IJN: Another proof of lack of planning
Just few days after announcing its principle agreement to allow the sale of its IJN stake to Sime Darby, the BN government… as announced by Najib, today put a halt to the plan.
The cabinet has decided to postpone the controversial sale of the National Heart Institute (IJN) to Sime Darby, according to MCA president Ong Tee Keat at a press conference in his Transport Ministry in Putrajaya.
[...]At a press conference this evening, Najib said the deal has been postponed until an in-depth review is undertaken by the relevant ministries.
Source: Malaysiakini
As clear as crystal, and admitted by no less than a Deputy Prime Minister, this government has again and again showed its true color of lack of planning in many of the decisions affecting the people.
How a government that claimed to be sensitive to the people’s needs could announce such a deal without an in-depth study is beyond anyone’s comprehension.
IJN is the last frontier of affordable specialist treatments for the Malaysian population. We can forget about any pledge by any interested party that they will take care of their social responsibility, IJN’s sale to any private business entity would only lead to one thing…. increasing medical cost… period. Low to middle income groups will be the most to suffer.
For once, I agree with Tun Dr Mahathir on IJN privatisation… 
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