Finance Minister denies public health allocations cut, opens the books

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It is only a matter of some items being reclassified under the federal estimated expenditure document, says Zafrul.

Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz has denied claims that public health allocations had been reduced under Budget 2021 when compared to last year.

He said no area of healthcare allocation had been reduced adding it was only a matter of some items being reclassified under the federal estimated expenditure document.

 

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What the Finance Minister did not tell you: 1. Public Health expenditure cut by 12% 2. Paediatric service (children) cut by 12% 3. Renal (kidney) treatment cut by 77% 4. Pharmacy cut by 73% 5. Oncology (cancer) cut by 58% 6. Cardiothoracic cut by 66% 7. Respiratory cut by 10%

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