Budget Cuts Wounding Public Health

By Lim Chee Han

January 2017 UTTER ECONOMICS
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“Health is everything. As such, concerted efforts will be implemented to enhance the health levels of the rakyat and quality of the healthcare in the country,” said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak during the tabling of Budget 2017.However, the ability of the government to deliver on this promise may be jeopardised by the serious budgetary reductions in public health and medical care operational expenditure (Opex). This year, medical care services, which cover hospital supplies, blood transfusion medication and pharmaceutical...

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Lim Chee Han

received his PhD in Infection Biology from Hannover Medical School, Germany. He is currently a senior analyst in the economics section at Penang Institute.

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