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Budget 2027: Health Ministry to expand outsourcing programme to cut waiting times

IPOH, Oct 11 — The Health Ministry (MOH) will expand the scope of the Hospital Services Outsourcing Programme (HSOP) to cover new areas following an increase in its allocation to...

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The Health Ministry will expand the Hospital Services Outsourcing Programme, funded with RM200 million from Budget 2027, to include new areas for faster patient treatment.

The initiative reduces waiting times for procedures like CT and MRI scans and allows patients to access private hospital treatments at government rates.

Patients are chosen for the programme based on urgency, ensuring quicker access to necessary treatments and diagnostics through private facilities.

IPOH, Oct 11 — The Health Ministry (MOH) will expand the scope of the Hospital Services Outsourcing Programme (HSOP) to cover new areas following an increase in its allocation to RM200 million under Budget 2027, which was tabled on Friday.

Deputy Health Director-General (Medical) Datuk Dr Mohd Azman Yacob said the additional allocation would enable the ministry to refer more patients to private hospitals for faster treatment.

“With the allocation increased from RM144 million to RM200 million, we will focus on HSOP, including expanding it to several new areas deemed suitable.

“This initiative has also proven effective in shortening patients’ waiting times at government hospitals, particularly for Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans, which previously took between three and six months,” he said at a press conference after attending the Public-Private Partnership Empowerment Ceremony for the Cataract Surgery Programme between the Malaysian Government and Perak Community Specialist Hospital (PCSH) here yesterday.

On Friday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, when tabling Budget 2027 in the Dewan Rakyat, announced an allocation of RM200 million for outsourcing patient treatment to other hospitals as a measure to reduce waiting times, particularly at government hospitals.

Introduced in 2024, HSOP currently benefits patients requiring treatment in nephrology, cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, paediatric cardiology and radiology.

Mohd Azman said HSOP enabled patients to access treatment at private hospitals more quickly, while the charges imposed remained subject to the rates set by government hospitals.

“For example, if the actual cost of treatment at a private hospital is RM3,000, the patient will pay the applicable government hospital rate, while the government covers the remaining cost through HSOP,” he said.

He added that patients were selected for the programme based on assessments by specialists at government hospitals, specifically for cases requiring urgent treatment and diagnostic procedures. — Bernama

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卫生部将扩大医院服务外包计划（该计划已从 2027 年财政预算案中获得 2 亿令吉的资金），以涵盖新的领域，从而加快患者治疗速度。

该举措缩短了CT和MRI扫描等检查的等待时间，并允许患者以政府价格享受私立医院的治疗。

该计划根据病情紧急程度选择患者，以确保患者能够通过私立医疗机构更快地获得必要的治疗和诊断。

怡保，10 月 11 日讯——卫生部将在 2027 年财政预算案中将医院服务外包计划 (HSOP) 的拨款增加至 2 亿令吉后，扩大该计划的范围，覆盖新的领域。该预算案已于周五提交。

卫生部副总监（医疗）拿督莫哈末阿兹曼雅各布医生表示，这笔额外的拨款将使卫生部能够将更多病人转诊到私立医院接受更快的治疗。

“随着拨款从 1.44 亿令吉增加到 2 亿令吉，我们将重点关注 HSOP，包括将其扩展到几个被认为合适的新领域。

“这项举措也已被证明能有效缩短患者在政府医院的等待时间，特别是计算机断层扫描（CT）和磁共振成像（MRI）扫描，以前这些扫描需要三到六个月的时间，”他在昨天出席马来西亚政府与霹雳州社区专科医院（PCSH）白内障手术项目公私合作赋能仪式后举行的新闻发布会上说。

周五，首相拿督斯里安华·易卜拉欣在下议院提交2027年财政预算案时宣布，将拨款2亿令吉用于将病人治疗外包给其他医院，以减少等待时间，尤其是在政府医院。

HSOP 于 2024 年推出，目前已惠及需要接受肾脏病学、心脏病学、心胸外科、儿科心脏病学和放射学治疗的患者。