KUALA LUMPUR: ProtectHealth Corporation Sdn Bhd (ProtectHealth) will deploy a medical audit team to conduct on-demand investigations into complaints on the sale of fake vaccination certificates or when its system detects a data anomaly.
ProtectHealth, in a statement today, said it has been conducting regular random audits on private medical practitioners (PMPs) and healthcare non-governmental organisations (NGOs) participating in the Covid-19 National Immunisation Programme (NIP).
PMPs and healthcare NGOs that fail to comply with the standard operating procedures, it said, will be suspended from conducting vaccinations under NIP.
"ProtectHealth always renders the best services to all stakeholders in the NIP. All PMPs under ProtectHealth are registered with the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) and their healthcare facilities are licensed under the Health Ministry.
"This is a pre-requisite to participate in NIP and to ensure the PMPs are embodied by the relevant Act.
"In addition, PMPs and healthcare NGOs are also required to attend mandatory training before being allowed to administer vaccinations and they receive regular guideline updates from ProtectHealth and the ministry.
"Furthermore, the vaccine is only given to the PMPs and Healthcare NGOs via a controlled mechanism by the Vaccine Storage Centre (PSV) as per appointment counts issued by MySejahtera or the prepared line listing.
"The vaccine administration records the vaccine serial number and both the identifications of the vaccinee and vaccinator," it said.
ProtectHealth, therefore, encouraged members of the public to play their part as whistleblowers and report any suspicious or illegal activities related to the sales of fake vaccination certificates to the authorities.
This initiative, it said, can act as an effective deterrent to prevent fraud.
"ProtectHealth will not tolerate any PMPs and Healthcare NGOs under its supervision, should any misconduct occur and will provide its fullest cooperation to the authorities should there be any related incident," it added.
Several attempts to produce and sell fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates have been busted by the police recently.
The police, on Jan 10, nabbed a 51-year-old doctor at a private clinic in Marang, Terengganu, that raked in over RM1 million in sale from fake vaccination certificates since September last year.
Selangor police chief Datuk Arjunaidi Mohamed, on Monday, said a similar attempt was uncovered at a private clinic in Gombak that is believed to be issuing Covid-19 vaccination certificates at RM500 to each customer without inoculating them.
The clinic, he said, would empty the content of the vaccine before returning the empty bottles to the Health Ministry.
Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin is expected to address the issue at a press conference tomorrow.