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Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister has unveiled an ambitious plan to establish or upgrade health clinics across all 628 Orang Asli villages by 2035, addressing longstanding healthcare disparities in indigenous communities.
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Parliamentary figures on autism highlight only a fraction of Malaysia's disability crisis. Over 850,000 children with disabilities remain unregistered, facing long waits for specialist care and early intervention services.
Malaysia is rolling out MediAsas, an affordable medical insurance scheme targeting the M40 income group, as part of broader efforts to expand healthcare access and tackle rising private sector costs.
Sunway Medical Centre Velocity is rolling out automated external defibrillators at strategic locations across Kuala Lumpur, coupled with public training programmes, to tackle Malaysia's alarmingly low cardiac arrest survival rates of less than 8.5 per cent.