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20 March 2018 [Free Malaysia Today] Extra allocation won’t be enough to build new hospitals

Malaysian Medical Association’s Dr Ravindran R Naidu says more funding is needed to solve the problem of overcrowding.

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) warns that the additional RM479 million sought by the government for the health ministry’s budget will not be enough to build new hospitals and tackle overcrowding at existing centres.

MMA president Dr Ravindran R Naidu said the allocation would be used for medication and supplies but would not be sufficient to finance the building of more hospitals.


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20 March 2018 [The Star Online] NGOs laud ministry’s efforts as a win for public health

PETALING JAYA: NGOs are happy that patients can now be cured of Hepatitis C after the Government issued a compulsory licence to gain access to the effective drug.

Third World Network (TWN) programmes director Chee Yoke Ling said it welcomed this longawaited day when Malaysians who needed affordable Hepatitis C treatment could ?nally be cured

She said the great efforts of the Health Ministry over several years had achieved a victory for public health.

 


 
 

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