Mr. Ong responded to MPs who had questioned whether guidelines should be revised to handle potential issues with telehealth. The current guidelines are still in place.
According to him, healthcare providers are now required to hold licenses and adhere to standards and requirements under the Healthcare Services Act.
Health professionals must agree to the SMC’s Ethical Code and Ethical Guidelines, as well as the social and professional standards set forth in them.
According to the guidelines, they must obtain sufficient information from their patients, conduct an appropriate therapeutic evaluation, and make sure that any health care, medication prescription, or certificate of issuance are justified on appropriate health grounds.
He added that MC requests for clinics people must be made in people.  ,
He said,” We were hesitant to allow telemedicine for acute treatment because we wanted to be very cautious about ( the ) issuing of MCs.”  ,
Mr. Ong argued that criminal behavior may be eliminated by regulatory systems.
Otherwise, he said they guarantee that when procedures have gone away, especially with the advent of new technology and business designs, they can be corrected quickly.  ,
” When we have new technology, we have an opportunity to render service better, to assist patients and residents much”, he said.  ,
” But just like all new technologies, all new business models, people will try to abuse and finally questions will be raised: Is the government stepping up reviews, protection, rules … there’s always a desire to do so.
Therefore, when you do that, you stop being able to take advantage of the opportunities that new technology may offer.
” I think the current requirements and standards are legitimate, and our protection has been successful, which is why I want to be very sincere with people.”