2 OUT OF 10 NEW FOREIGN WORKERS FOUND TO HAVE DISEASES

 Kota Kinabalu: About 341 newly-arrived foreign workers from Indonesia have been screened by the Foreign Workers Health Assessment Centre (FWHAC) at Mile 5 of Jalan Apas in Tawau, since it commenced operations in early August last year.

And 21 per cent of them were found to have communicable diseases, particularly hepatitis, tuberculosis, sexually transmitted diseases and so on and, therefore, could not be in the State.

"In 2007 there were about 97,000 foreign workers who went through medical check-ups, while last year about 70,000 to 80,000. Bear in mind there are about 300,000 registered foreign workers in Sabah and a lot of them, because of the previous procedures, did not go through the medical check-up,"