Court upholds doctors' right to dispense Ivermectin

The Court of Appeal today upheld the right and autonomy of doctors to dispense Ivermectin or any other medicine to treat patients, even if it goes against Health Ministry prohibition.

A three-person appellate bench - chaired by Abdul Karim Abdul Jalil and comprised of member judges Abu Bakar Jais and Collin Lawrence Sequerah - allowed an appeal by the Malaysian Association for the Advancement of Functional and Interdisciplinary Medicine (MAAFIM) over the right of doctors to prescribe Ivermectin to Covid-19 patients.

According to a Facebook post by the group’s counsel Abraham Au, the bench ruled that...