‘Silent killers’ costing a bomb for Socso


Health is wealth: Step into any of the Socso offices to get the health screening vouchers on offer.

PUTRAJAYA: They are called silent killers – they kill 40 employees a day or render them incapable of working.

This gamut of non-communicable diseases (NCD) cost Socso RM627,401,831 last year in invalidity payments and survivors’ pension.

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