Dr Siti Mariah says Selangor Saring is meant to “supplement” the Peka B40 federal health screening scheme; Selangor Saring's free screenings are open to state residents across income levels.
Senior doctors (senior house officers or medical officers) order junior doctors around to do favours for them, be it patient-related or personal. The newbies don’t dare to say no.
Besides Covid features, SELangkah can soon keep one’s electronic health record and data – including BMI, blood sugar etc, plus prescriptions – besides hosting an online pharmacy and e-wallet.
Amirudin Shari also announced an allocation of RM200,000 under the state’s 2022 budget for eye screening of schoolchildren in Selangor after a year of virtual learning.
Selangor is also replacing its Peduli Sihat Insurance Scheme with the Iltizam Selangor Sihat programme for better health coverage, with an RM46 million allocation to benefit 90,000 recipients.