Kuala Lampur, Nov. 15 -- The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) has urged Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad and his fellow Cabinet members to finally make a decision regarding the harmonisation of fees for general practitioners (GP).

Its president Dr N. Ganabaskaran expressed disappointment at the National Cost of Living Action Council (Naccol) over its Tuesday decision to order for another study to be conducted on the impact of harmonising GP fees with their hospital counterparts.

"Meanwhile it is clear that GPs who were the bedrock of this nation's primary health care for the last 50 years and whom had been trained by the Health Ministry, are being relegated to irrelevance," he said in a statement.

Dr Ganabaskaran said Nacc...