After opening the 18th Annual Dialysis Conference in Selangor on Oct 11, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad told the media that Budget 2026 had allocated an additional RM21mil from the sugar-sweetened beverage tax for the purchase of sodium-glucose cotransport protein 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors to treat kidney and renal diseases and diabetes.
00:00Hi, I'm Cd from 12082. I have a question for you that I think patient still can get access to the effective drug that can manage K2I inhibitors.
00:13So how can you move to more universal and fair access, especially public?
00:17Correct, yeah. Now, the sodium glucose co-transported two of the SGLT2I inhibitors was approved first in budget 2025.
00:29Allocation from our SSB tax, our sugar sweetened beverages tax, for treatment and expansion of this is already in place.
00:42Now, allocation of an additional 21 million on top of the 23 million existing MOH budget for procurement of SGLT2I inhibitors
00:55are already accorded or allocated for 2026.
01:02As you very well know, SGLT2I use are very protective to kidney, not just renal protection, but as well cardio protection as well.
01:12And of course, maintaining or managing diabetes, mitigating diabetes secretly or, you know, with other words, other outcomes, yeah, other untoward outcomes.
01:27So, yes, SGLT2I, your question, we have been allocated the additional 21 million for 2026.
01:36And that's also coming from our dose crude from SSB tax, sugar sweetened beverages tax, you know, is earmarked for MOH, particularly for diabetes management.
01:52The reason by that, 2026, will there be an increased purchase of PD?
01:58The first policy is what I have vouched and I have undertaken from my first year, which is 2024.
02:08Yes, we have been allocated an amount that we will then, you know, give allocation based on disciplines and whatnot as to the requirement.
02:19But I'm quite sure now we want to shift.
02:22It used to be 40, 60, 40, PD, 60, HD.
02:28Now, at least we want to move into 50, 50 before we get to the reverse situation of 60, PD and 40, HD.
02:37So, for now, yeah, we will have, we will move in that direction.
02:41A PD first policy is my current policy and moving forward.
02:46And, of course, I want to get transplantation, which is the most, you know, curative, will be the way.
02:53And I'm working and looking at Dato' Zaki Murad and team to get this, you know, in the very near future.
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