Senior Citizens Bill languishing too long

By The Star Says

MALAYSIA is going grey – quickly. And, worryingly, we don’t have a good track record in caring for our ageing citizens.

From 2018 to June 2022, 2,144 elderly people were abandoned in hospitals nationwide, and the trend has continued with Hospital Kuala Lumpur reporting a steady increase in such cases over three years: 239 in 2020, 358 in 2023, and 166 cases by May 2024.

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