Kuala Lumpur: The Health Ministry has been given two months to respond to the five recommendations given by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in its report related to Covid-19 management.
After the PAC holds a response proceeding, the committee will table a follow-up action report regarding the issue which will include the Health Ministry’s response to the PAC, in Parliament.
The report also found that this was due to an absence of a written agreement between the Health Ministry and supplier Pharmaniaga Logistic Sdn Bhd .According to the PAC report, no contract was drawn up between the Health Ministry and PLSB regarding the procurement of ventilators and the ministry’s legal adviser was not consulted during the process of preparing the PLSB appointment letter.
A total of 12 witnesses were called: Ayer Hitam MP Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong, Auditor-General Datuk Wan Suraya Wan Mohd Radzi, Deputy Auditor-General Hajah Patimah Ramuji, Health Ministry deputy director-general Datuk Sri Norazman Ayob , former Health Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Chen Chaw Min, former Health Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Mohd Shafiq Abdullah, former Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, former head of division medical services...
The PAC reported the expiry of 8.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines as of June 15, 2023, worth RM505 million.
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