Shortages mainly involve medicines for cough and cold, fever, and antibiotics for children. Khairy Jamaluddin expects the situation to stabilise within a month or so.
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.
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.
The Malaysian Medical Association asks the Ministry of Health for minimum RM35 daily remuneration for private general practitioners (GPs) to issue home surveillance orders and to monitor Category 1 and 2 Covid-19 patients at home.
The Malaysian Medical Association says that all RT-PCR tests are processed in laboratories and that MOH guidelines oblige the person conducting laboratory processing of samples to report the result via SIMKA.
It must also be noted that most of the private hospitals are owned by GLCs, where the government as a shareholder is a beneficiary of its profits and dividends.
Private clinics, hospitals, and ambulatory care centres are required to seek approval from local authorities for the use of premises for coronavirus screening and triaging services.