NEW MINISTER FOR WELFARE MINISTER OF MALAYSIA

NEW MINISTER FOR WELFARE MINISTER OF MALAYSIA
Badan Latihan dan Hidup Berdikari Malaysia (ILTC) pada 23hb Mac 2016 menyerahkan memorandum kepada ahli-ahli parlimen mendesak supaya golongan orang kurang upaya (OKU) dikecualikan daripada cukai barangan dan perkhidmatan (GST).

Disabled Members Protest

Disabled Members Protest
Disabled Members Protest at JPJ Wangsa Maju

ILTC Malaysia members staged a protest outside JPJ Wangsamaju KL.

ILTC Malaysia members staged a protest outside JPJ Wangsamaju KL.
Disabled group’s protest disabled drivers required to produce doc's medical report.

Wednesday 13 January 2010

Mental Patients Already Categorised As Disabled - Dept

January 07, 2010 19:29 PM

Mental Patients Already Categorised As Disabled - Dept
By: Ramjit

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 (Bernama) -- The Welfare Department has already categorised mental patients as the disabled following an approval by the cabinet on May 27 last year, its Director-General Datuk Meme Zainal Rashid said.

In a statement, Meme Zainal said apart from mental patients, among the new categories of disabled were those with visual impairment, hearing impairment as well as multiple disabilities.

He was commenting on the call by National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye recently that mental patients should be categorised as disabled.

Meme Zainal clarified however that only those with schizophrenia, mood disorder and acute organic mental disorder and those who had undergone psychiatry treatment for at least two years can be registered as disabled.

Only psychiatrists were allowed to certify the mental state of patients, he said, adding that registration of mental patients as disabled can now be made at any of the department's office. All disabled registered with the department could be considered for appropriate assistance, he said.

BERNAMA