KUALA LUMPUR, July 5 — The government will continue with efforts to set up a Health Services Commission despite it not being clearly stated in the Health White Paper approved at the recent Parliament sitting.that the ministry is currently researching suitable models from other countries and is aiming to establish the commission in the next 15 years.
Among those who also called for the establishment of the commission are the Hartal Doktor Kontrak group, the Malaysian Medical Association and former deputy minister of health who is also a cardiothoracic specialist, Dr Lee Boon Chye. “It is difficult if you only follow SPA and JPA because it needs to be across the board. If you want doctors’ salaries to go up, then the salaries of engineers, lawyers and others also need to go up. So, it is up to the government what model is proposed in the commission that is being developed in terms of its enforcement and administration.