Aliran is alarmed that the Barisan Nasional is in the final stages of negotiations that would allow Sime Darby to acquire a stake in the National Heart Institute (IJN). Since the negotiations are in the final stages, it would mean that the deal has been in progress for some time. But the public has been kept in the dark as though they have no interest in IJN.
Malaysians want a government that lives up to its
responsibility of ensuring that all citizens and other residents of
Malaysia have equitable access to safe, adequate and quality health
care, said participants at a forum on the proposed national health financing scheme. No one must be denied proper care because of lack of means.
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Toh Kin Woon traces the history of the health system in Malaysia, and notes with concern the current mismatch of resources between the public and private health care system. It is a situation that allows the rich to obtain quality health care of their choice while the poor have to put up with an overstretched public health care system.
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