KUALA LUMPUR: For backaches, neck pain and other treatable ailments, some workers have chalked up between 200 and 3,000 days of medical leave each.
Socso believes that out of some 62,000 workers receiving temporary disablement benefits, about 15% or 9,300 get medical leave of more than 200 days a year.
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