Budget 2021: Don’t forget non-Covid patients, govt urged


PETALING JAYA: The government should allocate a larger budget for public hospitals to outsource the treatment of their non-Covid-19 patients to private hospitals, says the Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM).

Its president Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh said there is currently a special budget being used for the outsourcing of services for non-Covid-19 patients in public hospitals waiting for treatment.

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