Healthcare System in Malaysia
QUESTION 1:
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the healthcare system in Malaysia. What changes can the government make to suit 1MALAYSIA concept?
Introduction to the Health care system in Malaysia What is health care? Healthcare is defined as in the oxford dictionary as maintaining and improving the physical and mental health of someone through the provision of medical services. It is also defined in the Merriam Webster as restoring the health of someone and preventing the spread of diseases that can harm a person life helped by trained and license profession by giving them medicine, therapy and treatment to make them feel better. In the past few decades, Malaysia Healthcare has undergone a radical transformation. Before the birth of colonization Malaysian use traditional medicine and methods introduced by the local citizen of Malaysia. Ever since the independence day back at august 1957, the different system of health care were transferred from British colonial rules to help the growing needs of proper care of the Malaysian citizen. (Castro 2009). Malaysia is a popular destination for medical tourism as the service provided are vast such as cardiology, dentistry, general service and etc.(Healthcare in Malaysia, n.d). Malaysian healthcare is govern by the ministry of health but is divided into two categories which are private sector and public sector. The goal for the healthcare of the public sector is to provide an affordable healthcare for the citizen of Malaysia with the proper equipment and medicine. For the private sector it is also for the citizen healthcare but the medical fees higher than the fees from the public hospitals, because the private hospitals usually have better equipped equipment and facilities. Both of these sectors contribute differently in Malaysia healthcare system. (Healthcare in Malaysia, 2012) The Malaysia government will help the citizen of Malaysia with their health issues of the country by improving the
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the healthcare system in Malaysia. What changes can the government make to suit 1MALAYSIA concept?
Introduction to the Health care system in Malaysia What is health care? Healthcare is defined as in the oxford dictionary as maintaining and improving the physical and mental health of someone through the provision of medical services. It is also defined in the Merriam Webster as restoring the health of someone and preventing the spread of diseases that can harm a person life helped by trained and license profession by giving them medicine, therapy and treatment to make them feel better. In the past few decades, Malaysia Healthcare has undergone a radical transformation. Before the birth of colonization Malaysian use traditional medicine and methods introduced by the local citizen of Malaysia. Ever since the independence day back at august 1957, the different system of health care were transferred from British colonial rules to help the growing needs of proper care of the Malaysian citizen. (Castro 2009). Malaysia is a popular destination for medical tourism as the service provided are vast such as cardiology, dentistry, general service and etc.(Healthcare in Malaysia, n.d). Malaysian healthcare is govern by the ministry of health but is divided into two categories which are private sector and public sector. The goal for the healthcare of the public sector is to provide an affordable healthcare for the citizen of Malaysia with the proper equipment and medicine. For the private sector it is also for the citizen healthcare but the medical fees higher than the fees from the public hospitals, because the private hospitals usually have better equipped equipment and facilities. Both of these sectors contribute differently in Malaysia healthcare system. (Healthcare in Malaysia, 2012) The Malaysia government will help the citizen of Malaysia with their health issues of the country by improving the
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