Dr Noor Hisham: Well being Ministry can solely reveal Najib’s medical data at court docket’s request

Well being director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah speaks throughout a press convention in Putrajaya on January 19, 2021. — Image by Miera Zulyana

By Keertan Ayamany

Thursday, 22 Sep 2022 10:58 AM MYT

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 — Particulars of Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s medical data are confidential and may solely be made recognized to the court docket if a proper request is made by way of a court docket order, stated Well being director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah at the moment.

In a Fb publish this morning, Dr Noor Hisham additionally careworn that below the regulation, solely the court docket has the precise to entry to any particular person’s medical data.

“The Well being Ministry is required to adjust to the ethics of affected person confidentiality below the Medical Act 1971 (Modification 2012).

“Particulars on a particular affected person can solely be revealed to the court docket, in that case ordered,” he wrote.

To notice, a affected person’s medical data are additionally allowed to be shared to 3rd events when there may be mutual consent.

Dr Noor Hisham additionally stated that Najib was admitted to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) upon the recommendation of medical consultants following a court docket order on September 12, after the previous prime minister’s well being situation was deemed “unsatisfactory”.

He added that your entire course of was performed in accordance with the Jail Act 1995.

Yesterday, the Prisons Division confirmed that Najib was transferred from HKL to Cheras Rehabilitation Hospital (HRC) on September 19 for additional remedy.

In a press release, the Prisons Division additionally stated that Najib will probably be returned to Kajang Jail to proceed serving his 12-year sentence in his SRC Worldwide corruption case, as soon as HRC or HKL medical consultants give him the medical all clear.

Beforehand, on September 12, Dr Noor Hisham had issued a press release saying that Najib had been unanimously declared wholesome by senior medical consultants and discharged from HKL — after his hospitalisation on September 9.