With regards to doctors running too many clinics, the statement made was practical as it will be impossible for a doctor to manage and operate too many clinics at once. If this is allowed, it will be detrimental to the public because it will affect quality care and patient safety.

On the issue of overcharging by private hospitals, the Minister’s statement is reasonable considering the fact that costs of living is escalating. The PHFSA attempts to cap cost of treatment, thus protecting the public from exorbitant health care charges.

With regard to the bogus doctor, it seemed that the writer enjoys belittling the Ministry’s efforts to stem out bogus doctors. The Burmese Doctor’s case was properly investigated and appropriate action was taken.

The writer’s allegation that Ministry is employing unregistered doctors is mischievous. I would like to advise the writer to have his facts right before making such sweeping statements.

The writer went on to say that the Ministry had not looked into the amendments of the PHFSA. BAP would like to inform him that there is a special committee comprising of representatives from MMA, APHM, PCDOM, FPMPAM, MDA, FOMCA, CAPS, PPIM and MMC to look into the amendments to make the law more stakeholders friendly.

1) “Information asymmetry” between the provider (doctor or hospital) and the consumer (patient or family members)
2) Patient is unlikely to shop around for lower
cost providers when the need to seek urgent care arises
3) Consumers are unable to judge the quality of care provided
by providers (and whether the care provided is actually
medically necessary)
4) Psychology - people want the “best care” for their sick
relatives. Especially so, when a third party payer (such as an
insurance company is paying the bills)

Local school time wasting and not many fresh ideas of today world.

Go to those International school, they can learn more abt. others civilization & today world rather than memorize from the textbook.

It is audit time and it is 50 years too late, already 20 generations are lamed, now the moh, next, you all know lah. How to stop , revamp the whole moe first and get the hR back into contemporary values and into globalisation.
Never lie to yourself, our ways are doomed, lets change it before another 20 generations submerge go down the drain, it would be very very difficult then for the parent and the child, if i think if the parent is low standard then the child cannot be that brilliant either.

Funny how cannot meet bee end child in normal schools.

If the health minister is serious of changes in goverment hospital, he must first get his own people to oversee all goverment hospital.I surprise that private hospital can buy medicines in bulk cheaper then goverment hospital.

The MOH should also look into the facilities and staff of theirb hospitals. I have been hearing horror stories of the Unineversity hospital in Kubang Kerian, where the nursing staff are arrogant and refuse to help patients or immediate family members who wanted to assist the patients.

I know for a fact that to seek specialist attention would set me back a few months in government hospitals; simply because we lack the specialists who have run to private entity for better remuneration. Pay the Doctors well and they will be with the government. But no, MOH simply refuses to keep its promise.