‘Closure of 34 1Malaysia Clinics will have minimal impact on local communities’

KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health yesterday explained that the decision to close 34 out of 347 1Malaysia Clinics (K1M) was made after taking into account that it would have a minimal impact on the local communities concerned.

Its minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the government was very concerned about the welfare of the lower income group (B40), and therefore, K1Ms established at public housing projects (PPR) were not closed despite having less than 40 patients a day.

He said the average number of patients was among the criteria used to decide on the closure of a K1M, as well as taking into account the presence of other government health facilities within five kilometres of the said clinic. — Bernama