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PETAL JAYA: Vaccination against Covid-19 in private hospitals will not be cheap, although the Association of Private Hospitals of Malaysia said that its members do not intend to profit from it.
Its president, Datuk Dr. Kuljit Singh, said that it will cost a person in the region hundreds of ringgit to get vaccinated in private hospitals.
“At the moment, we cannot give the exact cost because we need the approval of the government to order the vaccine,” he said yesterday.
“It can take two or three months after approval to receive the vaccine and the cost will depend on the requests we make.”
He said that private hospitals do not compete with the government to provide the vaccine, as it is a complementary service.
Kuljit said that by working together, the public and private health sectors will be able to shorten the time frame to vaccinate people and make the country recover.
“Many people, who want to start traveling, are willing to pay for the vaccine,” he said.
“Entrepreneurs, expatriates, embassy officials, students and companies are willing to shell out money.”
Students planning to study abroad will need to get vaccinated, he said.
They can’t wait for their turn in the immunization program because their college year would have already started, Kuljit said.
Even companies are willing to pay to have their staff vaccinated to avoid being forced to shut down when a cluster is detected in its place, he noted.
By vaccinating their staff at their own cost, companies could save millions by avoiding mandatory closures, he added.
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