KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 29 — The government should look into ways to provide free medical insurance coverage for national athletes, who sacrifice to bring glories to the country.
“Countries like Sri Lanka are doing it, providing coverage for Olympians with medical coverage. Our government should look into it as well. The National Athletes Welfare Foundation is helping out the athletes, but the funds are not sufficient to cover the high medical expenses,” he told Bernama. “I was first asked to reactivate MOA back in 2014, which I agreed without knowing MOA was deregistered for being inactive for years. We then set up an interim committee and finally managed to hold our AGM in June 2016.
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