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PUTRAJAYA: Chief Health Officer Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah says the ministry will work with the police and human resources ministry on a police report on falsified Covid-19 results under the name of a private clinic in Rawang.
He said that the Ministry of Health had been informed about the matter, and thanked the responsible physician, Dr. Sathia Prakash Nadarajan, for presenting the report to the police.
The falsified results were reported to correspond to workers from subcontractors from the public and private sectors.
“For the private laboratories used by the health ministry, we always conduct periodic audits to ensure that the tests meet the established standards. And we can use our public health laboratory information system (Simka) to identify if there are cases that have been falsified.
“The falsification of cases is a crime according to Law 342 (Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control Law of 1998), so measures can be taken. We are also considering taking action under other laws, ”he told a news conference today.
Noor Hisham again defended his decision to allow the quarantined MPs to be in Dewan Rakyat for the final budget vote yesterday while donning personal protective equipment, saying that some voters in Sabah had also used similar PPE to cast their vote during state elections.
“Under Law 342, the general director of health has the authority to evaluate certain cases. For example, a person might want to visit if there is a death in the family or a relative is sick in the hospital.
“It is not new as it was done before. We have allowed people under surveillance (PUS) to have free time to visit their families or perform certain urgent tasks as part of their work, ”he said.
Sabah’s state elections in September, held following the dissolution of the state assembly, led to a third wave of Covid-19 infections in the country, with Malaysia overtaking China in total cases today.
Addressing claims that Covid-19 patients were forced to wait days before being transported to the hospital for treatment, Noor Hisham said this could be due to a delay in publishing their results or late notification to the district health office on positive cases.
He said that Covid-19 tests were currently being processed in some private labs, adding that some of them are not yet integrated into Simka.
“We need to integrate the data on positive cases. The district health office must be informed of positive cases. Once this is done, follow-up actions will be taken as soon as possible.
“We are aware that there are obstacles in terms of implementation, perhaps delays in the publication of the results. Therefore, we advise those who have been tested and are suspected of being positive to stay home and wait, “he said.
He said the delays that patients in Klang may be experiencing are similar to those faced by some in Sabah, reiterating that they must stay home the entire time until an ambulance picks them up.
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