Budget 2021 Archives

9 November 2020

Malaysia

Anwar: Where Is RM3Bil Covid-19 Vaccine Allocation In Budget 2021?

Medical supplies across clinical specialties are allocated under two budget items totalling RM4.29 billion in MOH’s Specific Programmes section in operating expenditure of Budget 2021; Covid-19 vaccines are also not listed for MOH under the separate Covid-19 Fund.

9 November 2020

Letter

The Health Budget 2021 is Not Enough — Malaysian Health Coalition

We urge the government to adopt long-term, durable policies toward sustainable health care financing, establishing oversight mechanisms, and public-private partnerships.

9 November 2020

Letter

Budget 2021 Is Bad For Our Mental Health — Finn See

The budget for mental health services and infrastructure observed a whopping 61% (RM42 million) reduction from RM69 million in 2020 to RM26 million in 2021. This is the lowest ever monetary allocation towards mental health services and infrastructure.

9 November 2020

Letter

Budgeting In Unprecedented Times — Dr Vikkineshwaran Siva Subramaniam

One point very evident in the budget is how much importance has been given in addressing the issues with short-term measures. Quick wins. The low hanging fruits. There isn’t much evidence of long-term measures.

9 November 2020

Malaysia

Drug Supplies Across Programmes Merged Into Lump-Sum Budgets: MOH

Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii says reclassifying the allocations for treatments, previously delineated according to specialty, into consolidated budgets under "highly discretionary" Specific Programmes adds bureaucracy and impacts patients, as clinicians can't plan their budgets ahead.

7 November 2020

Malaysia

MPs Slam Deep Health Care Cuts In ‘Short-Sighted’ Budget 2021

According to Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii, the government should invest more in health care to educate people during the Covid-19 public health crisis.

6 November 2020

Malaysia

Government Slashes 2021 Medical, Public Health Budgets Amid Covid Crisis

Under MOH’s Budget 2021, nephrology received a 78% budget cut with an RM56 million allocation for next year, while the allocation for cancer treatment was slashed by 10 times to about RM21 million.

6 November 2020

Malaysia

MHTC Gets RM35Mil In Budget 2021, No Allocations For Public Patients In Private Hospitals

Budget 2021 for health is focused on Covid-19 vaccines, tax reliefs for medical expenses, and Covid-19 expenses like PPE and test kits and supplies.

6 November 2020

Malaysia

Despite Pandemic, MOH’s 2021 Budget Only Rises 4% From 2020

MOH received RM31.9 billion for Budget 2021, a 4.3% raise from 2020, marking a trend of increasingly smaller increases since Budget 2019.

6 November 2020

Malaysia

RM3Bil On Covid-19 Vaccines, Higher Tax Reliefs For Medical Expenses: Budget 2021

A total of RM90 million has been allocated next year for pneumococcal vaccination.

Tag: Budget 2021

Anwar: Where Is RM3Bil Covid-19 Vaccine Allocation In Budget 2021?

The Health Budget 2021 is Not Enough — Malaysian Health Coalition

Budget 2021 Is Bad For Our Mental Health — Finn See

Budgeting In Unprecedented Times — Dr Vikkineshwaran Siva Subramaniam

Drug Supplies Across Programmes Merged Into Lump-Sum Budgets: MOH

MPs Slam Deep Health Care Cuts In ‘Short-Sighted’ Budget 2021

Government Slashes 2021 Medical, Public Health Budgets Amid Covid Crisis

MHTC Gets RM35Mil In Budget 2021, No Allocations For Public Patients In Private Hospitals

Despite Pandemic, MOH’s 2021 Budget Only Rises 4% From 2020

RM3Bil On Covid-19 Vaccines, Higher Tax Reliefs For Medical Expenses: Budget 2021

‘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