Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa attends the the National Sports Day, World Mental Health Day and Segamat district-level Cancer Awareness programmes at Dataran Segamat in Kuala Lumpur October 14, 2023. — Bernama picSEGAMAT, Oct 14 — The RM4.89 billion or 13.45 per cent increase in allocation for the Ministry of Health in Budget 2024 can help raise the quality of the country’s healthcare services and, thus, provide comfort for the ministry’s staff and patients.
Yesterday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced that KKM was among the ministries to receive the biggest allocation under Budget 2024, with a total of RM41.2 billion set aside for next year. On the issue of mental health, Dr Zaliha said that based on the report of the National Health and Morbidity Survey , which was carried out by the MOH, a total of 424,000 children in the country suffered from mental health issues throughout last year.
“The MOH also takes the approach of going down to the ground to provide exposure on mental health issues and how important it is for society to pay attention to mental health and cooperate to help address the problem,” she said.