RM 45.3bil has been allocated to the Health Ministry, up from RM41.2bil allocated under Budget 2024.
Meanwhile, excise duty on sugar-sweetened beverages increased to 40 sen per litre from Jan 1, 2025.
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Meanwhile, excise duty on sugar-sweetened beverages increased to 40 sen per litre from Jan 1, 2025.
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00:00This is very important. If I can, I will read it as well.
00:06The Ministry of Health is not helping.
00:10The Ministry of Health received the second highest grant,
00:14RM45.3 billion.
00:18So, I have instructed the Ministry of Health,
00:23Ministry of Education and related ministries
00:27to pay more attention to basic necessities.
00:32For example, the facilities of hospitals,
00:34such as lobbies,
00:37need to be improved.
00:43Don't say that the facilities are not enough.
00:46Improve the facilities for these ministries.
00:49Invest in other areas.
00:51Ensure the facilities for the people,
00:54especially for the patients.
00:57This is an instruction for all ministries.
01:24The message is strong.
01:34Build a country free from poverty,
01:38disease,
01:40and hostile enemies.
01:43A nation which continues to be free from poverty,
01:48and free from epidemics and destructive forces.
01:53The number of da'if clinics in the country
01:57has increased to RM100 million.
02:00RM150 million has been provided.
02:03And RM300 million for 2025.
02:07Sugar.
02:09In the Friday sermon,
02:11the Speaker of the Assembly
02:14spoke about obesity
02:18and diabetes.
02:22So,
02:24we have to pay attention
02:27to ways to reduce it.
02:30So, we must support
02:32the movement, War on Sugar.
02:35So, the government suggested
02:38to increase the number of duty exercise
02:41to a minimum.
02:43The daily sugar intake
02:46from January 1, 2025
02:49to 40 cent per litre.
02:54The additional income
02:57will be used
02:59for public health expenses,
03:04including medicines,
03:07diabetes treatment,
03:10and dialysis centres.
03:17The public health system
03:22must be strengthened
03:24to be able to stand on their own feet.
03:27So, the establishment of the KKM
03:29will be introduced,
03:31involving GLEEK.
03:34This is a statement
03:37by the private, public, and government.
03:41It started in five hospitals
03:44and will be expanded.
03:47The government also increased
03:49the cooperation of 91 private hospitals
03:52to provide outpatient services.
03:55KKM involves services such as
03:57cardiology, radiology, and others
03:59to reduce the pressure
04:01on the government hospitals.