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Wed, 01/27/2010 - 10:18
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HEALTH MINISTER RAISES ALARM OVER RISING KIDNEY FAILURE CASES
SEREMBAN (Malaysia), Jan 27 (Bernama) -- About 20,000 Malaysians are suffering from kidney failure compared to only 836 in 1990, said Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai.
Describing the figure as alarming, he said it was gathered from the number
of patients getting dialysis treatment at government and private clinics as well
as at haemodialysis centres run by non-government organisations.
The government has spent RM145 million (US$42.37 million) to subsidise
treatment of kidney failure since 2001, he told reporters after launching the
Magnum Cares 2010 at Mawar Hospital here Tuesday.
He said 57 per cent of kidney failure cases in the country were due to
diabetes followed by high blood pressure (seven per cent) and other causes,
including drug abuse.
In another development, he said the Health Ministry was on alert as the
present period was the peak season of dengue fever with 11 deaths from 3,002
cases reported from Jan 1 to 24 nationwide.
"This is alarming and I am warning Malaysians to give attention to dengue
fever as it had caused more deaths than influenza A (H1N1)," he said.
He said last year, 88 deaths were reported from dengue fever compared to 77
from H1N1, he said, adding that the only difference was that the flu spread very
fast.
--BERNAMA
Describing the figure as alarming, he said it was gathered from the number
of patients getting dialysis treatment at government and private clinics as well
as at haemodialysis centres run by non-government organisations.
The government has spent RM145 million (US$42.37 million) to subsidise
treatment of kidney failure since 2001, he told reporters after launching the
Magnum Cares 2010 at Mawar Hospital here Tuesday.
He said 57 per cent of kidney failure cases in the country were due to
diabetes followed by high blood pressure (seven per cent) and other causes,
including drug abuse.
In another development, he said the Health Ministry was on alert as the
present period was the peak season of dengue fever with 11 deaths from 3,002
cases reported from Jan 1 to 24 nationwide.
"This is alarming and I am warning Malaysians to give attention to dengue
fever as it had caused more deaths than influenza A (H1N1)," he said.
He said last year, 88 deaths were reported from dengue fever compared to 77
from H1N1, he said, adding that the only difference was that the flu spread very
fast.
--BERNAMA
