DAP media statement : Tens of millions of patients in government clinics

Urges the Health Minister Datuk Chua Soi Lek to use the allocation of
RM4.2 billion for medical treatment in 2006 effectively, ensuring the
safety of all patients.



Media Statement
by Tan Seng Giaw

(Parliament, Saturday): I

urges the Health Minister Datuk Chua Soi Lek to use the allocation of
RM4.2 billion for medical treatment in 2006 effectively, ensuring the
safety of all patients.

Yesterday, a friend Kumaraguru pointed out to me that the figure of
280,000 outpatients a year for the whole country is very wrong. In
fact, in 2003, there were 48 million outpatients and 1.7 million
inpatients in government hocpitals and clinics. He is correct.

I did mention millions of patients during the debate on the allocation
of RM8.7 billion for the Ministry of Health on 29 November, 2005.
280,000 outpatients is the estimated figure of the Ear, Nose and
Throat (ENT) outpatients for 2006.

In 2006, the estimate for visits to family clinics is 24 million, new
emergency patients being 4.2 million. For surgery, the number of
outpatients is .5 million and inpatients .27 million; paediatrics .38
million and .31 million;orthopaedic .62 million and .27 million;ENT
..28 million and .012 million; skin .046 million and 971; neurology
..049 million and 1,000; urology .16 million and 9,600 and so forth.

There are tens of millions of outpatients and millions of inpatients
in government hospitals and clinics. The number of staff in the
Ministry of Health of '160,000' and the number of patients are two of
the factors that require a total revamp 0f the service. We need a
Royal Commission to study the strengths and weaknesses of the
Ministry.
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