Health Ministry to amend Poisons Act to grant patients options in buying meds | Malay Mail

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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 — The proposed new provision in the Poison (Amendment) Bill 2019 aims to protect patients’ rights by giving them the option to decide where to fill their prescription. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad said it would not restrict registered medical practitioners from...

Sunday, 01 Dec 2019 07:21 PM MYT

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad said it would not restrict registered medical practitioners from providing medicines to their patients if the patients choose to get their prescription at their medical facility as being practised now. The Poison Bill 2019, which was tabled for the first time at the Dewan Rakyat meeting on November 25, among others introduced new provisions that would require registered medical practitioners to issue prescriptions at the request of their patients.

 

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