Kementerian Kesihatan mengakui cadangan harga siling bagi mengawal harga ubat-ubatan mungkin mendapat respons kurang selesa daripada hospital swasta.Namun, menterinya Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad berkata, pelaksanaan itu tetap diteruskan dan pihaknya akan mencari penyelesaian “menang-menang” untuk semua pihak.“Sektor swasta mungkin melihat perkara ini dengan respons yang agak kurang selesa.“Tapi kita terpaksa mengambil satu penyelesaian yang sesuai untuk semua. Kita tak boleh memilih. Mesti ada jalan penyelesaian untuk semua pihak.“Kalau (harga ubat) swasta terlalu mahal, hospital awam kita akan sesak,” katanya pada sidang media di pejabatnya di Kementerian Kesihatan, Putrajaya pada Selasa.

Namun, katanya harga siling itu tidak akan jauh berbeza kerana ia akan ditetapkan berdasarkan harga sandaran yang digunakan oleh negara seperti Australia, Eropah dan Amerika Syarikat.Apabila ditanya sama ada harga tersebut akan lebih tinggi sekiranya merujuk kepada negara-negara tersebut, Dzulkefly berkata setakat ini, harga ubat-ubatan di Malaysia lebih tinggi daripada negara tersebut.Beliau menjangkakan cadangan dengan kerjasama Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna (KPDNHEP) itu dapat dibentangkan di Parlimen pada sesi akan datang.Untuk rekod, pada November lalu, Dzulkefly dilaporkan mencadangkan mekanisme kawalan bagi harga jualan siling kepada pengguna di semua saluran pendispensan yang sesuai untuk dilaksanakan dan selari dengan amalan antarabangsa.Beliau berkata, ia juga secara tidak langsung dapat menyelaraskan harga ubat dan memastikan akses ubat-ubatan mampu beli kepada rakyat.

“We believe that although the new products’ prices could potentially rise to levels close to the original products with the additional sugar tax, it could also potentially open up new market opportunities in the market.," Kenanga Research said.

PETALING JAYA: Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd’s reformulated drinks with lower sugar content could potentially open up new market opportunities in the health-conscious consumer market, according to Kenanga Research.“We believe that although the new products’ prices could potentially rise to levels close to the original products with the additional sugar tax, it could also potentially open up new market opportunities in the market.“The deferment of the implementation of sugar taxes to July 2019 has allowed the group more time to adjust its product portfolios accordingly.“Previously, the group had announced a RM30mil capital expenditure to expand production lines to facilitate the entry of these new products,” said Kenanga Research in a recent report.With up to 90% of the group’s Malaysian product offerings being affected by the sugar tax, F&N looks to reformulate up to 70% of its products, which would incur research and development (R&D) costs.

SEVERAL patients seeking treatment at Hospital Lam Wah Ee’s traditional Chinese medicine centre are unhappy with the steep increase in the medical fees come Thursday.A regular patient, who wished to remain anonymous, described the steep hike as ‘ridiculous’.

Under the new charges, she would have to pay RM51 for consultation, registration, acupuncture treatment and moxibustion (heat therapy), instead of RM21 now.“For now, I pay RM1 for registration and another RM20 for acupuncture, consultation and moxibustion.“Most of the patients are senior citizens, or those with chronic pain that need regular follow-up sessions.“The new fees would put a strain on our finances,” she said.

Starting Thursday, the centre will impose charges on each acupuncture session (RM20), cupping session (RM5) and moxibustion (RM10), in addition to the RM20 consultation fee and RM1 registration fee.For now, a patient only needs to pay RM20 consultation fee and enjoy all the treatment and services (acupuncture, cupping and moxibustion).
For medication fee, two packets of herbs cost RM15 and an additional pack will cost RM10 each.The dermatology cream will cost RM6 and RM60 for seven packets of herbs to treat dermatology related problems.

