Dzulkefly: Health Ministry is committed custodian of health for everyone | Malay Mail

Tuesday, 07 Jan 2020 12:07 PM MYT

Since helming the ministry in May 2018, Dzulkefly noted that despite already achieving upper-middle income status, the nation has, in fact, been underspending when it comes to healthcare services. As a result, the ministry was allocated RM30.7 billion in Budget 2020 compared to RM28.68 billion the year before, he said when appearing as a guest on“I don’t look only at the government sector, we are the Health Ministry, we are not just the custodian of health or public healthcare supervisors, we are also the custodian of health for everyone. In other words, both the public and private sector,” Dzulkefly said.

On the smoking ban in eateries that went through the educational enforcement period from January last year and took full effect on January 1 this year, Dzulkefly said he preferred not to be seen as a ‘foe’ to smokers, and even admitted to being concerned and feeling uneasy to being perceived in that manner.

On long standing grouses of overcrowding in public hospitals, Dzulkefly said the ministry is taking a serious approach to tackle the matter, while admitting that among others, the problem was compounded by healthcare facility projects that failed to meet their deadlines. At a time when the nation is faced with the challenge of having to deal with NCDs such as diabetes and hypertension, communicable diseases such as diphtheria, polio and recently influenza also seemed to have reared its ugly head.

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