MOH and Pharmaniaga shifting blame over ventilator debacle

The Health Ministry and Pharmaniaga Bhd blamed each other for 104 faulty ventilators they received from China in 2020, said the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

In a report published yesterday, the committee pointed out that there was no contractual agreement signed between the two in regard to the ventilators procurement, where Pharmaniaga’s subsidiary Pharmaniaga Logistics Sdn Bhd acted as an intermediary between the Health Ministry and suppliers in China...