Materia Medica Malaysiana

Complaints over ‘physicians’

SOME so-called professional Chinese physicians from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong have been conducting minor surgeries using anaesthetic and putting patients on the drip in Malaysia, reported China Press.
The daily said these “physicians” were not only unregistered with the Malaysian Medical Council but they also had not been trained in Western medicine.
It quoted Federation of Chinese Physicians and Acupuncturists Malaysia secretary Ng Po Kok as saying that the federation had received complaints from its members and patients that these “physicians” were conducting treatment in Kuala Lumpur, Perak and Johor Baru.
He said the “physicians” were operating like a business chain with branches mushrooming in the country and the number of “physicians” was going up.
He said these “physicians” were here on social visas but were operating business with some locals.
"We are doubtful about where these 'physicians' obtain the medicines. It is believed that they get them through some illegal channels. "