BookDoc employee: ‘RM100 per vaccine’ letter is ‘fake’
A representative at private health technology firm BookDoc has dismissed a letter about it charging companies RM100 per Covid-19 vaccine dose as “fake”.
When contacted today, the call centre employee said her higher-ups were investigating who was behind the widely circulated letter...
The NIP private partner is investigating who is behind the widely circulated letter.
A representative at private health technology firm BookDoc has dismissed a letter about it charging companies RM100 per Covid-19 vaccine dose as “fake”.
When contacted today, the call centre employee said her higher-ups were investigating who was behind the widely circulated letter.
“That letter is ‘fake news’. We are still investigating who issued that letter.
“Even the letterhead is wrong. That is not from our company,” she said, adding that she was not allowed to reveal her name.
Malaysiakini is seeking further clarification from BookDoc.
Titled “onsite Covid-19 vaccination programme for companies”, the May 31 letter in question bore a BookDoc logo and was signed by its founder and CEO Chevy Beh.
It supposedly announced that the firm was rolling out a service where employees can be vaccinated “onsite” - at a company’s location or office - for RM100 per dose per person.
AstraZeneca vaccines will be used and the service would supposedly start in the middle of June.
Vaccine coordinator
BookDoc is a digital platform that allows users to book healthcare appointments online. It also facilitates consultations via chat and video.
It is one of the private partners of the government’s National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP).
On its website, BookDoc said it was appointed by the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (Mosti) as a “vaccine coordinator” in April 2020.
Malls charging tenants
The purported letter was circulated on social media as it became known that several shopping malls were charging tenants and retailers to get vaccinated on location inside the malls.
This was part of the government’s Economic Frontliners Vaccination Programme.
Under the NIP, all eligible adults receive vaccines for free.
Covid-19 vaccines are only procured by the government and GLC Pharmaniaga.
Malaysiakini is contacting Mosti for comment and has also reached out to ProtectHealth Corporation Sdn Bhd, a GLC owned by the Health Ministry, for comment on whether private firms are allowed to charge a fee for administering Covid-19 vaccines.
ProtectHealth is one of the key partners of the NIP.
