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Accountability In Public Healthcare Cost Is Non-Negotiable

Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO, Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy

31-Oct-23 08:30

Accountability In Public Healthcare Cost Is Non-Negotiable

The Public Accounts Committee’s latest report on pandemic procurement by the Ministry of Health revealed a RM505 million ringgit loss from the expiry of 8.5 million Covid-19 vaccine doses and the shoddy procurement of 136 ventilators by Pharmaniaga Logistics. We speak to Azrul Mohd Khalib, CEO of Galen Centre for Health & Social Policy to understand why this happened and how to balance the need to be expedient in a health crisis yet not waste public funds.

Image credit: Shutterstock.com

Produced by: Tun Hizami Hashim

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Wong Shou Ning


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Categories:  governmenthealth policy

Tags:  pandemic procurementpharmaniaga logisticspublic accounts committeeministry of healthventilatorsvaccines





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