Despite progress on key issues like talent outflow, emergency department congestion, and vaping, Galen CEO Azrul Mohd Khalib highlights safety concerns and transparency issues in public health care and GLCs.
Ipoh Timor MP Howard Lee calls for MOH to explore hospital partnerships or utilising federal buildings to ease overcrowding in Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital.
FPMPAM, noting that the unity government has now passed its first 100 days, calls for a royal commission on health care: “As doctors, we can clearly see that something is not going right. Has the MOH been on autopilot all these years?”.
Kepala Batas MP Siti Mastura Muhammad reveals that a severe shortage of medical assistants (PPPs) has led to the closure of the screening zone in Kepala Batas Hospital's ED; there are no PPPs in the asthma bay/ Covid zone, and only one PPP in the Red Zone.
Public-private partnerships are essential in improving Malaysia’s health care system and enhancing the country’s reputation as a hub for world-class health care services.
With more demand for care as patients pour into hospitals and clinics, health care professionals are being forced to choose between care for themselves and care for their patients, which is incredibly unfair.
Without a full-time doc at Klinik Desa Air Kuning, elderly residents must travel over 15 km to the nearest public hospital for treatment, says PSM’s Ayer Kuning candidate Bawani KS.
PN’s Radzi Jidin and PH’s Wong Chen say boosting public health care spending to 5% of the GDP can be funded by tackling corruption; BN’s Tengku Adnan simply says: “We know how to get the budget”.