Rakan KKM programme at Cyberjaya Hospital to begin next month
The health ministry’s new Rakan KKM initiative, offering “premium economy” healthcare services, is expected to begin at Cyberjaya Hospital in December.
Health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad said the programme would enable specialists to perform specific medical procedures to improve their earnings as part of efforts to retain them in the public sector.
“This is among the measures to ensure they are not compelled to leave the health ministry or take up locum work in the private sector,” he told Bernama.
Patients opting for Rakan KKM services will receive standard clinical care with added features such as personalised attention, doctor selection, enhanced privacy and greater comfort. The services will cover specialist outpatient consultations, elective day procedures, surgeries and inpatient admissions.
Dzulkefly said the ministry…
