15 March 2022
The Poisons amendment Bill 2022 raises general penalties to up to 5 years’ jail or max RM50,000 fine, besides protecting pharmacy enforcement officers from lawsuits.
Tag: general practitioners (GPs)
24 November 2021
ProtectHealth clarifies to GP clinic PPVs that they must maintain all documents related to the Covid-19 vaccination programme.
26 August 2021
Letter
Peranan Penting Pihak Pengamal Perubatan Swasta Dalam Program Imunisasi Covid-19 Kebangsaan — CITF
Keputusan untuk menghentikan penglibatan general practitioner (GP) bagi sementara waktu telah dibuat setelah meneliti pelbagai faktor, iaitu kapasti PPV, jumlah vaksin, bekalan vaksin serta bilangan penduduk yang masih perlu diimunisasi.
24 August 2021
Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud says the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force initially listed private GP clinics as long-term PPVs to ensure PICK’s continuity in the long run.
24 August 2021
Bukit Gasing residents have raised their concerns over crowds at MBPJ Civic Hall PPV and are afraid that Covid-19 vaccination there might cause an outbreak.
23 August 2021
Private GPs have contributed to only 5% of the vaccinations in the Klang Valley, because it was never in the CITF's plans to prioritise GP participation from the beginning.
23 August 2021
Decisions on booster vaccine programmes and adolescent vaccination will be made later when there is more concrete data-based planning, says CITF.
4 June 2021
The Covid-19 vaccination programme has been converted from what should be a simple process into a complicated one.
1 June 2021
MMA claims state JKJAV ordered audits on GP clinics before permitting them to administer Covid-19 vaccines; only 184 of 2,500 private clinics registered with PICK are currently conducting vaccination.
13 May 2021
ProtectHealth acknowledges that private medical practitioners are involved in PICK as vaccinators, but says vaccine registration is only with MySejahtera.