Health DG says revealing such details would violate patient confidentiality and the resulting stigma can also be long-lasting.
CORONAVIRUS | Since the first cases of Covid-19 were reported in Malaysia, members of the public have been clamouring to know where the patients might have worked or lived.
The call has only intensified as more cases were reported in the country, and rumours circulated on what locations may have been affected. When asked on this, however, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah stood firm and reiterated that medical professionals cannot disclose such information.He explained this would not only be a violation of rules regarding patient confidentiality, but the resulting stigma could also be long-lasting....
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