Take charge or step down, Dzul tells health minister, deputies

Former health minister Dzulkefly Ahmad urged his successor Dr Adham Baba and the latter’s two deputies to either take charge of the ministry’s decision making or resign.

He said this after the ministry’s director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said he was merely a messenger representing the collective views of the ministry’s experts working behind the scenes.

Dzulkefly said many were confused by Noor Hisham’s emphasis on being a messenger rather than explaining the science behind the ministry’s decisions.

“Immediately you get to ask...