No meds shortage at public health clinics, says DG


PETALING JAYA: Patients at some public health clinics have apparently been asked to purchase their own medicines at private pharmacies due to the shortage of medicines.

One patient who went to a health clinic in Penang was informed that she had to buy oral rehydration salts from a private pharmacy.

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