The health reform commission also will be a vehicle to frame a reformation in the health care financing system, manpower resources, and health care infrastructure, says Dr Kelvin Yii.
University Putra Malaysia Teaching Hospital (HPUPM), under the Ministry of Higher Education, has applied to be exempted from the Private Healthcare Facilities And Services Act.
The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency’s (NPRA) evaluation of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine will take a maximum of 120 working days, but it can be approved earlier if there is sufficient data from Pfizer, says Dr Adham Baba.
Malaysia’s Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population (270) and deaths per 100,000 population (1.32) are also higher than China’s six cases and 0.32 deaths per 100,000 population.
The minister of higher education says UMMC’s non-emolument need is very high and approval for non-emoluments is restricted based on a ceiling for teaching hospitals.
Dr Zulkifli Ismail and Dr Musa Mohd Nordin say adding Covid-19 vaccination to the list of responsibilities for public health care providers will just stretch an already overworked system.