6.5% of Malaysia’s population were more than 5km away from any healthcare facility. Smaller district hospitals do not have hi-tech facilities for investigation or treatment.
In 2019, over 18 million Malaysians were reported to be living with a heart attack waiting to happen. Ischaemic heart diseases (heart problems caused by narrowed heart arteries) remained as the leading cause of death in Malaysia and it makes up 15% of the 109,164 medically certified deaths in 2019,
Is Sabah being the poorest state in Malaysia also a contributor to the fact of the severity of these cases?
People who live in poverty are at increased risk of mental illness compared to their economically stable peers. The never-ending stress that comes from poverty, can lead to poor mental health. However, the converse is also true. Mentally ill people are also at higher risk of becoming poor because they suffer social stigma, have higher health costs, show signs of lower productivity at work and may suffer from job loss.
When you have to worry about whether you have enough to get by each month, you rarely think about what goes in your stomach, or
In Malaysia, drug usage is highest amongst the following groups: male, poor and rural.