Call to set spending at 5% of GDP


Increase pay and benefits: MMA proposes to increase medical officers’ hourly active on-call rate and specialists’ hourly active on-call allowance rate in this file photo.

PETALING JAYA: Keeping manpower and upgrading public health facilities should be among the top priorities in the government’s spending plan for next year, say members the medical fraternity.

Referring to next month’s tabling of Budget 2025, they said that Malaysia’s public healthcare spending should be at 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) in accordance to the World Health Organisation’s yardstick.

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