Published on: Thursday, February 04, 2021
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MEF president Datuk Dr Syed Hussain Syed Husman J.P, in a statement today, urged private hospitals and insurance providers to reassess their priorities, do the needful, or suffer the consequences. - NSTP/KHAIRULL AZRY BIDIN.
Kuala Lumpur: Pressure is piling on private hospitals and insurance providers to step forward and help relieve the strain overwhelming public health services.
The Malaysian Employers’ Federation (MEF) has now joined public health specialists in urging the private players to volunteer their assistance before they are forced to do so.
MEF president Datuk Dr Syed Hussain Syed Husman J.P, in a statement today, urged private hospitals and insurance providers to reassess their priorities, do the needful, or suffer the consequences.
PETALING JAYA: A reworking of the standard operating procedures (SOP) is needed if the recent spike in the number of Covid-19 clusters involving workp.
Malaysian Employers Federation executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Employers’ Federation (MEF) has welcomed the government’s latest stimulus package to beef up its war against Covid-19, but said the Wage Subsidy Programme (WSP) should be extended based on the length of the movement control order.
MEF executive director Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan said this was because the ongoing MCO, which commenced on Jan 13 and scheduled to end on Jan 26, might be extended by the government.
“In the event that the MCO is extended for a longer period, then I think it’s only right that the WSP be extended for a further period, ” he said in an interview.