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Malaysia Cabinet Nod For Yearly Foreign Worker Health Check

Some 1.9 million registered Malaysia foreign workers will have to undergo annual health screening from now on. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam said the Cabinet has approved the new policy on health screening of foreign workers.

“We have approved annual health screening for foreign workers in Malaysia from now,” he told reporters after opening the Fruits and Vegetables Eating Campaign at Malaysia Agriculture, Horticulture and Agrotourism 2016 (MAHA 2016) here Tuesday.

However, Dr Subramaniam said the policy only affects legal and registered foreign workers.

He said the screening would cover several types of communicable diseases.

He added that the problem of tackling unscreened and illegal foreign workers was not solely the responsibility of the Health Ministry but one that needed a multi-agency approach.

He noted that Sabah was concerned that the influx of illegal workers had resulted in a rise in tuberculosis cases.

At present, foreign workers are screened in their own country before arriving here and again screened three times over the first three years.

Up to 3% of the foreign worker population, or about 60,000 of them, could be medically unfit.

Related Foreign workers news: Bangladesh To Send New Foreign Workers To Malaysia

News source: TheStar

 

 

 

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Ensure Malaysia Foreign Workers Carry Health Card

Besides compelling Malaysia foreign workers to undergo annual medical check-up (fomema), they should also be made to carry a special health card, stating that they had done so.

In proposing this, Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said drastic action must be implemented to combat the spread of communicable diseases effectively.

“The authorities have been fighting hard to eliminate certain contagious diseases for decades but these are now coming back.

“One of the reasons is because we have a high number of foreign workers who come from countries with high prevalence of diseases such as cholera, tuberculosis and malaria,” he said.

Mohamad said several new cases of malaria were reported in Jelebu recently and these could be attributed to the presence of foreign wor­kers there.

He commended the Health Ministry for reintroducing a policy which made it compulsory for foreign workers to undergo annual health checks.

“We are fully supportive of the move and hope it can be implemented quickly,” he said, adding that since all documented foreign wor­kers were already required to carry the I-Kad, information on their health status should also be incorporated into it.

“The holder’s health information can be updated annually in the card as it has high technology features,” he said.

Mohamad said the authorities must take stern action against employers who refused to send their foreign workers for the check-up, including blacklisting them and ha­­ving their workers deported.

In Ipoh, state executive councillor Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon said certain industries facing shortage of foreign workers would resort to hiring illegal foreigners.

“These workers not only pose potential health hazard to them (employers) but also to the nation.

“Employers must strive to get workers using the proper channels,” he said.

On the other hand, Assistant Minister of Public Health Datuk Dr Jerip Susil commented Malaysia foreign workers with communicable diseases will be deported.

News source: Thestar

 

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Malaysia Foreign Workers With Communicable Diseases Will Be Deported

“We have been having stringent procedures for the screening of these communicable diseases such as tuberculosis (TB), malaria, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis for the new intake of foreign workers into Malaysia. And if they are found to be infected with HIV/AIDS, syphilis and hepatitis, they will be deported to their country of origin,” Dr Jerip

Malaysia foreign workers who contracted HIV/AIDS, syphilis and hepatitis will be deported to their countries of origin, said Assistant Minister of Public Health Datuk Dr Jerip Susil.

At the same time, the state Health Department will continue to impose stringent health procedures for these and other communicable diseases on new intake of foreign workers before they are allowed to work in various sectors in the state, he added.

“We have been having stringent procedures for the screening of these communicable diseases such as tuberculosis (TB), malaria, HIV/AIDS and hepatitis for the new intake of foreign workers. And if they are found to be infected with HIV/AIDS, syphilis and hepatitis, they will be deported to their country of origin,” Dr Jerip told The Borneo Post here yesterday.

He, however, said those found to be carriers of malaria and TB would be treated locally and segregated.

“We have to be on high alert as the cases of both malaria and TB have been on the rise. So we need the cooperation of everyone to ensure that the diseases could be contained and controlled,” he pointed out.

Dr Jerip also stressed that local employers must send their foreign workers for health screening on a yearly basis.

“As most of these foreign workers are employed in the plantations, many plantation owners have set up their own health facilities to provide healthcare for them. On top of that, they also provide basic healthcare services to the local community as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR),” said Dr Jerip.

On a related issue, Dr Jerip called for a multi-agency approach in tackling these deadly infectious diseases.

“To tackle deadly infectious diseases such as TB, Hepatitis B, AIDS and even malaria, there is a need for concerted efforts by all relevant agencies such as Health Department, Immigration Department, Police, Rela, the local elected representatives and the village development and security committees (JKKKs) to be involved and assist the government in tackling this menace.

“Everyone in our society must be involved in one way or another in addressing these deadly infectious diseases from getting out of control,” he said.

Most of the illegal workers are employed in plantations, construction industry, factories and some as housemaids.

Dr Jerip was commenting on news report that the Health Ministry now wanted annual health checks, which was previously mandatory, to be reinstated on foreign workers due to increasing number of them seeking treatment for chronic ailments.

It has been estimated that up to three per cent (60,000) of foreign workers in Malaysia could be medically unfit.

Presently, foreign workers are required to undergo medical check-ups (fomema) three times over a period of three years. Besides being screened first in their countries, it is compulsory for them to undergo a medical examination within a month upon arrival here.

They must then get another thorough health check before their annual permit can be renewed.

Malaysia Foreign Workers News Source: The Borneo Post

 

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