Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email SHAH ALAM: Medical treatment given at government clinics in estates are on par with those of other clinics, Plantations Committee chairman G. Kamala said at the Selangor State Assembly yesterday.
"Eighty-six clinics are now operating in 91 estates in Selangor and estate workers receive good treatment.
"Cases that require expert advice are referred to government hospitals," said Kamala, who is Taman Sri Andalas assemblyman.
She was replying to questions from Ijok assemblyman K. Parthiban on the conditions and reasons for the closure of a clinic.
"We must understand that government clinics operate under the auspices of the estate.
"Some estates have been developed, causing the clinics to move to other locations as the workers are no longer living within the plantations," she said.
Kamala explained that doctors visit government clinics in the estates to check on conditions and on the medications required.
Parthiban later told The Star that he brought up the matter of clinics closing down in estates because he was concerned for the people's welfare.
"Government clinics are important in cases of emergency.
"If one clinic closes down, it could be another six kilometres before we reach another one," he said.
