PETALING JAYA: Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) can post prescriptions for medication except insulin to outpatients living further than 10km during the movement control order (MCO) period, says hospital director Professor Dr Tunku Kamarul Zaman Tunku Zainol Abidin.
He said on Friday that while patients would be sent a new appointment date via SMS, they could also call 03-79492186,03-79492377 or e-mailFor blood, urine and phlegm tests, UMMC provides a test notification line during the MCO period where a doctor will contact and inform patients of the test results.
Besides the emergency department, daycare services and antibiotic daycare centres would still continue operating until further notice, he said. "But it was not easy filling up the form as I got rejected a few times and I had to give 'wrong' answers before it was accepted," he said. Meanwhile, Datuk Dr Ibrahim Wahid said despite the leeway given to patients seeking treatment to go beyond the 10km travel restriction imposed during the MCO, the authorities should give assurance as some cancer patients had postponed their radiotherapy.
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