PM: Money for equipment-strapped MOH, states including opposition ones

CORONAVIRUS | Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin today announced a budget boost for the Health Ministry where some hospitals under it have resorted to making their own personal protective equipment (PPE) to deal with Covid-19 patients.

Muhyiddin said the Health Ministry will receive an RM500 million budget boost to purchase ventilators, intensive care unit equipment, PPEs and lab equipment for Covid-19 screening.

He added that measures were undertaken to expedite the acquisition of the items...