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The Senior Citizens Bill should be expedited to better meet the needs of an ageing population, says Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.

He added that findings from the National Health and Morbidity Survey (NHMS) 2025 can help to shape its implementation.

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00:03The Senior Citizen's Bill should be expedited because of the fact that there are a lot of senior citizens
00:09living alone for that matter. And given the fact that we don't have a teaching society,
00:15do you think it should be, the process should be expedited?
00:19Yeah, surely I think you've pointed out spot on, you know. So, you know, so surely this Senior Citizen's Bill
00:28should be expedited. This, this, this, this, dapatan ini jelasnya, ya, menggesa dan seharusnya mendesak
00:39supaya tindakan-tindakan ini, tindakan-tindakan intervensi itu, kalau boleh berdasarkan bill
00:45yang akan dibentang, yang akan di, akan menjadi part of our, you know, legal framework for their rights, whatever,
00:52ya, over facilities, over services, semua itu kan, dalam bill itu, itu sangat mustahak.
00:56Dan saya, sebagai Menteri, bergandingkan dengan rakan-rakan kabinet yang lain, from KPW, KM, dan yang lain juga.
01:04Pastinya mahukan bill ini disegera, disegerakan supaya, ya, kita, sebab saya tekankan tadi, ya,
01:12we cannot start them when they are 60s. Kita kena tangan mereka, wala mereka mencecah 50.
01:19That's where you get to, get them to live healthily, bermula dengan umur 50-an, awal 50.
01:26Then you have one decade to take care of them, so they come into 60s, ya, well,
01:31they can, their, their NCDs, their cognitive ability, frailty, jatuh, sebagainya itu,
01:39sakopinya dan sebagainya, yang kita sebutkan semua tadi, dapat kita tangani dengan baik.
01:43Tapi kalau kita start late, then we will always want to do a catch-up.
01:46We will be always in crisis, ya.
01:49So, itu sangat mustahak.
01:50Yes, I would say that a whole of government approach,
01:54MOH fully support expediting the senior citizen bill, ya,
01:58to complement our national health care services action plan,
02:02dan juga our national dementia action plan.
02:13You
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