TERKEJUT juga membaca kenyataan Prof Azmi Hassan mengenai peluang tipis (slim chances) untuk Umno menang jika PRU15 dilangsungkan dalam waktu terdekat. Kata beliau, kehendak Umno supaya PRU15 dilangsungkan dalam waktu terdekat kelihatan diasaskan kepada sentimen akar umbinya dan bukannya kehendak rakyat Malaysia.
Kata beliau lagi, ia tidak kelihatan bagus untuk Umno kerana rakyat Malaysia akan melihat Umno mengutamakan agenda politiknya tanpa memikirkan mengenai kebajikan rakyat. Prof Sivamurugan Pandian pula berkata memaksa PRU15 dilangsungkan sebelum tempoh edahnya akan menyebabkan Umno dituduh membahayakan kesihatan awam.
Selain itu, kata Prof Sivamurugan Pandian lagi, memaksa PRU15 dilangsungkan sebelum tempoh edahnya juga akan menyebabkan wujudnya perpecahan dalam parti itu. Pandangan kedua-dua mereka wajar diambil berat kerana kedua-dua mereka bukanlah ‘hostile’ malah biasa dipanggil oleh Umno, bersama-sama saya, untuk memberi pandangan.
Lebih serius lagi ialah kandungan surat terbuka 46 orang pakar kesihatan, terkecuali Prof Emeritus Jomo Kwame Sundaram yang bukan pakar kesihatan, yang menolak perkara sama.
Kata 46 orang pakar kesihatan ini, PRU15 tatkala pandemik COVID-19 belum diatasi adalah satu bencana yang menunggu untuk berlaku (‘an unmitigated disaster waiting to happen’).
Berikut adalah nama-nama 46 orang pakar kesihatan ini:
(1) Tan Sri Dr Abu Bakar Suleiman (Former Director General of Health).
(2) Prof Dr Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman (Secretary General, Federation of Islamic Medical Associations).
(3) Prof Datuk Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman (Professor of Medicine, Universiti Malaya).
(4) Prof Dr Ahmad Hata Rasit (Deputy Vice Chancellor and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak).
(5) Dr Ahmad Munawar Helmi bin Salim (Immediate Past Chairman, Islamic Medical Association Response & Relief Team).
(6) Dr Azhar Abdul Aziz (Consultant Emergency Physician).
(7) Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS (Consultant Paediatrician).
(8) Prof Dato’ Dr Azizi Haji Omar (Past President Malaysian Paediatric Association).
(9) Datuk Dr Christopher Lee (Former Deputy Director-General of Health (Research & Technical Support).
(10) Dr Dhesi Baha Raja (Consultant Public Health Physician & Chief Medical & Innovation Officer of Ainqa Health).
(11) Dr Gunasegaran PT Rajan (Past President, Obstetrical & Gynaecological Society of Malaysia).
(12) Dr Hung Liang Choo (President, Malaysian Paediatric Association).
(13) Dato’ Dr Jahizah Hassan (President, College of Anaesthesiologists).
(14) Dr Jeffrey Abu Hassan (Immediate Past President, Islamic Medical Association Malaysia).
(15) Dr Johari Bux (Past President, Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Malaysia).
(16) Emeritus Prof Jomo Kwame Sundaram (Former United Nations Assistant Secretary General).
(17) Dr Khor Swee Kheng (Independent Consultant, Health Systems and Policies, Consultant in Health Policies, and Malaysian Health Coalition).
(18) Datuk Dr Kuljit (President, Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia).
(19) Dr Lim Teck Onn (Former Director, Clinical Research Centre MOH).
(20) Prof Datuk Dr Lokman Hakim bin Sulaiman (Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research) International Medical University and Former Deputy Director General of Health-Public Health).
(21) Dr Mary Suma Cardosa (Past President, Malaysian Medical Association).
(22) Dr Milton Lum (Past President, MMA and Federation of Private Medical Practitioners Association Malaysia).
23) Asst Prof Dr Mohammad Farhan bin Rusli (Consultant Public Health Physician, International Islamic Universiti Malaysia).
(24) Datuk Prof Dr Mohamed Hatta bin Shaharom (President, Malaysian Society of Psychospiritual Therapy).
(25) Dr Mohammad Iqbal Sarwar (Consultant Paediatrician, KPJ Damansara Specialist Hospital).
(26) Dr Mohamed Namazie Ibrahim (Past President, Malaysian Medical Association).
(27) Dr Muhamad Yusri Musa (President, Islamic Medical Association Malaysia).
(28) Dato’ Dr Musa Mohd Nordin (Chairman, Advisory Council, Federation of Islamic Medical Associations).
(29) Dato’ Dr Narimah Awin (Former Director of Family Health Development).
(30) Prof Dr Norlisah Mohd Ramli (President, College of Radiology of Malaysia).
(31) Associate Prof Dr Pang Yong Kek (Respiratory Consultant, Universiti Malaya Medical Centre).
(32) Prof Dr Roslina Abdul Manap (Scribe, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia).
(33) Prof Dr Rosmawati Mohamed (Master, Academy of Medicine of Malaysia).
(34) Dr Sevellaraja Supermaniam (Past President, Asia Pacific Association of Gynaecological Endoscopy and OGSM).
(35) Puan Shariah Asiah (President, Malaysian Nursing Association).
(36) Dato’ Dr Sivamohan Namasivayam (Board Member, Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia).
(37) Dr Steven Chow (President, Federation of Private Medical Practitioners Association Malaysia).
(38) Prof Datuk Dr Subramaniam Muniandy (President, Malaysian Medical Association).
(39) Dr Tang Boon Nee (Past President, Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society Malaysia).
(40) Dr Teoh Siang Chin (Past President, Malaysian Medical Association, Former Melaka State Health Director).
(41) Prof Dr Wan Ariffin Abdullah (Past President, Malaysian Paediatric Association).
(42) Dr Yap Wei Aun (Consultant Public Health Physician).
(43) Dr Yolanda Augustin, (Oncologist and Healthcare Activist, St George’s University of London).
(44) Dato’ Dr Zainal Ariffin bin Omar (President, The Malaysian Public Health Physicians’ Association).
(45) Dato’ Dr Zainudin bin Md Zin (Chairman Lung Foundation of Malaysia, Past President of College of Physicians Malaysia).
(46) Datuk Dr Zulkifli bin Ismail (Secretary General, Asia Pacific Pediatric Association).
DR KAMARUL ZAMAN HAJI YUSOFF – HARAKAHDAILY 8/1/2021
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