KUALA LUMPUR: The Government has no plans for now to increase the subsidy for dialysis treatment as the number of government-dependent patients continues to increase each year, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin.
She said the Ministry provided haemodialysis treatment subsidy to poor and less fortunate patients from 2001, which enabled them to undergo treatment at non-governmental organisation (NGO) dialysis centres at RM50 per session.
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