No need to panic over insulin shortage, says Dr Dzulkefly

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Speaking to reporters after launching the MyGENOME Project on Thursday (Aug 29), Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said that there is no need to panic over the insulin shortage.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yc3cuff5   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00on the shortage of insulin. He said, the ministry has decided to increase the use of alternative

00:08ways to manage diabetes because of the shortage. But MMA is saying, if they are worried, it

00:14could potentially worsen health outcomes. What are your thoughts?

00:18No, this is not. These are decisions of our clinicians, our physicians who are prescribing.

00:26They will have to judge best the outcome of their patients. I again said that until December,

00:35we will hopefully not see any human insulin shortages. Already, we have taken measures

00:44to get to other sources of human insulin. Saya sendiri telah terlibat dalam mempastikan.

00:53I've already made a commitment to that we will be getting other sources of human insulin.

00:59That should come. Our NPRA juga akan berikan laluan fast track to get new registration

01:05of human insulin. So, despite what people, despite all this hue and cry about media yang

01:14mengatakan, actually causing panic, but actually there is belum ada lagi. And remember, if

01:22ever there is any facilities, clinic that suffers shortages, you will immediately mobilise

01:28from the nearby clinics, hospital. So, tak payah, don't over-alarm this. We are very

01:37very sure that our doctors will make sure that they will not compromise the health and

01:48safety of our patients. So, again, I repeated this answer. It will not go right without

01:55medication. And even if they go back with medication, it will be in the interest of

01:59the patient. If they cannot take oral hypoglycemic, they will not be prescribed. They will go

02:04with the analogues, with the inhibitors. Kalau oral hypoglycemic tak boleh diberikan,

02:10then they will be given others. The important thing is they will not go back without medication.

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