-1-the-genesis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474ef</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:05:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7e479d05d6e340e890bb5f4245eca025.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Anatomy of Premium Escalation: Rethinking Malaysia’s Healthcare Financing Model (Part I)]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Sean Thum, Nadirah Babji, Dinesh Sangarran Ramachandram, Dinyadarshini Johnson, Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha, 5th March 2026 “The most difficult thing is to find unity in multiplicity” – Arvo Pärt Fall from grace 	For decades, the healthcare system in Malaysia has been a beacon of pride, an exemplary and equitable model for other emerging economies to emulate. The birth of this favourable situation can be traced back to strategic prioritization of several key areas - early investments in...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/the-anatomy-of-premium-escalation-rethinking-malaysia-s-healthcare-financing-model-part-i</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474e7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 01:30:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/99ec98fdb81945c29c25a3ad6c5606b1.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond the White Coat: The Fragility of Medical Training in a Changing World]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Dinyadarshini Johnson and Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha (The Insight Circle), 30th January 2026 “All the natural movements of the soul are controlled by laws analogous to those of physical gravity. Grace is the only exception.” - Simone Weil World In Balance 	Reality check – medical qualifications have now become “redundant”. When medical graduates can no longer contribute outside the “comfortable” or well-established clinical platform, their despair becomes visceral than ever. When the...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/beyond-the-white-coat-the-fragility-of-medical-training-in-a-changing-world</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474e6</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 10:28:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_d44ee16935b947a09ead73f97e45270a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Politics of Redeployment: When a Failing System Turns Against Its Doctors]]></title><description><![CDATA[By The Insight Circle, 22nd of December 2025 “I am I and my circumstance; and if I do not save it, I do not save myself.” – Ortega y Gasset Walk Through the Desert 	Ignored and marginalized. Doctors leave in droves from the healthcare delivery system. This unprecedented exodus is no longer a distant whisper, but an undeniable reality. The drivers behind this crisis are nothing new nor unknown, often silently discussed – as if taboo – within the narrow corridors of the organization. Decaying...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/the-politics-of-redeployment-when-a-failing-system-turns-against-its-doctors</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474fa</guid><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 02:35:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_1660975820834d87a1a07b557ebb5190~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behavioural Insights or Hindsight: A Call for Action to Transform Tomorrow]]></title><description><![CDATA[By The Insight Circle, 23rd November 2025 "A good man delights in receiving advice; all worst men are the most impatient of guidance" – Seneca 	On 25 September 2025, the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, launched the National Blueprint for Behavioural Insights in Health  with much fanfare. This landmark initiative signals a decisive shift away from conventional approaches to health management, embracing instead a preventive and behaviour-driven...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/behavioural-insights-or-hindsight-a-call-for-action-to-transform-tomorrow</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474ee</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 11:34:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_b6806e4061d24d46b74d7f8fec4d93cc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Shared Humanity, Bound in Pages]]></title><description><![CDATA[8th November 2025, by Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha 	It was 2014. I sat quietly, staring out the window of a suburban general practice clinic not far from the city. Outwardly, I maintained a calm, stoic demeanour. But beneath that thin veneer, my thoughts were anything but calm. The air felt charged—pensive, almost electric. I was grappling with a profound inner conflict, fueled by a growing disquiet about how conventional clinical practice was failing the very people it aimed to help. 	The...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/screen-diagnose-manage-and-monitor-a-gp-primer-to-common-clinical-conditions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474f6</guid><category><![CDATA[Insight Projects]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 06:25:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fb08a4_e8fe6088bc4247efb560576d88347ac5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_412,h_583,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Kids, Our Responsibility: The Mental-Health Fallout of Industrialized Parenting]]></title><description><![CDATA[By The Insight Circle, 22nd October 2025 “To share is precious, pure and fair. Don't play with something you should cherish for life” – Marvin Gaye   Blood is on our hands 	The small infractions, the quiet moments of neglect, the times we chose to look away — they only return to haunt us. Just two weeks ago, the attempted murder of a five-year-old in Ohio and the stabbing at a Bandar Utama school laid bare how the lives of children can be irreversibly changed in a single heartbeat. To call it...