Covid-19: MOH might delegate powers to private doctors
Covid-19: MOH might delegate powers to private doctors February 5, 2021 KUALA LUMPUR – The Ministry of Health (MOH) is looking at delegating powers to private medical practitioners to handle COVID-19 patients. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said so far, private medical practitioners were not authorised to deal with COVID-19 cases and only can refer them to a government facility. Advertisement “With these delegated powers given, private facility doctors will be allowed to order high risk patients to undergo home surveillance order (HSO) and wear bracelets for moni...