Real-time data on one's overall health status and lifestyle, across the entire Malaysian population, could potentially revolutionise public health policies and programmes, especially for chronic disease.
The aim is to reduce the burden of stroke through enhanced preventive strategies, better access to hyperacute care, improved treatment coverage and modalities, and commitment to long term care.
Dr Milton Lum says the Bill may force GPs to stop dispensing medicines, which will increase the cost of health care and inconvenience the public, with long-term consequences for health care delivery.
Do vaccines protect us from severe disease and death, or are vaccines insufficiently protective that we must fear infection from a positive Covid-19 case at a voting booth? Which is it?