2017 budget cut for telemedicine, but increased for narcotics management

A preliminary examination of the 2017 Budget Bill of the Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) and Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) – which cut the budget for telemedicine and increased the one for the narcotics integrated management system – was decided.

At the general meeting on the 31^st, the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee decided the original bill that was preliminarily...