Court upholds doctors' right to dispense Ivermectin

Hidir Reduan Abdul RashidPublished: Aug 25, 2023 7:46 AM | Updated: Aug 25, 2023 10:52 AM

The Court of Appeal today upheld the right and autonomy of doctors to dispense Ivermectin or any other medicine to treat patients, even if it goes against Health Ministry prohibition.

A three-person appellate bench - chaired by Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil and comprised of member judges Abu Bakar Jais and Collin Lawrence Sequerah - allowed an appeal by the Malaysian Association for the Advancement of Functional and Interdisciplinary Medicine (MAAFIM) over the right of doctors to prescribe Ivermectin to Covid-19 patients.

According to a Facebook post by the group’s counsel Abraham Au, the bench ruled that...

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