Healthcare Press

Dr Adham: Heart patients top list of recipients under Medical Relief Fund

  • 📰 staronline
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 15 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 9%
  • Publisher: 75%

Health Health Headlines News

Health Health Latest News,Health Health Headlines

SIBU: Heart patients top the list of recipients for the Health Ministry’s Medical Relief Fund (MAF) this year, says its minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

Speaking at the presentation of the financial assistance to 10 recipients here on Wednesday , Dr Adham said the programme aims to assist poor patients to either cover part or full medical treatment, purchase of rehabilitation equipment or medicine.

He said the second highest recipients for the fund for this year were orthopedic patients with 451 followed by otorhinolaryngology patients at 242. As for Sarawak, he said RM2.74mil was approved for this year covering 171 patients, of which orthopedic patients were the most with 71 people.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 4. in HEALTH

Health Health Latest News, Health Health Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Dr Noor Hisham: Kedah’s Sungai, Sivagangga, Tawar clusters likely from same Covid-19 strain | Malay MailKUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 — The Health Ministry said today it suspected the Sungai cluster in Kedah shared the same genetic mutation from the Covid-19 virus detected in both the Tawar and Sivagangga clusters previously. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said past laboratory...
Source: malaymail - 🏆 1. / 86 Read more »