REAPING THE BENEFITS OF SOCIAL SECURITY PROTECTION

Sivakumar handing over the Kotak Prihatin PERKESO to Gunasegaran at his home in Klang. Present were Dr Mohammed Azman (left) and Ganabatirau (right). – KK SHAM/The Star

KLANG: K. Gunasegaran felt something was amiss when he began losing his appetite and had trouble breathing.

The 42-year-old engineer was then diagnosed with ischemic heart disease and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in 2022. He was down to 58kg from 98kg and stopped working since the dire diagnosis.