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5/1/2013 In reference to the article “Docs making a fast bucks-2nd of January 2013”….A very Damaging blanket statement THAT PAINTS ALL THE DOCTORS IN MALAYSIA.Read NowWe are aghast and was very upset with this piece of reporting as it has actually generalized all doctors (Private GPs) as greedy and unscrupulous professionals and thus this blanket statement has somehow triggered an uproar in our medical community…yes, we do admit there is black sheep among us but which profession does not have black sheep among them? The statement from the Pharmaceutical source of info is a well-known fact and a prolonged practice in Malaysia where there is a bonus schemes for the goods if the clinics or the hospitals needs to buy more for the sake of reduction of cost either which they will relayed it to the intended target that is our patients and despite the fact that even with this bonus schemes given by the Pharma companies to the doctors, the prices of medications still was and is much cheaper at the Mega Chains Pharmacies. The accusation that middleman and runners doing the sales from doctors to Pharmacies is true for certain tainted individuals in both groups of professionals and they only escalates the price war which somehow does benefits the savvy consumers…this ongoing practices of big Pharma companies giving bonus schemes or inducement as mention by a Mr Gan in your article has been going on for a long time and it has been accepted as a common normal practices for all who are involved. But NOT ALL DOCTORS and CLINICS are doing this and most of us GPs are buying only what is essential for our patients needs and we do purchase from the pharmacies as well instead of from the main Pharma companies.
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