MMA tells govt not to liken its services to sales of goods in grocery shops and pharmacies

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Representatives of the Malaysian Medical Association and other doctors protesting against a new order under the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act (Act 723) for the display of medical services' price lists said the government should not liken their services to sales of goods in grocery shops and pharmacies.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/ycx6s5ub  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:30...pada tahun 2006 melalui Akta 586.

00:32Kenapa tak setuju? Memang tak setuju.

00:34Kalau hospital itu lainnya,

00:36tapi kalau klinik swasta,

00:38termasuk dental klinik dan juga

00:39klinik perubatan swasta,

00:41yang memang kita kena berdaftar dengan Kementerian Kesintasaran Malaysia.

00:44Kalau kita lihat kadai runcit dengan farmasi,

00:47yang itu farmasi, of course,

00:48memang farmasi pun ada tugasnya masing-masing.

00:50Kadai runcit, dia barang.

00:52Dia jual barang. Kita memberikan

00:53perkhidmatan profesional.

00:55Kalau berikan perkhidmatan profesional,

00:58kalau nak buka klinik,

00:59number satu,

01:01you kena buat A-levels

01:02atau pendidikan tertinggi.

01:04Then, 5 hingga 6 tahun

01:05college perubatan.

01:07Sekolah perubatan.

01:08Lepas itu,

01:092 tahun ausman,

01:112 tahun medical officer.

01:12Berarti,

01:13seseorang itu dalam umur dia

01:1420 hingga 30 tahun itu,

01:16memang dia habis untuk

01:16buat itu saja.

01:18Yang itu adalah prime time

01:19seseorang manusia itu kan?

01:20So,

01:21for almost 10 years itu,

01:22dia habiskan semua itu.

01:23Lepas itu, baru boleh buka klinik.

01:25Kalau sekarang,

01:26siapa-siapa boleh buka kadai runcit?

01:27So, memang untuk entry

01:28nak buka klinik itu pun

01:29is very-very high.

01:30Okay.

01:30So, jadi tak bolehlah

01:31samakan professional services

01:34dengan jual barang.

01:35Itu saja.

01:37So, maknanya,

01:37it's not about

01:38pamer harga ubat.

01:40Itu bukan isu.

01:42Penggunaan akta itu.

01:42So, minta revert kepada atas?

01:45So, apa-apa yang kerajaan nak buat?

01:47Sip, memang satu ketulusan itu

01:48memang dah ada.

01:49Okay, memang dalam akta 586,

01:52peraturan 27,

01:53tak silap saya ya,

01:54peraturan 71D,

01:56memang hak pesakit

01:57untuk tahu harga.

01:59Semua harga ya?

02:00Harga, prosedur,

02:02apa-apa yang dia bayar,

02:03dia perlu tahu.

02:03Dan juga dia berhak tahu

02:05dalam bilik konsultasi

02:06apa harga dia semua.

02:07Okay, memang yang itu

02:08sudah ada sejak tahun 2006.

02:11Bukan baru.

02:11So, itu yang kita pun rasa

02:13terkilan lah.

02:14Kenapa pula tiba-tiba

02:15buat macam itu?

02:17Satu lagi itu,

02:17profesi kedudukan

02:18adalah satu profesi

02:19yang paling tua di dunia ini

02:20yang mengamalkan

02:22transparansi.

02:23Sebab dia adalah satu

02:24patient-doctor relationship.

02:26And memang ada

02:27akta yang sedia ada

02:28untuk memastikan

02:29satu patient-doctor relationship

02:32dikawal selia

02:33melalui Medical Act 1971.

02:351971.

02:36So, itu yang kita rasa

02:37terkilan lah.

02:38Itu saja.

02:38So, Tep, apa-apa?

02:39Maknanya, apa yang dimohon hari ini

02:40guna akta 586

02:42instead of akta 123?

02:42Yes, anything

02:43kita nak

02:44kementerian kesihatan

02:45mengawal selia

02:46sektor kesihatan.

02:47Itu saja.

02:47Termasuk untuk

02:48pahamai harga ubat.

02:48Yes, anything.

02:50Anything kementerian kesihatan.

02:51Of course, to our

02:52association members,

02:53of course, we will tell them

02:54abide by the law.

02:56Abide by the law.

02:57But of course,

02:58if somebody charge them,

02:58we will tell them

02:59not to plead guilty.

03:01Okay, we will tell them

03:01not to plead guilty.

03:02That's what some of the lawyers

03:03advised us

03:04for the time being.

03:05But I think to be fair

03:06to the government also,

03:07they have given

03:07three-month moratorium.

03:09They say it's going to be

03:09an educational period.

03:11Okay, so I think

03:12we still have time.

03:13We still have time

03:14to do all these things.

03:15So as a profession,

03:16we believe professionalism

03:17is very important.

03:19Responsibility and accountability

03:20is very important.

03:21So that's why

03:21we humbly request

03:22the government

03:22to consider

03:24looking into that

03:25because ultimately

03:26if you want to control

03:28the inflation in healthcare,

03:30you need to strengthen

03:31the primary care.

03:37and then

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