Healthcare In Malaysia

I've been watching the SiCKO by Michael Moore which is a documentary about health care in the United States. The documentary explains how the health care is so much related to the insurance companies and corruptions that is involved. Here's something that I saw in the documentary:

• Hospitals need to confirm with insurance companies before accepting patients.
• Those without insurance coverage will be asked whether they can afford the treatment before receiving it.
• If you have insurance but the treatment cost is far greater than the covered amount you can get bankrupt.
• Insurance companies will try to find a way to make patients had breached agreement so that no coverage money will be paid.
• Some insurance companies will only accept treatments by specified hospitals.
• Some hospitals will only accept patients being covered by specified insurance companies.
• Patients who are not able to pay for their treatment will be kicked out.

Those are just a few that I thought I saw in the movie so take a look by yourself by using this link.

After watching that documentary I was wondering can something like that happen in Malaysia. I believe some of those situations are already happening but the difference is we can still rely on the government hospitals. I don't know anything about health care in Malaysia so correct me if I'm wrong.

In Malaysia there are free treatments but not for all kind of illnesses and not for long. Some illnesses require subsequent treatment or medication that is not performed or supplied by the government hospitals. For example people with kidney failure will require dialysis to clean their blood and those with diabetes will require frequent insulin shots. The questions are: Does those treatments free? How long they can be free? How much a patient will have to spend for their chronic diseases? What happen if they cannot afford their

treatment?

I'm also wondering what is the difference between a private and public hospitals in Malaysia. What kind of services are different? Specialist centers are private or public institutions? If the best services are provided by private institutions then only those whose capable can receive such treatments. How about those with lower income whose not able to pay for high treatment cost or even have insurance coverage?

After watching the documentary I did log into the WHO website to check for some statistics. I found out that Malaysian would have to spend about 55 percent on their health care and the rest is by government (if I interpret the data correctly) which is about similar to the United States. Private expenditure on health in France and United Kingdom is only 12 to 20 percent. Our neighbors Singapore and Thailand are 68 percent and 36 percent respectively. I checked this out because the documentary shows that France and the UK give free medical treatments to their people. If I was wrong about the data in the WHO website please correct me.

I would like to hear from people who have knowledge or experience about our local health care system and hopefully can answer all questions in this post. I cannot make any statement because I really don't know how it works.

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Tanda-tanda Awal Kanser

Aku cilok benda ni dari e-mail. Benda camni takleh simpan sorang2.. kena share..

TANDA-TANDA AWAL KANSER

Kanser pangkal rahim
Sebarang lelehan atau pendarahan yg luarbiasa, sakit selepas bersenggama dan turun berat badan.

Kanser payudara
Bengkak atau gumpalan di buah dada, keluar cairan berdarah dari puting, pembesaran kelenjar di ketiak, kedutan pada kulit di buah dada.

Kanser usus besar
Perubahan tabiat membuang air, hilang berat badan, sakit dalam perut dan usus, berlaku pendarahan semasa membuang air.

Kanser paru-paru
Batuk kuat berterusan, batuk berdarah, nafas termengah-mengah, sakit dada dan hilang berat badan.

Kanser perut
Hilang berat badan, muntah berdarah, sistem pencernaan yg tidak teratur, cepat kenyang walaupun makan sedikit.

Kanser limpa
Sakit di bahagian abdomen, hilang selera makan, turun berat badan, kulit dan mata menjadi kuning dan bahagian abdomen membengkak.

Kanser ovari
Haid tidak teratur, tumbuhan keras di bahagian abdomen, sakit semasa bersenggama, ketumbuhan bulu rambut yg melampau, suara menjadi lebih mendalam.

Kanser otak
Sakit kepala, muntah-muntah, gangguan penglihatan, lemah atau lumpuh, pening/ pitam, pelupa, perubahan personaliti.

Kanser prostat
Sukar dan sakit semasa kencing yang berpanjangan.

Kanser darah (leukimia)
Letih, pucat, mudah lebam dan mudah mendapat jangkitan (infection).

Kanser tekak
Suara garau/serak, ada ketumbuhan di tekak, sukar menelan dan kelenjar membengkak di leher.