FOMCA is committed to universal health coverage that is a health care system that provides health care and financial protection for all residents in Malaysia. While in the early years of Malaysian independence we focused on a welfarist ideology, that is tax based government healthcare for all, in the 1980s there was a change of ideology. A more so-called more liberal ideology began to take hold in the healthcare system, seeking for a market-based approach to healthcare.  Thus there was tremendous growth of investment of private capital through private hospitals, privatisation of services in government hospitals, corporatisation of public hospitals and establishment of a private wing in government hospitals. Private hospital beds increased more than 10 fold during this period.  The result was a two-tiered healthcare system – public healthcare and a private healthcare system; which has never really been integrated into a national healthcare system.  While the public system continues to be funded by tax, the private system is often paid through private or employers insurance or out of pocket expenses.

Government investment in health continues to be low. In 2019, the allocation for healthcare is only about 2% of GDP, despite the recommendations of 4 -5 % by the World Health Organisation.  Due to underinvestment, public hospitals are often under-resourced resulting in patients being turned away because no beds are available, long waits for treatment or to see the specialists, and sometimes unavailability of medicines. It has been reported that especially in the Klang Valley there are a shortage of 16,000 hospital beds.

PORT KLANG: The energy, science, technology, environment and climate change ministry has uncovered a company smuggling prohibited plastic waste into the country through shipping containers by making a false declaration.Its minister Yeo Bee Yin said this was discovered following a series of checks by the ministry in Port Klang since last month.“The containers are declared containing clean used plastics but actually they contain dirty plastics.“According to regulations, only clean used plastics are allowed to be imported into the country for recycling,” Yeo told reporters during an enforcement operation at West Port here today.

It is learnt that 24 containers, believed to be from Spain, were found to contain dirty plastic waste at the port.Yeo said the ministry would order the containers to be sent back to their country of origin by the shipping companies that brought them in.On operations against illegal plastics recycling factories, she said checks had been conducted on 300 factories, with 148 of them ordered to either cease or suspend operations.

KUALA LUMPUR: Some 3.6 million Malaysians are suffering from diabetes, the highest rate of incidence in Asia and one of the highest in the world, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad. (pic)Seven million Malaysian adults are likely to have diabetes by 2025, a worrying trend that will see diabetes prevalence of 31.3% for adults aged 18 years and above, he added.“This exponential increase is significantly within type two diabetes, which is largely the result of excess body weight and physical inactivity,” he said when officiating the 3rd Cambridge-Oxford Sunway Biomedical Symposium titled “Diabetes: Disarming the Silent Killer” here, yesterday.“The government is giving serious attention to this increase as it is becoming a major economic burden on the healthcare system and national economy.”A macroeconomic study in 2011 showed the cost at about RM2bil, representing 13% of the healthcare budget for the year 2011.“The analysis reflects that this cost could be as high as RM3.52bil if societal costs were included,” he said.The one-day event held at Sunway Medical Centre brought specialists to discuss the latest developments in acute and general medicine.

KUALA LUMPUR - Kementerian Kesihatan (KKM) sedang memantau perkembangan kes Chikungunya yang melanda Hatyai di selatan Thailand.Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan (Kesihatan Awam) KKM, Datuk Dr. Chong Chee Keong berkata, pemantauan ketat tertumpu di pintu masuk sempadan Malaysia - Thailand iaitu di Perlis dan Kelantan.Katanya Jabatan Kesihatan Negeri akan melakukan pemeriksaan bagi mengenal pasti individu yang berisiko membawa virus bagi menyekat penularan Chikungunya ke negara ini.Beliau bercakap dalam sidang media selepas menghadiri Program Gotong-royong Mega Perangi Aedes Peringkat Kebangsaan di PPR Seri Alam Fasa 2, Cheras.

