Budget 2023: Health Ministry gets RM36.3bil, second highest after Education

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PETALING JAYA: In tabling the revised Budget 2023, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the Health Ministry would be given an allocation of RM36.3bil.

This is the second highest allocation under Budget 2023 and is also slightly higher than the RM36.1bil allocated under the spending plan tabled by the previous government in October last year and RM32.4bil under Budget 2022. The ministry also received the highest jump in allocation compared to Budget 2022.

RM3bil will be allocated for the appointment of 1,500 medical officers, dentists and pharmacists for permanent and contract positions.- Public health capacity will be optimised by outsourcing patients from congested hospitals to university, army and private hospitals;

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

 

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