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.
Based on the 2018 Thalassemia Registry Report, Sabah showed the highest number of thalassemia cases in Malaysia with 1,814 patients that account for 23% of cases.