Rahayu Mahzam on non-emergency and non-critical admissions to public hospitals

Hospital admissions are based on clinical necessity and some patients have medical conditions that are non-urgent but need inpatient care. They account for about 20 per cent of all public hospital admissions and this has remained stable over the past 10 years. As these admissions are medically necessary, they can tap on MediSave or MediShield Life. Some patients stay longer in the hospitals as their homes are not ready to receive them. To minimise overstaying, the Government tries to right-price and right-site the patients. These include improving and expanding transitional care facilities and home care services to provide post-discharge care. Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health Rahayu Mahzam said this in reply to an MP’s questions in Parliament on Friday (Feb 16).