Budget 2021 Archives

12 November 2020

Malaysia

Pharmacy Budget Shifts Will Increase Paperwork, Affect Patients: Lanang MP

Alice Lau says the shift of allocations for MOH programmes to lump-sum budgets may cause a patient’s condition to deteriorate, while they wait for medication that can only be obtained upon approval by higher-ups.

12 November 2020

Malaysia

Sabah Frontliners Use Own Vehicles To Transport Patients During Floods

Kota Belud MP Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis wants a special medical assistance fund to cover transport and accommodation costs for B40 Sabahans who travel far to hospitals.

11 November 2020

Malaysia

Lee: Does CMCO Show Malaysia’s Public Health Failure?

Dzulkefly Ahmad also points out that Vietnam only has 1,226 positive Covid-19 cases and 35 deaths, compared to Malaysia with 42,050 cases and 300 deaths.

11 November 2020

Malaysia

Bintulu MP Slams DG Hisham For Not Visiting Sabah During Covid Crisis

Tiong King Sing also criticised the government for drafting “ambiguous” Covid-19 SOPs that lead to RM1,000 fines, like not checking in with MySejahtera while filling up fuel, or a passenger sitting in a car in front with the driver.

10 November 2020

Malaysia

How Klang Valley Lockdown Affected A Temerloh Ikan Patin Restaurant

Najib Razak and Dr Lee Boon Chye say the various MCOs and SOPs are vague and confusing.

10 November 2020

Malaysia

Guan Eng Slams Health Care Cuts, Small Raise In MOH’s Total Budget

Lim Guan Eng says the marginal 4% increase in MOH’s 2021 budget falls far short of targets to expand health care services.

10 November 2020

Malaysia

Budget 2021 Should Allocate More For NCDs, Digital Health: Analysts

The Malaysian Medical Association is disappointed at how Budget 2021 sidelined over 7,000 GPs’ requests on tax reliefs, as over 200 GP clinics will be closed by the end of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

9 November 2020

Malaysia

How Much Will Sabah Hospitals Get From RM1Bil Covid-19 Allocation? MP Asks

Papar MP Ahmad Hassan also asked the government to refine the monthly RM600 Covid-19 special allowance for frontliners according to their workload in different infection zones.

9 November 2020

Malaysia

Why Are Treatment Allocations Combined In MOH Budget 2021? Opposition MPs Ask

Dzulkefly Ahmad says it’s untrue that health care allocations were not reduced.

9 November 2020

Malaysia

Anwar Demands Covid-19 Open Data, MPs Question CMCO Expansion

Setiawangsa MP Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad wants data on Covid-19 case incidence rate (number of cases per population).

Tag: Budget 2021

Pharmacy Budget Shifts Will Increase Paperwork, Affect Patients: Lanang MP

Sabah Frontliners Use Own Vehicles To Transport Patients During Floods

Lee: Does CMCO Show Malaysia’s Public Health Failure?

Bintulu MP Slams DG Hisham For Not Visiting Sabah During Covid Crisis

How Klang Valley Lockdown Affected A Temerloh Ikan Patin Restaurant

Guan Eng Slams Health Care Cuts, Small Raise In MOH’s Total Budget

Budget 2021 Should Allocate More For NCDs, Digital Health: Analysts

How Much Will Sabah Hospitals Get From RM1Bil Covid-19 Allocation? MP Asks

Why Are Treatment Allocations Combined In MOH Budget 2021? Opposition MPs Ask

Anwar Demands Covid-19 Open Data, MPs Question CMCO Expansion

‘Zero Pending’, Zero Safety, Zero HCWs: The Burning Crisis At Queen Elizabeth Hospital — Health Worker

Malaysia Faces Emerging Shortage Of Dialysers, Haemodialysis Components

UMMC Denies Radiation Exposure Caused Staff Cancer ‘Cluster’

Ampang Hospital’s IT System Down For 33 Hours In First Huge Outage

Too Many Agencies Involved In Doctor Workforce Pipeline: Health DG