A SYSTEM where patients are required to pay the full cost of treatment at government hospitals instead of being subsidised is being considered, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad.
“The Health Ministry is studying the possibility of introducing a category of patients known as 'full paying patient' in government hospitals as one way to ease the government's financial burden.
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