Khairy said the ministry is considering expanding the use of the MySejahtera app for non-communicable diseases and for booking health screening appointments.
KUALA LUMPUR: Free health screenings will be conducted for people aged 40 and above from July to detect non-communicable diseases, health minister Khairy Jamaluddin said.
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He said the ministry would screen about 1.5 million people who had never undergone health screening, including tests for colorectal cancer and breast cancer at public and private clinics.
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“Our health screening numbers over the last two years just simply dropped,” he said while speaking at the world health assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.
According to the national health and morbidity survey, 20% of adults, or 3.9 million people aged 18 and above, suffer from diabetes; 3 足球直播 0% (6.4 million people) have high blood pressure; and 40% (ei 英超 ght million people) suffer from high cholesterol.
He added that behavioural science is now the first line of defence i NBA直播 n Malaysia’s healthcare system by getting the people to change the way they live.
“We have now to look at the huge backlog of medical and surgical procedures that we have delayed over the last two years.
KUALA LUMPUR: Free health screenings will be conducted for people aged 40 and above from July to detect non-communicable diseases, health minister Khairy Jamaluddin said.
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He said the ministry would screen about 1.5 million people who had never undergone health screening, including tests for colorectal cancer and breast cancer at public and private clinics.
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“Our health screening numbers over the last two years just simply dropped,” he said while speaking at the world health assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.
According to the national health and morbidity survey, 20% of adults, or 3.9 million people aged 18 and above, suffer from diabetes; 3 足球直播 0% (6.4 million people) have high blood pressure; and 40% (ei 英超 ght million people) suffer from high cholesterol.
He added that behavioural science is now the first line of defence i NBA直播 n Malaysia’s healthcare system by getting the people to change the way they live.
“We have now to look at the huge backlog of medical and surgical procedures that we have delayed over the last two years.
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