Joint Press Statement by Doctors Associations on the Pharmacy Bill/RUUF

DOCTORS CALL ON MINISTRY OF HEALTH TO ENSURE OPEN ENGAGEMENTS ON THE PHARMACY BILL 2015 We refer to the Minister of Health’s statement “Dispensing Separation Still Under Review’, (Bernama 4.3.2015), following a meeting called by the Pharmaceutical Services Division (PSD), Ministry of Health Malaysia to discuss issues with regards the Pharmacy Bill. The following attending the meeting on behalf of the medical profession: Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) Medical Practitioners Coalition of Malaysia (MPCN) Islamic Medical Association of Malaysia (IMAM) Pertubuhan Doktor-Doktor Islam Malaysia(PERDIM) Malaysian Medical Association(MMA) Federation of Private Medical Practitioners Associations Malaysia(FPMPAM) Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia(APHM) At the very outset of the meeting, the doctors’ request for details of the Bill to be made available for the discussion was denied In the light of this it would have been impossible to discuss rationally the provisions in the draft Bill that are of concern to the doctors and its impact on patient care. Thus we, the above, representing the medical practitioners of Malaysia had no choice except request that the meeting be terminated in the light of the impasse. The chairman of the meeting concurred and ended the meeting prematurely. We hereby express our grave concern how such an important Bill, that will affect the duty of care of patients and professional medical practice be allowed to promulgated without due and transparen...
Source: Malaysian Medical Resources - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tags: - Ethics - Nation Dispensing Separation DS Pharmacy Bill RUUF Source Type: blogs