PUTRAJAYA: Recipients of Rahmah Cash Aid (STR) will enjoy all benefits under the Madani Medical Scheme, which will run until Dec 31, says Dr Zaliha Mustafa.
In a statement, the Health Minister said STR recipients could get treatment through the scheme’s pilot programme at registered private general practitioners (GPs) in 10 selected districts nationwide.
They are Gombak, Hulu Langat, Klang and Petaling in Selangor, Kinta in Perak, Timur Laut in Penang, Johor Baru in Johor, Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, Kuching in Sarawak and Kuala Lumpur.
She said the pilot phase was expected to benefit 700,000 households with an allocation of RM100mil.
“STR recipients and their dependents are not required to pre-register. They only need to bring their identification card when receiving treatment at the GPs registered under the Madani Medical Scheme,” she added.
According to Bernama, the scheme is a government initiative aimed at meeting the health needs of the B40 group, especially in obtaining acute primary care services or outpatient treatment of acute cases at the GP, and to reduce congestion at government health facilities.
Dr Zaliha said free services offered through the scheme such as consultations, check-ups, medicines, procedures and referrals would be provided to the beneficiaries according to the specified package.
Free outpatient treatment of acute cases offered by the scheme includes treatment for flu, diarrhoea, vomiting, sprains, headaches, minor trauma and other illnesses.
Dr Zaliha said the package did not include treatment for non-acute cases such as routine immunisation, health screening, routine non-communicable disease follow-up treatment and mother-and-child follow-up treatment.
Non-acute conditions that were not covered by the scheme could be treated at health clinics under the Health Ministry, she added.
Under the scheme, the maximum allocation per household is RM250, RM125 for the elderly (without a spouse) and RM75 for single individuals.
Visit www.protecthealth.com.my/skimperubatanmadani or call 03-8687 2525 for details.
