The EU-Asean Business Council calls for increased access to OTC medicines and health advice in pharmacies in Malaysia, as part of self-care, to reduce the burden on GPs or emergency departments, so that these facilities can focus on more serious cases.
The Malaysian Pharmacists Society wants to know the basis on how the government decides how many doctors, dentists, and pharmacists to recruit into the health service, besides calling for a bigger role for community pharmacies in Peka B40.
A June 16 circular by MOH’s pharmacy practice & development division outlines the procedure to loan drug stocks to private health care facilities and for the return of supplies to the Health Ministry.