Higher medical fees backfired: For foreigners as Sabah soon recorded polio cases

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Higher medical fees backfired: For foreigners as Sabah soon recorded polio cases
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Kota Kinabalu: The Government’s decision to raise medical fees for foreigners from RM1 to RM40 after 2015 was a mistake, according to  former Sabah Medical Services Director Datuk Dr Christina Rundi.

Kota Kinabalu: The Government’s decision to raise medical fees for foreigners from RM1 to RM40 after 2015 was a mistake, according to former Sabah Medical Services Director Datuk Dr Christina Rundi.

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“The sample we sent for testing confirmed the country’s first case of polio after 27 years, in a 3-month-old from Sabah, too young to have completed his polio vaccination. “What followed was a flurry of activities: closed-door meetings, discussions, press releases, and eventually, a statewide vaccination campaign that began on Dec 27, 2019.

“So then, it was polio and Covid-19. The following week, on March 18, 2020, Malaysia went into lockdown.

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