10 PENYEBAB UTAMA KANSER

1. Makanan
2. Alkohol
3. Sinaran cahaya matahari
4. Pengambilan ubat
5. Perokok yang tidak aktif
6. Tembakau
7. Radiasi
8. Pekerjaan
9. Pencemaran air dan udara
10. Keturunan

DIET UNTUK MENCEGAH BENJOLAN PADA PAYUDARA

1. Hindari makanan berlemak dan bergoreng
2. Hindari makanan ringan yang masam
3. Kurangkan minum kopi dan minuman bergas
4. Berhati-hati semasa mengambil ubat selsema ataupun aspirin
5. Ambil makanan mengandungi vitamin E, B-6, dan evening primrose oil

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Minum Teh Bagus ke Tak?

Selepas dikorek-korek, jumpa gak satu posting by Sandhyap. Aku cuma translate je kat sini.

Minum Teh Bagus ke Tak?

Minum 3 cawan atau lebih adalah bagus sebab kita minum air banyak dan teh ada kebaikan untuk kesihatan, kata penyelidik (kononnya). Banyak manfaat yang boleh didapati dengan meminum 2-3 cawan teh sehari, Contohnya:

1. Teh bole mengurangkan risiko penyakit jantung. Teh mampu melancarkan perjalanan darah dan mengurangkan risiko arteri tersumbat.

2. Teh mempunyai kurang kafein berbanding kopi. Kopi biasanya mempunyai 2 hingga 3 kali lebih kafein berbanding teh. Teh herba atau teh buah mungkin tiada kafein langsung. Kalau tak mau kafein langsung minum teh de-caff.

3. Teh mengandungi anti-oksida. Untuk awet muda makanlah benda-benda yang banyak anti-oksida.

4. Teh boleh mengurangkan risiko kanser. Kanser apa tak pulak disebut.

5. Teh menguatkan sistem imun. Orang yang selalu sakit atau demam lebih baik cuba minum teh banyak sikit.

6. Teh membantu menjaga tulang. Sebab apa tak disebut.

7. Teh memberikan senyuman yang manis. Musykil juga pasal ni. Mungkin sebab bila minum benda panas kita akan "aahhh..." sambil senyum.

8. Teh tiada kalori. Kalau minum 10 liter sehari pun tak gemuk. (Kalau tak campur gula)

9. Teh membantu menghidratkan diri (Mengekalkan kandungan air dalam badan).

10. Teh dapat meningkatkan metabolisma badan. Sesuai untuk orang yang nak diet atau nak kuruskan badan.

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7 Larangan Selepas Makan

Jangan Merokok - Penelitian dari pakar membuktikan bahawa merokok sebatang rokok setelah makan sama dengan merokok 10 rokok (kemungkinan terserang kanser lebih besar).

Jangan langsung makan buah-buahan - Terus memakan buah-buahan setelah makan akan menyebabkan perut dipenuhi dengan udara. Untuk itu makanlah buah-buahan 1-2 jam setelah makan atau 1 jam sebelum makan.

Jangan minum teh - Daun teh mengandungi kandungan asid yang tinggi. Kandungan ini akan menyebabkan kandungan protein pada makanan yang telah kita makan sukar untuk dicernakan.

Jangan kendurkan tali pinggang - Mengendurkan tali pinggang setelah makan akan menyebabkan usus terbelit dan tersumbat.

Jangan mandi - Mandi akan menaikkan aliran darah ke tangan, kaki dan badan yang menyebabkan jumlah dara sekitar perut akan terus berkurang. Hal ini akan melemahkan sistem pencernaan di dalam perut kita.

Jangan berjalan-jalan - Mungkin kita selalu dengar bahawa berjalan beberapa langkah setelah makan akan memanjangkan umur. Padahal ini tidaklah benar. Berjalan akan menyebabkan system pencernaan tidak mampu menyerap nutrisi dari makanan yang telah kita makan.

Jangan langsung tidur - Makanan yang kita makan tidak dapat dicerna secara baik. Hal ini akan menyebabkan usus mengalami kembung dan keradangan.

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