SHANGHAI: A mother in southern China has caused public outrage by assaulting a salesperson and biting a security guard after her son was caught stealing a cup of milk tea.
KUALA LUMPUR: From 2015 to 2023, RM23.25bil was spent on medicine for public hospitals and clinics, says Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.
Dzulkefly said this during the minister's question time, responding to a question from Azli Yusof about the total annual expenditure on medicines for public hospitals and clinics since 2015. "The availability of medicines listed in the National Essential Medicines List which will encourage more local manufacturing and to give priority to registration and evaluation of medicinal products," he said.
On the issue of insulin supply for diabetes, Dzulkefly said that the insulin shortage in August last year was due to production problems from the supply company, Biocons.
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