Rabu, Jun 30, 2010

FOR EVERY HUNDRED PATIENTS REGISTERED AT THE VARIOUS HOSPITALS AROUND SABAH, ABOUT A THIRD ARE FOREIGNERS.

MyKad scam in healthcare subsidy for foreigners

LAHAD DATU: A senior doctor here has warned that a citizenship-for-rent scam is enabling pregnant foreigners to receive heavily subsidised medical treatment in the state.

Lahad Datu Hospital director  Dr Tan Hee Ting said that some of these women eventually deliver their babies in the hospital and register their newborns as local citizens.

He said district hospital staff had uncovered the scam by foreign patients, especially expectant mothers who were using local identity document to register for hospital treatment.

Tan revealed that the hospital’s staff became suspicious when a number of pregnant foreign women came back with the same local couple’s identification cards to register for prenatal as well as postnatal treatment.

traitor_2008_trailer_Screen "Some of them panicked and told the staff who questioned them that they had rented the identification cards from a local card holder for a small sum of money so that they can enjoy cheaper hospital fees as local," he said.

Tan said that although the hospital staff are required to prudently account for stocks of medicines as well as its facilities and expenses, the patient registration system, however, allows for abuse.

He said once the patients were accepted as locals, they are granted all the privileges that come with the status such as heavily subsidised treatment and stay at the hospital.

The hospital maternity ward’s fee for foreign women can go as high as RM1,000 while locals pay only RM30.

Said Tan: "There are cases of foreign women using someone else’s husband’s MyKad to register.

"Once they are registered as locals in the hospital, their babies when born can register as Sabahans.

"We have been reporting all such cases to the police for further action... I can’t recall the exact number of cases over the years, but it is a lot."

Tan made the comments when asked to reveal how many foreigners were being admitted for treatment and at what cost.

Burgeoning foreign population

image Tan said around 35% of the pregnant women registered with the maternity ward yearly are expectant mothers from neighbouring countries.

Most seem to fall into the illegal immigrant bracket as registered foreign workers are not charged a high fee for treatment.

Under the Plantation Workers Act, foreign workers who produce a GL (guaranteed letter) from their employers at the hospital registration counter need only pay RM5 to enjoy the hospital’s medical services, Tan said.

Sabah has the highest number of foreigners seeking medical services due to its burgeoning foreign population.

According to government statistics, for every hundred patients registered at the various hospitals around the state, about a third are foreigners. Most are unable to pay their bills.

However, it was not all gloom for the district hospital which received a shot-in-the-arm from a charitable organisation.

The hospital was gifted with two haemodialysis machines and got a facelift for its forensic lab by the Che Yee Khor Moral Uplifting Society.

The hospital currently has 12 such machines and there are 48 diabetic patients who have to use them, Tan said.

Also present at the handing-over ceremony were Silam Member of Parliament, Salleh Kalbi.

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30 ulasan:

  1. This is a very serious problem, I hope actions will be taken to curb this issue.

    BalasPadam
  2. setiap 100 pesakit, 1/3 daripadanya pasti adalah pendatang haram/asing...
    perkara ini sangat serius...jelas menunjukkan bahawa pendatang haram/asing di negeri sabah semakin mendominasi jumlah populasi negeri..kerajaan atasi perkara ini dengan segera...jika tidak, nescaya sabah tidak akan termasuk dalam peta Malaysia pada masa akan datang.

    BalasPadam
  3. perkara ini jelas menunjukkan bahawa terdapat kelemahan dalam sistem yang digunapakai untuk kewarganegaraan/penduduk tetap...pihak berkenaan harus meneliti perkara ini dan seterusnya mengatasinya..sistem ini harus dikaji semula dan diperbaiki...

    BalasPadam
  4. investigate this case and trace back the foreigners and the person who allowed their identification card to be rented.. this is considered as serious case and we need the authorities to response on these matter seriously.

    BalasPadam
  5. bayangkan macam mana masa depan sabah kalau masalah seperti ini berterusan tanpa sebarang tindakan.. maybe there are someone behind this case.. carry out investigation and take a proper action..

    BalasPadam
  6. I can already imagine how Sabah's future will be like. Not a good sight at all! It would be even more difficult to deport these foreigners back to their country. That traitor need to be found and immediate action should be taken to punish him. Hopefully the government will conduct a serious investigation in these issue and solve it as soon as possible.

    BalasPadam
  7. Memang tak patut perkara ini dibiarkan sahaja, diharapkan tindakan yang tegas akan diambil segera.

    BalasPadam
  8. hall ini tidak boleh dibiarkan, jika dibiarkan lama-kelamaan Sabah akan dipenuhi oleh warga2 asing ini. penduduk asal sabah akan hilang hak. pihak berkuasa perlu ambil tindakan dgn segera bagi menbendung masalah ini.

