Technical Assessment Unit of Medical Aid Fund is responsible in processing applications of Medical Aid Fund based on technical aspects of social and medical perspective. This unit is formerly known as Technical Unit of Medical Aid which combines Medicine Unit and Medical Aid Fund before broken down into two separate units on 28^th September 2020 after the approval of Human Resources Division of the Ministry of Health Malaysia.

 

Medical Aid Trust Fund was established on 12th July 2005 under section 10 (4) Financial Procedure Act 1957 (Revision 1972). The application for the Medical Aid Fund are managed by two secretariats which consist of the Financial Department Secretariat and the Technical Secretariat at the Medical Development Department, known as the Medical Aid Fund Technical Assessment Unit.

 

The Medical Aid Fund Technical Assessment Unit functions to process and assess the technical aspect of a patient’s socio-economic status as well as patient’s need for treatment based on the Standard Operating Procedure granted by the Chief Secretary of Ministry of Health Malaysia.