Monday, September 13, 2004

Working out costs of private wings

LABIS: The Government is looking at working hours and salaries of doctors and nurses and fees to be charged in the proposed private wing set up at government hospitals.

Health Minister Datuk Chua Soi Lek said services to be provided at the private wing would be at par if not higher than those offered by private hospitals.

In his Budget speech last Friday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the Putrajaya and Selayang hospitals will be the first hospitals to treat private patients from next year to make the public medical sector more attractive.

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