    BalasPadam
  9. rakyat seharusnya tidak manyalahgunakan kewarganegaraannya untuk pendatang asing/haram ini..perbuatan sedemikian adalah jelas melanggar undang2 negara dan harus dihukum..diharapkan agar pihak berkuasa segera menyiasat hal ini...

    BalasPadam
  10. jika rakyt Sabah sendiri tidak memberi kerjasama dalam membendung masalah warga asing, bagaimana hal ini akan selesai.

    BalasPadam
  11. sebelum mereka mengaut keuntungan yang lebih banyak, dan sebelum "penyakit" ini berjangkit kepada individu lain.. mulakan tindakan dari sekarang..

    BalasPadam
  12. tindakan segera perlu dibuat bagi mengatasi masalah ini.

    BalasPadam
  13. Rakyat sering menyalahkan kerajaan tidak menjalankan tugas mereka untuk menyelesaikan masalah pendatang asing,padahal rakyat yang tidak memberi kerjasama. Diharapkan kerajaan berjaya menangkapkan pengkhianat tersebut dan menjatuhkan hukuman yang setimpal dengan perbuatannya.

    BalasPadam
  14. I'm really disappointed with the local people who become traitors of Sabah... I hope the time will come to give them a lessons before they get more money..

    BalasPadam
  15. Diharapkan tindakan akan diambil supaya hal ini tidak melarat. Rakyat tempatan juga kenalah bagi kerjasama untuk membanteras PTI daripada bermaharajalela di tempat kita.

    BalasPadam
  16. This is a disgrace, really. The local hospitals are barely sufficient for the local patients.

    BalasPadam
  17. Maybe been stolen ba that Mycard. Then the PTI use it to get a cheaper fee..hmmm

    BalasPadam
  18. Ya worr ellaeh..make sense oso. If the PTI really steal the Mycard, I don't think they would dare to tell the staff that they stole it.

    BalasPadam
  19. Sebagai Sabahan perkara seperti ini tidak sepatutnya berlaku. Kerajaan telah melakukan pelbagai usaha untuk membenteras PTI, dan jika Sabahans tidak bekerjasama dengan usaha ini maka ianya hanya sia2.

    BalasPadam
  20. Kehadiran pendatang asing khususnya di sabah semakin serius, ia bukan saja merugikan kerajaan malah rakyat sabah sendiri. Tambah teruk lagi sebilangan individu mengunakan kad pengenalan warga tempatan yang digunakan bagi pendaftaran kelahiran bayi warga asing, secara langsung bayi tesebut menjadi warga sabahan. Perlukan rakyat sabah menerima semua ini....mana tindakan undang2....kenapa tidak ada pihak2 tertentu menjalankan siasatan terhadap perkara ini....

    BalasPadam
  21. Beri arahan tegas agar pihak2 berwajib menjalankan tindakan susulan dengan segera. Perkara in tidak boleh dibiarkan dan menunggu sehingga lebih ramai bayi kelahiran warga asing menjadi warga sabahan. Kenakan tindakan sewajarnya kepada individu terbabit yang bersubahat dengan warga asing dengan mengunakan kad pengenalan tempatan untuk pendaftaran kelahiran bayi warga asing.

    BalasPadam
  22. Memang tidak dinafikan lagi. Warga asing bukan sahaja memenuhi hospital tapi klinik kesihatan turut dipenuhi oleh mereka. Dan tambah teruk juga bandar Lahad Datu juga dipenuhi oleh warga asing yang kebanyakkannya berasal dari Indonesia dan Pilipin. Saya heran pihak berkuasa menutup mata dan seperti tidak mengatahui kehadiran warga asing di Sabah. Perlukah berdiam diri???

    BalasPadam
  23. This is totally disgusting!This is proven that PTI is getting more and more like bugs in Sabah.

    BalasPadam
  24. pihak hospital perlu meneliti terlebih dahulu dokumen2 yang dibawa oleh pesakit, sekiranya dokumen2 tersebut menimbulkan keraguan, buat laporan dan kenakan charge yang sepatutnya untuk warga asing..

    BalasPadam
  25. Whoever that is involved in this citizenship for rent scam is truly a traitor. Once they are arrested, I hope the government will retract their citizenship. These people don't deserves to be Sabahans.

    BalasPadam
  26. Please do not do these kind of traitorous acts, it is like betraying your own home to the outsiders.

    BalasPadam
  27. Bikin susah hidup orang Lahad Datu saja.

    BalasPadam
  28. 3/100 is the foreigner. its ok if they have the legal document but if not hav the legal docement is the big problem to the state. so, try to detect about this case.

    BalasPadam
  29. Kebanyakan pendatang tanpa izin ini sengaja datang melahirkan anak di negeri kita untuk mendapatkan surat bersalin. Diharapkan surat bersalin ini tidak akan diberikan jika ibu-bapa bukan orang tempatan dan ibu-bapa tidak berkahwin secara sah.

    BalasPadam
  30. Maka, jangan tubuhkan begitu banyak pusat tahanan untuk mereka.

    BalasPadam