Government hospitals should win back public confidence

MALACCA: Public hospitals in the state should strive towards shedding the general misconception of patients facing the fate of quick death (cepat mati) upon admission and regain its heydays of being the top healthcare provider by superseding the services provided by private health institutions.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Idris Haron said misapprehension that those being admitted in public hospitals for ailments could emerge lifeless without proper nursing is a stigma that needed to be corrected.