By writer to www.thestar.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: Between RM4mil and RM6mil is spent yearly to improve haemodialysis centres nationwide together with in rural areas, says Well being Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa (pic).
The expenditure was used to purchase or substitute medical tools akin to substitute haemodialysis machines, reverse osmosis machines and dialyser reprocessors, she added.
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“The Well being Ministry is all the time dedicated to making sure that dialysis companies (can be found) all through the nation, together with rural areas.
“As well as, the allocation can be used to renovate clinics and shops,” she stated in a parliamentary written reply to Muhammad Islahuddin Abas (PN-Mersing) on Wednesday (Could 24).
Muhammad Islahuddin needed to know the ministry’s efforts to enhance services for kidney sufferers, particularly in rural areas.
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Dr Zaliha additionally stated the ministry will obtain an estimated allocation of RM27.77mil to improve haemodialysis centres nationwide underneath the 12th Malaysia Plan (2021-2025).
“From 2021 to this point, the federal government has spent RM15.77mil to purchase 103 hemodialysis machines and associated tools and improve current items.
“Every newly-built public hospital will even be outfitted with a hemodialysis unit.
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“This may enhance dialysis remedy capability (within the space), with a median minimal enhance of 40 to 60 sufferers relying on monetary allocation, variety of employees and work shifts,” she added.
The Star reported earlier that the ministry estimated nearly 9,000 new kidney sufferers are registered yearly and require dialysis remedy.
The prevalence of continual kidney illness (CKD) in Malaysia has been on the rise, the ministry added.
— to www.thestar.com.my
