Health ministry probing claim of 6-hour wait at HKL’s clinic
The health ministry is looking into a netizen’s claim that she had to wait for six hours to receive treatment at Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) yesterday.
“We are investigating this,” said an aide to health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad in the ministry’s WhatsApp group for the media.
In a Facebook post yesterday, a social media user said she registered at HKL’s orthopaedic clinic at 9am but only finished receiving treatment at 3pm.
She also included a photo of a sign in Malay which said “There aren’t many doctors. The waiting time to see a doctor will be more than six hours”.
When she asked why patients had to undergo such a lengthy wait before seeing a specialist at HKL, she was told that many had resigned.
The public health sector has consistently grappled with issues such as a lack of manpower and overcrowded hospitals or health clinics.
Last Friday, Dzulkefly said a proposal to allow contributors to use their EPF Account 2 to pay for medical insurance premiums would expand access to faster, higher-quality private healthcare for Malaysians.
“It doesn’t come out of their pockets. Only about 1% of their EPF Account 2 would be used to pay for insurance. This is the best way,” he was quoted as saying by Bernama.
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