Something is not right
“In Putrajaya Hospital, you need to make an appointment three months in advance for such a service. In Kepala Batas, more than 4,000 patients had been treated since January,” said Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai. Traditional complementary medicine (TCM) will be introduced in three more government hospitals in Terengganu, Sabah and Sarawak next year following the good reception to such treatment at three hospitals that had offered it first.
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As I have mentioned, this is not about medicine nor well-being of patients. This is about business. The Health Minister implies that TCM must also be good until there is need to expand it. (You can't expect the Health Ministry to expand a service which is not good for the well being of patients right?) And it also implies that the longer you need to wait, the more terrific the treatment must be.
So why the fuss if patients have to wait for a 3 month appointment to see me? They can take the TCM route first and then wait for my 3 month appointment too...and don't complain if your tumour has grown to a size of football...3 months for my service too...
I have my reservations on how the Ministry plans to regulate the extremely diverse TCM with their rather "unscientific" practices when they cannot even issue the full registration/ annual practising certificates(APC) for bona fide doctors on time every year. There are even bona fide doctors practising without valid APCs for years in public hospitals.
I'm positive if the all patients ditched proven modern treatment and goes to the TCM route, the Health Ministry will close all current hospitals and convert them into TCM hospitals. It's just business, business and business...supply and demand. Nobody mentioned anything about whether the treatment works or not.
