KUALA LUMPUR: The people can expect a slew of pro-health policies, including improved healthcare services in rural areas.
Residents in rural areas can expect an increase in the number of specialist physicians, hospitals and 1Malaysia Clinics.
The capacity of the Family Health Development Division will also be strengthened through the expansion of the Free Family Doctor Team concept for patients of chronic illnesses.
Overall, the people’s healthcare would be boosted through the addition of health-related services such as hemodialysis, treatment aid fund and pensioner healthcare services.
Existing hospitals and health clinics would be upgraded, and new ones would be built, as well as increase in the number of Mobile Medic Team members.
The elderly and bedridden patients would receive attention via streamlining of the health and dental services to allow home visits to these people.
Senior citizens and children are set to benefit through the introduction of dual-function care centres for them.
Children and youth are promised routine non-conditional health checks at government health clinics.
Families with autistic children would be assisted via a special module for early intervention via Permata.
Not to be left out, soldiers are set to enjoy greater healthcare access via more polyclinics set up in army camps.
The BN government promises to build the country’s first army veterans’ hospital in Ipoh, Perak, that would be able to accommodate over 300,000 army veterans.
The BN government would also simplify the health services system via online processes, including registration, appointments scheduling, case referrals and treatment.
Assistance is on the way to children aged from six months to six years old from hardcore poor families with the raising of the nutrition level.
The BN government is also set to develop new programmes and initiatives that are more effective in addressing mental health issues, improve the efficiency of emergency and ambulance services, and increase the expertise and technological capabilities of the Communicable Disease Control Unit, among others.
FAST FACTS:
• Improve healthcare services in rural areas via 1Malaysia Clinics.
• Widen the Free Family Doctor Team to those suffering from chronic illness.
• Provide retirees with health assistance such as haemodyliasis, medical aid fund, and others.
• Build new hospitals and health clinics by increasing the number of Mobile Medic Team personnel.
• Set up more polyclinics for soldiers in army camps.
• Build Malaysia's first army veterans' hospital in Ipoh, that is able to accommodate over 300,000 patients.
• Provide unconditional routine health checks for youths at government health clinics.
• Provide a special module - via Permata programme - for early intervention in families with children suffering from autism.
• Increase rate of tax relief for individuals in relation to parents' healthcare cost.
• Streamline health and dental services by providing house visits to the elderly and patients bedridden at home.
• Ease health management system through online access.
• Provide new programmes and initiatives to tackle mental health issue.
• Boost efficiency of emergency and ambulance services.
• Boost the expertise and technological capabilities of the Communicable Disease Control Unit.
• Implement safe food policy to ensure sufficient, safe and nutritional food.
• Introduce dual-function care centres for children and the elderly.
• Upgrade equipment and expertise at army hospitals.
• Empower the Communication for Behavioural Impact (COMBI) and National Empowering Healthy Community (KOSPEN) programmes nationwide.