On one hand, long queues at public hospitals, on the other, astronomical bills at private ones. For many Malaysians, there’s no good option.
That’s the gap Rakan KKM claims to fill: offering fee-based, expedited care for non-emergency procedures inside public hospitals.
Is this a pragmatic ‘third lane’ between the extremes of unaffordable private care and overstretched public hospitals? Or does it risk deepening inequality by allowing those who can pay to skip the queue?
Astro Awani’s Melisa Idris speaks with Azrul Mohd Khalib, the CEO of the Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy, and Dr Mark Cheong, a public health and palliative care researcher and
Produced by: Astro Awani
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