The Social Security Organisation has been called to establish three more new rehabilitation centres within the next five years.
Human Resources Minister Steven Sim Chee Keong said this is because there is only one rehabilitation centre operating at the moment which is the Tun Abdul Razak Perkeso Rehabilitation Centre in Ayer Keroh in Melaka, while in Ipoh, Perak it will operate this year and in Terengganu it is under construction.
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Human Resources Minister Steven Sim Chee Keong said this is because there is only one rehabilitation centre operating at the moment which is the Tun Abdul Razak Perkeso Rehabilitation Centre in Ayer Keroh in Melaka, while in Ipoh, Perak it will operate this year and in Terengganu it is under construction.
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00:00 The social security organisation, or SOCSO, has been called to establish three more new
00:07 rehabilitation centres within the next five years.
00:11 Human Resources Minister Stephen Sim Chi Keong said this is because there is only one rehabilitation
00:18 centre operating at the moment which is the Tun Abdul Razak Perkeso Rehabilitation Centre
00:24 in Aikaro, in Melaka, while in Ipoh, Perak, it will operate this year and in Terengganu,
00:31 it is still under construction.
00:33 Sim said SOCSO not only provides protection in the form of compensation, but comprehensive
00:45 protection, including rehabilitation.
00:47 He told reporters after visiting the Tun Abdul Razak Perkeso Rehabilitation Centre in Aikaro,
00:53 in Melaka, on Monday.
00:55 He also said since the Tun Abdul Razak Perkeso Rehabilitation Centre opened in 2014, it has
01:01 provided services to more than 15,000 SOCSO contributors and non-contributors to undergo
01:08 rehabilitation after being involved in an accident or illness while on duty.
01:13 For more information, visit www.socso.gov.in
01:18 For more information, visit www.socso.gov.in
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