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Doc2Us hails doctors and HCPs to join COVID-19 Telemedicine Task Force
Kuala Lumpur, March 20 - Doc2Us, Malaysia’s leading telemedicine service, is calling doctors and healthcare professionals (HCPs) available to join the Doc2Us COVID-19 Task Force, a voluntary telemedicine service to help the public gain adequate information about the spread and the management of the Covid-19 epidemic and reduce patient-medical healthcare specialist contact.
The service would allow the general public to seek medical enquiries or ask general questions related to COVID-19 for free.
Manned by volunteering doctors and healthcare providers, the Task Force is an effort aimed to reduce the burden of the public healthcare system within the Ministry of Health in combating this infectious spread.
Dr Raymond Choy, Chief Executive Officer of Doc2Us said, “There are currently many messages going around chat platforms and groups about alleged tips and old wives tales to prevent or cure a Covid-19 infection which are untrue. Yet many people believe these messages are harmful to public health as they are not sanctioned by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) Malaysia.”
The Task Force will only provide general enquiry about the spread of Covid-19, the symptoms, as well as proper hygiene, quarantine or social distancing steps that we must take at this time.
The volunteer medical health specialist will always advise users that claim or show symptoms similar to a Covid-19 infection to a public healthcare channel, in which MOH will take appropriate measures to screen them.
As of yesterday, the total number of those tested positive for Covid-19 has escalated to 900 cases and Malaysia is now resorting to taking stricter measures to contain the virus.
“We from Doc2Us would like to help ease public concern and offer easy access to information from verified experts and specialists at the safety of their own home. This is an opportunity for doctors and HCPs to volunteer their time and expertise without putting them at risk. We believe that the time and expertise of our volunteers from the Task Force will help contribute positively in the midst of this public health crisis. We also want to take the opportunity to urge people who exhibit symptoms resembling a Covid-19 infection to reach out to MOH for screening and the next necessary steps,” added Choy.
