Explain the fee hike, Health Ministry asks IJN

The Star
The Star
  • 7 hours ago
Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni told the press at Parliament on Monday (Oct 14) that the ministry would hold talks with the Finance Ministry and National Heart Institute (IJN) to find out the reasons behind a proposed fee hike by the institute.

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00:00Oh, okay.
00:02In regards to that question,
00:06the Chief Executive and the Director-General have raised the issue.
00:12IJN is under the Ministry of Finance,
00:16and also KKM is a client to IJN.
00:21And also, what is happening now is a decision from IJN.
00:27IJN will discuss and smoothen the cost increase
00:34or the fees they have to pay to the patients.
00:40This will also have an impact on KKM
00:45because we are still sending patients referred to IJN.
00:51That is the answer for now.
00:54We cannot influence the fees because IJN is not under KKM.

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