More health facilities for ex-servicemen
From Jan 1, about 170,000 ex-servicemen without pensions can walk into private clinics and send the bill to the Government if usual services are unavailable at government hospitals.
The facility, currently available only to former staff enjoying pensions, will include medicines from pharmacies.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the veterans would, however, have to obtain prior approval from a government doctor.
He said this was expected to cost the Government an additional RM19.55 million annually.
Speaking after attending a Hari Raya gathering of ex-servicemen at the Putra World Trade Centre today, he said veterans could also make claims for orthopaedic equipment and prosthetic limbs and after haemodialysis treatment.
Najib, who is Defence Minister, said the move was another indication of the Government’s commitment to the welfare of ex-servicemen.
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