25 August 2020
Medical groups will continue to oppose the Poisons (Amendment) 2019 Bill if it remains the same as the one tabled for first reading.
Tag: mandatory prescriptions
13 July 2020
MPs will also raise issues on Covid-19, contract doctors, and mental health among others.
21 January 2020
The Health Ministry will call a stakeholders’ engagement meeting on Feb 13 to discuss proposed amendments to the Poisons Act.
20 December 2019
Pharmacists know the serious implications of prescription drugs like antidepressants.
4 December 2019
With two days left in the current Dewan Rakyat meeting, the deputy health minister says the second reading of the Bill may be postponed to March.
4 December 2019
Is there a Deep State in health care?
3 December 2019
Doctors, dentists, and vets actually face up to five years' imprisonment, a maximum RM50,000 fine, or both for refusing patients' drug prescription requests.
3 December 2019
The Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society considers the Commonwealth Medical Association’s criticism of the Poisons Bill as a violation of Malaysia’s honour.
3 December 2019
The health minister also says the medical fraternity has previously been engaged on mandatory prescriptions upon request.
3 December 2019
A 2015 stakeholders’ meeting saw an agreement on separating the prescribing and dispensing of medicines to doctors and pharmacists respectively only if a national health insurance scheme is implemented.