Approximately, one in every 30 foreign immigrants who were tested in Malaysia suffers from an infectious disease such as Tuberculosis (TB), Hepatitis B and AIDS. The presence of millions more with undocumented identities have not been accounted for.
A common sight everywhere, especially in the Klang Valley, are immigrants from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam who have been flocking the cities and streets, working at restaurants, construction sites, even as security guards, gardeners and maids, as a result of the continuous influx of immigrants, both legal and illegal.
Data gathered by the Foreign Workers’ Medical Examination Monitoring Agency (Fomema) revealed that three out of 100 foreign workers who underwent health screening suffered from such diseases.
Fomema chief executive officer Mohd Hatar Ismail said there were still foreign workers who failed their medical examination here even after undergoing health screening in their country of origin.
Another alarming fact is that a large number of foreign workers who were brought in legally have failed medical screening for TB. Health authorities also claimed that most medical certificates issued in their country of origin were false and unreliable.
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