PETALING JAYA: General practitioners (GPs) have objected to the view that they usually missed dengue detection on patients’ early visits, saying that the dengue rapid test should be carried out only when symptoms were suspicious.
“Even when we confirm dengue on day one, if blood pressure, platelet level and everything else is normal and we send the patient to a government hospital, they will turn away the patient,” Medical Practitioners Coalition Association of Malaysia president Dr Jim Loi said.
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