PUTRAJAYA: Ninety-two per cent of the 57,355 backlogged non-Covid-19 cases recorded in government hospitals across the country up to September last year have been resolved to date.
Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the ministry was now trying to settle the 4,833 remaining cases as soon as possible.
He said the number of cases resolved was due to initiatives undertaken by the ministry, including dispersing patients to private hospitals when government facilities were already full.
“Alhamdulillah, with the measures taken, by September and October (2021), the situation improved and the number of (backlogged) cases dropped,” he said at the Keluarga Malaysia Symposium.