Representatives of the Malaysian Medical Association and other doctors protesting against a new order under the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act (Act 723) for the display of medical services' price lists said the government should not liken their services to sales of goods in grocery shops and pharmacies.
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00:30...pada tahun 2006 melalui Akta 586.
00:32Kenapa tak setuju? Memang tak setuju.
00:34Kalau hospital itu lainnya,
00:36tapi kalau klinik swasta,
00:38termasuk dental klinik dan juga
00:39klinik perubatan swasta,
00:41yang memang kita kena berdaftar dengan Kementerian Kesintasaran Malaysia.
00:44Kalau kita lihat kadai runcit dengan farmasi,
00:47yang itu farmasi, of course,
00:48memang farmasi pun ada tugasnya masing-masing.
00:50Kadai runcit, dia barang.
00:52Dia jual barang. Kita memberikan
00:53perkhidmatan profesional.
00:55Kalau berikan perkhidmatan profesional,
00:58kalau nak buka klinik,
00:59number satu,
01:01you kena buat A-levels
01:02atau pendidikan tertinggi.
01:04Then, 5 hingga 6 tahun
01:05college perubatan.
01:07Sekolah perubatan.
01:08Lepas itu,
01:092 tahun ausman,
01:112 tahun medical officer.
01:12Berarti,
01:13seseorang itu dalam umur dia
01:1420 hingga 30 tahun itu,
01:16memang dia habis untuk
01:16buat itu saja.
01:18Yang itu adalah prime time
01:19seseorang manusia itu kan?
01:20So,
01:21for almost 10 years itu,
01:22dia habiskan semua itu.
01:23Lepas itu, baru boleh buka klinik.
01:25Kalau sekarang,
01:26siapa-siapa boleh buka kadai runcit?
01:27So, memang untuk entry
01:28nak buka klinik itu pun
01:29is very-very high.
01:30Okay.
01:30So, jadi tak bolehlah
01:31samakan professional services
01:34dengan jual barang.
01:35Itu saja.
01:37So, maknanya,
01:37it's not about
01:38pamer harga ubat.
01:40Itu bukan isu.
01:42Penggunaan akta itu.
01:42So, minta revert kepada atas?
01:45So, apa-apa yang kerajaan nak buat?
01:47Sip, memang satu ketulusan itu
01:48memang dah ada.
01:49Okay, memang dalam akta 586,
01:52peraturan 27,
01:53tak silap saya ya,
01:54peraturan 71D,
01:56memang hak pesakit
01:57untuk tahu harga.
01:59Semua harga ya?
02:00Harga, prosedur,
02:02apa-apa yang dia bayar,
02:03dia perlu tahu.
02:03Dan juga dia berhak tahu
02:05dalam bilik konsultasi
02:06apa harga dia semua.
02:07Okay, memang yang itu
02:08sudah ada sejak tahun 2006.
02:11Bukan baru.
02:11So, itu yang kita pun rasa
02:13terkilan lah.
02:14Kenapa pula tiba-tiba
02:15buat macam itu?
02:17Satu lagi itu,
02:17profesi kedudukan
02:18adalah satu profesi
02:19yang paling tua di dunia ini
02:20yang mengamalkan
02:22transparansi.
02:23Sebab dia adalah satu
02:24patient-doctor relationship.
02:26And memang ada
02:27akta yang sedia ada
02:28untuk memastikan
02:29satu patient-doctor relationship
02:32dikawal selia
02:33melalui Medical Act 1971.
02:351971.
02:36So, itu yang kita rasa
02:37terkilan lah.
02:38Itu saja.
02:38So, Tep, apa-apa?
02:39Maknanya, apa yang dimohon hari ini
02:40guna akta 586
02:42instead of akta 123?
02:42Yes, anything
02:43kita nak
02:44kementerian kesihatan
02:45mengawal selia
02:46sektor kesihatan.
02:47Itu saja.
02:47Termasuk untuk
02:48pahamai harga ubat.
02:48Yes, anything.
02:50Anything kementerian kesihatan.
02:51Of course, to our
02:52association members,
02:53of course, we will tell them
02:54abide by the law.
02:56Abide by the law.
02:57But of course,
02:58if somebody charge them,
02:58we will tell them
02:59not to plead guilty.
03:01Okay, we will tell them
03:01not to plead guilty.
03:02That's what some of the lawyers
03:03advised us
03:04for the time being.
03:05But I think to be fair
03:06to the government also,
03:07they have given
03:07three-month moratorium.
03:09They say it's going to be
03:09an educational period.
03:11Okay, so I think
03:12we still have time.
03:13We still have time
03:14to do all these things.
03:15So as a profession,
03:16we believe professionalism
03:17is very important.
03:19Responsibility and accountability
03:20is very important.
03:21So that's why
03:21we humbly request
03:22the government
03:22to consider
03:24looking into that
03:25because ultimately
03:26if you want to control
03:28the inflation in healthcare,
03:30you need to strengthen
03:31the primary care.
03:37and then