Doctorless clinic sells postdated sick leave chits like bus tickets
UPDATE May 18, 2014: The MC-selling clinic was raided, as published in the Sunday Mail today. The Selangor Health Department sprung into action yesterday as they raided a clinic in Taman Selayang Jaya following Malay Mail’s expose over the sales of sick leave chits (MC) on Saturday. The raid also took a twist as the man who had sold the MCs to both our reporters turned out to be the doctor running Klinik Rakyat. The department’s private medical practice control unit confiscated several exercise books which is believed to have details of those who had bought the MCs and stacks of sick leave chits from the clinic before lodging a police report at the Selayang police station. Unit director Dr Faizal Mat Arifin, who led the raiding team, said the doctor who operated the clinic, Dr Saidul Islam, had abused his authority in issuing MCs. “It is a serious case as it breaches the Medical Act. We have interroga...