The Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy says healthcare in Sarawak and Sabah, particularly the rural population, remains basic.
Galen said the introduction and upcoming enforcement of the smoke-free air regulation in eateries is arguably the most prominent health-related achievement for the government in its first year. Galen also praised the government’s reforms on the housemanship programme, noting that fresh doctors will no longer have to work more than 14 continuous hours and back-to-back shifts.It said although the length of housemanship has been cut from two years to 18 months, placement will continue to be a problem.
“Longstanding issues such as maternal health remain unresolved. There needs to be a separate action plan to upgrade the healthcare infrastructure in these two states which is fully funded and has political support,” it said. “However, it is too soon to tell whether this income replacement assistance plan will actually help the intended beneficiaries, the B40 group, at the intended scale.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
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