‘Hospital service charges need to be regulated’


PETALING JAYA: The charges for hospital supplies and services (HSS) should be regulated to prevent patients from having to put up with excessive costs, say insu­rance consultants.

Senior insurance consultant Chan Wei Fay said drug prices merely made up to a third of the bills issued by private hospitals.

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