The Malaysian Medical Association is defending the push to revise the consultation fee charged by general practitioners (GPs) in private clinics which have remained unchanged for 27 years.

"GPs in Malaysia are only asking for the harmonisation and gazetting of the consultation fee that was agreed upon in 2013 and gazetted for medical officers working in private hospitals under Schedule 13 but was overlooked for GPs working in private clinics under Schedule 7 of the Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act...