00:00Without my knowledge at all, and without my permission at all, they used my photographs and they used my name
00:11and they made up a false or a fake interview.
00:16Fake interview?
00:17And in that fake conversation, they put me up to say in a very long paragraph,
00:26they made me out to say that there are certain proven blood pressure medicines
00:31that I mentioned in the interview that these are rubbish medicines.
00:39They made me out to say that these medicines ended up killing a very famous Hollywood actor.
00:48And they made me out to say that these medicines should not be taken anymore
00:53and instead the patients should take this product that I don't even know this product existed.
01:02First of all, I never gave the interview.
01:06Secondly, I didn't even know, I never said any of those things that was mentioned.
01:15And thirdly, I didn't even know the herbal supplement product that purportedly I was promoting.
01:24But they made out the interview to look so real that this thing can actually,
01:34I'm a victim here, but potentially thousands and thousands of patients taking these proper medicines
01:41may actually become the victim.
01:43Because if they believe the article and they stop taking the proper prescribed medicines by their doctors,
01:50they may actually suffer kidney failure, stroke, heart attack or even die.
01:56Can you explain how and when did you know about the false evidence?
02:03I was alerted on this matter on the 25th.
02:09Alerted on this matter on the 25th of September.
02:14And I immediately made a police report the same afternoon.
02:18And then an MCMC report as advised by the police and by my lawyers on the 27th.
02:25How I got to know about it?
02:27It was my colleagues, my other doctors, whose patients had shown them this article.
02:37And then they went to the doctors and said,
02:40these doctors said, don't need to take this medicine. Is it true?
02:44So then those doctors became concerned and they forwarded the article to me.
02:49A very important message for patients taking blood pressure medicines
02:56is that they should follow their doctor's advice.
03:00And if they are worried whether a certain prescription is valid or not valid,
03:06they could even check with national practice guidelines issued by the MOH
03:11or they could check with the BPFK, Bureau Pharmaceutical Pengawalan Malaysia or MPRA.
03:22Because all approved prescriptions are registered with the MPRA.
03:30And the important thing is they shouldn't stop whatever approved medicines that they are taking
03:38without a good reason and they should always discuss it with their doctors.
03:42It's a different thing if anybody wants to take extra herbal supplements as long as it's valid,
03:48but don't use it as an alternative and stop whatever existing medications
03:53because it can actually be detrimental.
03:59For more information, visit www.FEMA.gov
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