Don’t Jail Doctors Blog Campaign

Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 28th, 2008, 9:53 pm by yenjai

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Calling all doctor and student bloggers and anyone who can help.The Government has begun to arrest and jail doctors on a technicality - not registering their clinic with the PHFSA. This act treats doctors like common criminals. These are community doctors who have not committed a serious crime but instead face an incredibly harsh sentence for their technical lapse.

Dr Basmullah Yusom, a family practitioner, is the first victim of this legislation. He was sentenced despite not having legal counsel representing him, despite pleading for leniency (he had wanted to sell the clinic anyway and is in financial trouble) and as he could not pay the hefty RM 120,000 fine, he is now in Kajang prison.

You can read more about it in

The 1st clinic doctor convicted under the PHFSA

and

The 1st clinic doctor convicted under the PHFSA (II)

The ex-Health Minister had promised that the Act would be used only against Bogus doctors and Bogus clinics. Yet, we now see that legitimate licensed APC holding medical practitioners are now targeted.

In support of Dr. Basmullah, we urge all of you to put up this logo in your Blogs and Websites until this travesty of justice is reversed. Please download or link to the above image.

7 Responses

  1. Adino
    January 29th, 2008 | 11:51 am

    It seems to me that all this started when a Datin ended up in ICU after a botched cosmetic surgery. As usual, we see misplaced priority in small matters whereas serious issues such as crime, corruption, and injustice are getting worse.

  2. Firehorse
    January 29th, 2008 | 12:26 pm

    Ok I’ll put logo up on my blog asap!

  3. yenjai
    January 29th, 2008 | 12:54 pm

    Adino, ya lor

    Firehorse, wah. Thanks. Muacks

  4. mott
    January 29th, 2008 | 5:32 pm

    Eh..Dr…how come I’ve been seeing more and more ppl being persecuted for all sorts of reasons?????

    Will put it up..soon!

  5. Eric
    January 29th, 2008 | 7:11 pm

    How could they treat doctors like criminals? Oh my lord, this government has no idea which direction to go!!

  6. yenjai
    January 29th, 2008 | 8:47 pm

    mott jiejie, thanks

    eric, they always work like drunkard

  7. Sue
    January 30th, 2008 | 2:46 am

    Wat’s become of our country??

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