We are very concerned with the response or should we say "lack of response and participation" from the management of private and NGO dialysis centres and also organizations representing patients during the recently concluded 8th NKF Annual Dialysis Meeting 2010 at Berjaya Times Square Hotel, Kuala Lumpur.
The NKFM (National Kidney Foundation Malaysia) together with the Nephrology Department, HKL should be commended to have initiated works to propose a Standards for Hemodialysis Parctices in Malaysia. Work groups were formed by NKFM with invitations to all stakeholders such as local Medical Consultants, Government agencies, private & NGO Dialysis organizations and suppliers.
The work groups were entrusted to come up with different components of a draft of Standards for Hemodialysis Practices in Malaysia. This draft was presented during the recent NKFM meeting to those involved in the industry for their feedback and opinion. Although the draft presented was not a complete document nevertheless it is a very important document to start with and having very far fetching implications to patients and all concerned in the industry.
During the just concluded NKFM meeting, the representative from the local Medical Consultants were spot on with his views concerning their roles and responsibilities. However representative from the Private & NGO centres were very "silent" to the proposals presented at the meeting. It leads us to conclude that the "right people" from the Private & NGO organizations were missing from the meeting.
It is our hope that once the completed draft document is ready, a roadshow be held to informed all those concerned again of its contents and obtain feedback and opinion before the proposal is presented to the KKM for consideration and approval.
Once again kudos to NKFM and Nephrology Depratment, HKL for initiating the proposal. To the other various players....PLEASE SIT UP, TAKE NOTE AND PARTICIPATE!!!
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