Death knell for GPs and emergence of micro-specialists — John Teo
MAY 3 — April 24 marked an important day for the healthcare landscape in Malaysia for it was the day the Malaysian Cabinet turned down the request for general practitioner's fees harmonisation after 27 years of static GP fees.
The final nail on the coffin was, of course, with the stroke of a pen, the Cabinet approved the drug price control to be implemented soon. It is my prediction that GP practice will slowly and surely disappear one by one aided and coaxed to its natural death with the ever increasing and strangulating regulations that the government is hell bent on implementing. That's the only aspect that there is true political will power to act on.
What does this all mean to the average Malaysian? Well, it means that if you have a cough and cold or a bout of diarrhoea, you may have to go to the government health clinic and wait for hours and be seen for only a few minutes because the government health clinics are overburdened with hundreds of patients per day OR wait in the casualty room of the hospital the whole day or of course, consult Dr Google and self medicate.
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