GPs are enforcers in primary healthcare


  • Letters
  • Thursday, 23 May 2019

I REFER to the letter “Malaysia’s general practitioners need help” (The Star, May 20) pertaining to the recent Cabinet decision to turn down the request of general practitioners (GP) in clinics to

harmonise their fees with medical officers in private hospitals, and also the Health Ministry’s plan to set a ceiling price for medicines.

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