MMA calls for bipartisan white paper to cement health system’s future

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This will safeguard policies of the public healthcare system even when governments change, says the Malaysian Medical Association. FMTNews Health System

The MMA says bipartisan support is crucial to ensure the healthcare system is more efficient and robust post-pandemic.

He told FMT that Covid-19 had revealed the flaws in every healthcare system globally, adding that the lesson for Malaysia was the lack of funds spent on its system. He added that healthcare needed to be prioritised over competing national needs as the pandemic had shown how a health crisis could paralyse every other sector in the nation.

“It seems absurd that despite Malaysia having world-class expertise in public health on par with developed countries such as the US, these experts, such as Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman, are not involved in the national Covid-19 response.”

 

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