MMA president Dr Subramaniam Muniandy says there is a lack of planning and coordination between state health departments and district health offices with regard to private healthcare worker vaccination.
The MMA is also suggesting that clinical assistants and nurses be vaccinated together with private doctors. “To simplify the process, an online portal should be set up to enable private healthcare workers to check their name, date and place of vaccination,” he said. In a statement today, Subramaniam said the association recently received complaints from private doctors whose names did not appear on district health office vaccination lists even though the MMA had submitted their names as far back as January.