Muhyiddin Cites Perak Tengah Health Office As Reflecting Bn Govt's Success In Health Care

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today officially opened the Perak Tengah District Health Office here, and cited it as yet another government effort to provide the people with the best health and medical care.

"This is another effort of the BN (Barisan Nasional) government over the scores of years of its administration because we realise that health is an important aspect of the people's lives which must be addressed.

"Health plays an important part in our effort to give value-added inputs and generate high productivity in every work that we do," he said.

The Perak Tengah District Health Office, spread over 1,282.05 sq metre, began operating on Aug 13 last year and consists of four major units, namely Management Services, Family Health Development, Epidemiology and Clinical Support.

Muhyiddin said serious attention given to the health sector, with the implementation of thousands of health projects throughout the country, had raised the standard of health in Malaysia to match that in the developed countries.

"The improved health standard has contributed a great deal to the other sectors, enabling Malaysia to record major achievements in several disciplines," he said.

Muhyiddin said the BN government had, through its initiatives and policies over the last four years under Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, provided much aid and benefit to the people.

The beneficiaries were the people of all the races, who enjoyed a higher standard of living, a bigger income and better amenities, he said at the event, also attended by his wife, Puan Sri Norainee Abdul Rahman, Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir and Perak Director of Health Datuk Dr Nordiyanah Hassan.

Muhyiddin said the people would have to think hard and not change the government if they wanted the ongoing policies they benefited from to continue after the general election.

"When the policies are right, the economy is well, the people are able to live comfortably without anyone being marginalised, why is there a need for change?" he asked.

The deputy prime minister said the BN government's efforts had developed an economic sector that had become a major generator of growth and helped to reduce poverty among the people.

He said many people had commented that if this was the way Malaysia was going, then it would not have to wait until 2020 to achieve developed nation status but could attain that level in 2018, on condition that this government must continue to govern.