IJN's cardiovascular disease prevention know-how to be expanded to more clinics

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Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Clinic (CRRC) modules will be widened soon to more family health clinics to improve heart disease care.  Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the CRRC modules by the National Heart Institute (IJN) would be included in more public and private clinics for cardiovascular disease prevention.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/5vZVk  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00marking the official opening of the IJN Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Clinic.

00:06Today's grand rounds and innovation of IJN's Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Clinic,

00:11the CRRC marks a significant milestone in the Ministry's effort

00:17to optimize cardiovascular disease care in Malaysia,

00:21particularly the atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases,

00:25ASCVD, or the circulatory disorders,

00:29a leading cause of morbidity and mortality

00:33that has just been 17-18% premature death due to IHD,

00:40and in total of 30%, or more or less,

00:45if you take account of the ASCVD's premature death,

00:50both cardiovascular accidents and as well IHD,

00:54that is truly very alarming indeed.

00:58Cardiovascular diseases account for nearly 1 in 4 of all deaths in Malaysia,

01:04as I've stated, 23.3%,

01:07and have been so for many years.

01:12And one of the major risk factors of ASCVD is your bad cholesterol,

01:19the high cholesterol, despite the high intensity statin

01:23that you've been using over these years.

01:26According to the 2023 National Health and Morbidity Survey,

01:301 in 3 of Malaysian adults, 33%, have this condition,

01:36and despite treatment, the challenge has always been that

01:40this is a gap that needs to be bridged more alarmingly, worryingly.

01:471 in 2 adults in Malaysia have high cholesterol,

01:55and they don't even know it.

01:57And this is more alarming.

02:00Ladies and gentlemen, since its establishment 2 years ago,

02:03CRRC has a patient-oriented, patient-centred cardiovascular service

02:09that has treated close to 600 patients,

02:11significantly improving their quality of life and health outcomes.

02:16CRRC represents a groundbreaking and innovative public-private partnership

02:23aimed at transforming the treatment paradigms for cardiovascular disease,

02:28underscoring IJM's leadership in cardiac care and its ongoing pursuit

02:35to ensure its services reach its targeted demographic groupings.

02:43As a pioneering cardiovascular risk reduction clinic,

02:47CRRC operates as a systematic management protocol

02:52with well-defined inclusion criteria and checklists.

02:56This approach seamlessly integrates allied health professionals

03:01and clinicians for closer follow-up and monitoring,

03:05creating valuable research opportunities on CRRC outcomes.

03:11That's another spin-off of it.

03:13Additionally, it facilitates close auditing of the latest innovative

03:16but necessary therapies while addressing diabetes, hypertension and obesity

03:22as critical co-factors in comprehensive patient care.

03:26More patients can achieve their target LDL, C-goal or LDL cholesterol goals,

03:35potentially reducing the recurrence of ASCPD events and hospitalisations.

03:45It incorporates multidisciplinary care and includes patient empowerment for improved compliance.

03:51Various strategies including using the CRRC multidisciplinary clinic

03:56to optimise patients' risk.

03:58This replicable and scalable concept of public-private partnership

04:03and this is the first time I'm mentioning it as a public-private initiative as well.

04:10This IGN Grand Round aligns perfectly with our Health Ministry's

04:18National Strategic Plan for Non-Convergible Diseases for 2016 and 2025.

04:24The Ministry hopes to see more initiatives like this in the near future.

04:34Such efforts foster innovative solutions through comprehensive care models

04:39which can further improve health literacy, health outcomes and the well-being of our citizens,

04:47of our rakyat in this Madani government under the Right Honourable Al-Husayn al-Ibrahim.

04:53So that would be the way to forge through in these 3 years, 3 over years,

05:00lasting a 15 parliamentary sessions and beyond.

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