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Financing And Reforms For Better Healthcare

Professor Dr Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh, Professor in Health Economics, Hospital & Health Management, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | Dr Lee Boon Chye, MP for Gopeng and Former Deputy Minister of Health

15-Mar-22 18:00

Financing And Reforms For Better Healthcare

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has acknowledged 'chronic underinvestment' of our public healthcare. We dissect what this means and also how our healthcare systems have been coping. Next, we explore how we can 'future proof' our reforms and policies and make it work.

Image source: Izzuddin Radzak, Shutterstock

Produced by: Alia Zefri, Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan, Lee Chwi Lynn


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Categories:  medical innovation and technologypoliticshealth policy

Tags:  evening editioninside storypublic healthcarehealthcare facilitykhairy jamaluddingovernment expenditureparliamentmalaysiadewan rakyathospitals





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