 

KUALA LUMPUR: Pengenalan cukai gula untuk menangani masalah kegemukan dan diabetes dalam kalangan rakyat selaras dengan saranan Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia (WHO).Menteri Kesihatan, Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, berkata WHO mencadangkan strategi cukai diperkenalkan sebagai langkah berkesan bagi mengurangkan pengambilan gula dan masalah obesiti dalam kalangan rakyat.“Tindakan ini (cukai gula) dapat mendidik masyarakat secara berhemah untuk memilih minuman lebih sihat dan murah.“Kita akan mengambil kira kesesuaian sumber pengganti berkenaan dengan kesihatan pengguna dan mengambil kira kebajikan peruncit,” katanya menjawab soalan Nurul Izzah Anwar (PH PKR-Permatang Pauh) di Dewan Rakyat hari ini, mengenai kesan cukai itu kepada ekonomi dan kesihatan.

Dr Dzulkefly juga berkata, Kementerian Kesihatan akan bekerjasama dengan pihak lain termasuk Kementerian Perdagangan Dalam Negeri dan Hal Ehwal Pengguna; Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat dan Kementerian Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani bagi mencadangkan alternatif kepada gula.Kerajaan dijangka mengenakan cukai gula bermula Julai ini yang kutipannya antara lain akan digunakan untuk menyediakan sarapan percuma dan sihat kepada pelajar.Terdahulu Nurul Izzah dalam soalan tambahannya mengemukakan kajian pihak tertentu yang mengaitkan majoriti pengguna gula ialah golongan bawahan dan memerlukan sumber alternatif sebagai pengganti.Terdahulu dalam sesi Waktu Pertanyaan Menteri (MQT), Dr Dzulkefly berkata, sejajar perkembangan dalam sektor teknologi perubatan, kementeriannya sedang melaksanakan kaedah rekod maklumat secara digital atau elektronik di hospital dan klinik kesihatan kerajaan seperti dilaksanakan negara jiran.

KUALA LUMPUR 7 Mac - Kementerian Kesihatan bersedia mewajibkan sekurang-kurangnya dua daripada 12 vaksin menerusi Program Imunisasi Kebangsaan kepada kanak-kanak dalam tempoh terdekat.Menteri Kesihatan, Datuk Seri Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad berkata, dua vaksin tersebut ialah MMR bagi merawat penyakit demam campak, beguk dan ru­bela manakala difteria pula bagi mencegah penyakit kaki, tangan dan mulut.Katanya, bagaimanapun per­kara itu masih di peringkat cadangan yang akan diputuskan menerusi penubuhan pasukan khas dalam masa terdekat.“Pihak kementerian secara serius akan mempertimbangkan semua cadangan daripada pelbagai pihak berhubung perkara berkenaan dengan mengambil kira kepentingan dan kesihatan kanak-kanak.

“Namun cadangan ini saya ambil kira secara mendalam kerana dengan mewajibkan satu hingga dua vaksin sebenarnya dapat mencegah kepada enam hingga tujuh jenis penyakit,” katanya dalam sidang akhbar selepas merasmikan Persidangan Penjagaan Kesihatan Malaysia 2019 di sini hari ini.Yang turut hadir Presiden Institut Strategik Kingsley (KSI), Tan Sri Dr. Michael Yeoh.Di PUTRAJAYA, Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail berkata, kerajaan akan terus mengesyorkan golongan ibu bapa di negara ini memberi suntikan vaksin imunisasi kepada anak-anak mereka.Beliau berkata, Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat akan mengadakan perbincangan dengan Kementerian Kesihatan bagi membolehkan lebih ramai ibu bapa memberi vaksin kepada anak.“Ini membolehkan ramai lagi ibu bapa memberi vaksin kepada anak mereka dan tidak melayan hujah anekdotal yang mengaitkan pengambilan vaksin dengan penyakit seperti autisme.“Vaksin itu hanya untuk mencegah penyakit,” katanya selepas Majlis Pelancaran Kad Kategori Orang Kurang Upaya (OKU) di Sekolah Kebangsaan Putrajaya Presint 9(2), hari ini.

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