Paying for private patients


  • Letters
  • Thursday, 18 Apr 2019

I REFER to the letter “Protect private care patients” (The Star, April 4) by Datuk Dr S. H. Lee and the response from Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, “Patients free to choose paying service” (April 8)

Dr Lee raised some very relevant issues about the full paying patient scheme (FPP), where patients in some public hospitals can opt to become FPPs and be treated by

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