Don’t fear the Pharmacy Bill

I FEEL obliged to respond to the many doctors’ comments on the new Pharmacy Bill, which they claim will have an adverse impact on the practice of medicine, dentistry and veterinary services if the current four bodies of laws are packaged into a single omnibus bill to be presented in Parliament.

I also wonder why the vets are joining the medical doctors in opposing the Bill. The pharmacists can reclaim the dental and vet practices of 19th century British chemists if they so wish. It reflects the ignorance of Malaysian doctors about the professional roles and the statutory duties of pharmacists in the past and the present.