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(i)
Currently, we are providing healthcare services to all those who seek treatment at our
health facilities regardless of their citizenship status.
(ii)
Referring to the MOH Circular, all patients with life-threatening conditions
irrespective of their citizenship status are provided with emergency treatment without having
to pay the initial deposit
(iii) MOH has reviewed the Circular that all foreigners with certain infectious diseases
[Malaria, Ebola, Plague, Yellow fever, Cholera, Typhoid & Tuberculosis (first line drugs
only)] who are the confirmed cases or contacts of the confirmed cases (referred / walk-in) are
exempted from paying the treatment fees.
(iv) Health services are provided to all patients without discrimination. However, the
provision of health services and treatment in government facilities are subjected to fees as
stipulated in the Fees Act of 1951 and Fees (Medical) (Cost of Services) Order 2014.
(v)
All foreign workers in Malaysia are required to have a health insurance policy
hospitalization and surgical insurance scheme foreign workers (SKHPPA) a premium fee of
RM120 year will cover RM20,000 hospital admission fee.
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Migrant workers are not excluded from Public Health Services. They have access to
health services in any government or private health facility of their choice.
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Provision of health services in government health facilities is subject to payment rates
under the Fees Act of 1951 and Fees (Medical) (Cost of Services) Order 2014.
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However, MOH Circular set out all patients with life-threatening conditions
irrespective of their citizenship status are provided with emergency treatment without having
to pay an initial deposit.
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Treatment of 7 infectious diseases [Cholera, Typhoid, Ebola, Malaria, Yellow fever,
plague & Tuberculosis (first line drugs only)] for confirmed cases or contacts of the
confirmed cases (referred) are exempted from paying the treatment fees.
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All documented foreign workers in Malaysia are required to have a health insurance
policy hospitalization and surgical insurance scheme foreign workers (SKHPPA) for
premium of RM120 year will cover RM20, 000 hospital fee.
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During the 11th Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) held in 2011
between Malaysia and Indonesia in Lombok, the Indonesian Prime Minister proposed to
build schools and Community Learning Centres (CLCs) for children of Indonesian workers
in Malaysia.
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Indonesian CLCs were set up in plantations due to the high number of foreign workers
in this sector. The curriculum, text books and activity books used in the CLCs are provided
by the Ministry of Education of Indonesia. The medium of instruction is in Bahasa Indonesia
and teachers are provided by the Indonesian Government via the assistance of the Indonesian
Embassy in Malaysia.
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The proposal was approved in 2013 and eventually the Sekolah Indonesia in Kota
Kinabalu and CLCs in Sarawak and Sabah were established. Currently there are 101 CLCs
registered with MOE. The CLCs have the capacity to accommodate 5186 children and are
equipped with 630 qualified teachers who are selected by the Ministry of Education
Indonesia.
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Non-citizen spouses in Malaysia are in a precarious situation. They face many challenges in
accessing employment, and are completely dependent on spouses to maintain their legal
status and authorization to work, a situation that the authorities often allow to persist for
decades. Spouses said that barriers to employment forced some of them to work in the
informal sector, making them vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, while divorced or
widowed spouses are mostly given short term visas without the right to work.
Comments from the Government of Malaysia:
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