Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad says 85% of 1,093 health clinics and 91% of 694 dental clinics are using the MySejahtera appointment system. MOH aims for 100% usage in all clinics by 2024.
MOH launches a GEG survey on MySejahtera, after the government delayed tabling the tobacco bill for second reading. It's unclear if seeking public feedback only now – after the bill was tabled for first reading in Parliament – will cause further delay.
In an historic Parliament debate on the AG's Report, government MPs widely slammed leakages in MOH's emergency procurement during the pandemic, including the 2020 procurement of defective ventilators, vaccine and PPE wastage, and MySejahtera data breaches.
Lukanisman Awang Sauni says government has made payment to MySJ Sdn Bhd for MySejahtera, based on an RM196 million ceiling price, for services until March 31, 2023, with further cost implications after that, as MOH wants MySejahtera to be a "super app".
Lukanisman Awang Sauni claims in Parliament that the download of 3 million vaccine recipients' data by a MySejahtera Super Admin account was actually a "security measure", contradicting MOH's own response to the Auditor-General that described it as abuse.
In a parliamentary reply to Taiping MP Wong Kah Woh, the health minister says MOH finalised the direct procurement of MySejahtera and payment (amount unspecified) was made to the company operating the app, in line with MOF's special approval letter on Sept 15, 2022.
The Auditor-General's report found that the procurement for MySejahtera’s SMS service was done without a formal contract and no checks were undertaken to ensure that the invoices submitted by the app developer were in order.
A “Super Admin” account under the MyVAS system, which is used at vaccination centres to record and issue Covid-19 vax certs, downloaded the personal information of three million vaccine recipients from the MySejahtera app, according to the AG Report.