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/our-kids-our-responsibility-the-mental-health-fallout-of-industrialized-parenting</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474e4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 03:54:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_0af284be66784034a563aceb1f7c706b~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bearing Witness or Bearing Burden in Gaza: Where Moral Theatre Ends and True Sacrifice Begins]]></title><description><![CDATA[By The Insight Circle, 10th October 2025 “Only he who keeps his eyes fixed on the horizon will find the right road.” — Dag Hammarskjöld...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/bearing-witness-or-bearing-burden-in-gaza-where-moral-theatre-ends-and-true-sacrifice-begins</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474ec</guid><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 02:10:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_e2b580dab01e420aa08572ba02916d7f~mv2_d_5580_4160_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Healthcare Demolition Derby: Why Doctors in Malaysia Must Break the Hierarchy Wars and Reclaim Meaning]]></title><description><![CDATA[By The Insight Circle (28th September 2025)	 "He who fights monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster" - Friederich Nietzsche The Pledge We Make, Unknowingly 	Doctors ought to be careful what they wish for. The Hippocratic Oath is not merely a collection of words recited at the outset of a career—it is a moral covenant that transcends the routines of daily practice. To swear by an ideal is to cross the Rubicon, a point of no return where one makes a conscious choice...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/healthcare-demolition-derby-why-doctors-in-malaysia-must-break-the-hierarchy-wars-and-reclaim-meani</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474e8</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 03:35:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_0c05b8d100ea4ae183f3c81fad9e1417~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complement, Not Compete: Softening the Mindset Blocking Psychologists in Healthcare]]></title><description><![CDATA[By The Insight Circle, 5th September 2025 "He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life"- Ralph Waldo...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/complement-not-compete-softening-the-mindset-blocking-psychologists-in-healthcare</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474e5</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 08:30:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d71efebb1b9f4205a7067ed5984c3e1c.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Grand Illusion of Care: Soul-Searching Amid a Culture of Bullying in Medicine]]></title><description><![CDATA[By The Insight Circle, 31st August 2025 “You judge a society by the decency of living of the weakest.” - Zygmunt Bauman A...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/the-grand-illusion-of-care-soul-searching-in-a-culture-of-bullying-in-medicine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474f4</guid><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 10:36:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_47a0f50c234e4f55878b8f61b8fc2758~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Obesity Fallacy: No More Games, We Need Real Solutions]]></title><description><![CDATA[By The Insight Circle, 25th August 2025 "When a cycle of a civilization is reaching its end, it is difficult to achieve anything by...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/the-obesity-fallacy-no-more-games-we-need-real-solutions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474f8</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 09:05:37 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_0f58c8a86bbd40a49b89f17550516f96~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond Firefighting: Rethinking Mental Health Strategies in Malaysia ]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha, August 17th, 2025 "Let everything happen to you, beauty and terror. No feeling is final." - Rainer Maria Rilke 	As Malaysia’s National Strategic Plan for Mental Health (2020–2025) draws to a close, it is timely to reflect on its outcomes after five years of implementation. Launched in response to a three-fold rise in the prevalence of mental health disorders within just a decade (NHMS, 2019), the plan has not curbed the growing burden. Over the past...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/beyond-firefighting-rethinking-mental-health-strategies-in-malaysia</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474ed</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 05:02:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_b8ebf6f7070e47bf9d4d3d48855a00a7~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[More needed to address rise in NCDs]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha 	The Academy of Medicine of Malaysia has highlighted the alarming trends of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) reported in the National Health and Morbidity Survey in 2019 (NHMS 2019). The academy proposes an urgent need for newer and innovative steps to prevent further escalation of this dilemma.    	Although many would laud the implementation of the strategies such as enhanced primary care and national strategic plans for NCDs as a step in the right...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/more-needed-to-address-rise-in-ncds</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474e9</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:55:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5112b47b49d9435aab073909d2e4ba28.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Silent Revolution: Reinventing Malaysia’s Primary Healthcare Beyond Tariff Pressures ]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha, August 6th 2025 “Victimism uses the ideology of concern for victims to gain political or economic or...]]></description><link>https://www.theinsightcircle.org/post/beyond-tariffs-rmk-13-and-the-silent-revolution-in-malaysian-healthcare</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f2becaca5d9eb5bf0474f3</guid><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 01:39:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_e9889bf2e2e448f1b6e453a5b8367458~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Yogarabindranath Swarna Nantha</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>