PETALING JAYA: The purported list of exorbitant fees charged by private hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients is fake. Association of Private Hospitals.
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He said he was certain there weren’t any private hospitals delaying in sending data to the relevant government agency.
“This is something that we are not aware of and as far as private hospitals are concerned, we do not delay and report the cases as soon as we get the Covid-19 test results.
“It is our obligation to report them immediately and that is what we have been doing, ’’ added Dr Kuljit.
He was responding to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah’s statement that the spike in Covid-19 numbers recently was due to a delay in reporting cases to the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre.
Absurd – PKR rep tells private hospitals not to cash in on pandemic
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A PKR lawmaker has urged private hospitals to do their part in battling Covid-19, instead of seeking to profit from the pandemic.
Lee Chean Chung expressed concern over the announcement by the Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM) on ways to utilise the RM100 million allocated by the government. It was announced that the almost-finalised mechanism involves the negotiation of treatment and charges between doctors.
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1. The Health Ministry reported a record high of 5,728 new cases of Covid-19, with 3,285 cases in Selangor alone.
2. Selangor blames the surge in cases to a backlog in reporting and plans to fine private clinics and hospitals who don t immediately report Covid-19 cases through the Public Health Lab Information System.
3. Forty-eight health workers at the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital (HSNZ) in Kuala Terengganu tested positive for Covid-19.