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Penang authorities are prepared to restrict outdoor activities, including school programmes, should air quality deteriorate further. Current API readings across the state remain at moderate levels.
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Deputy Minister Lim Hui Ying revealed 93,000 autistic children among 850,000 registered disabled persons, but experts warn this masks a far larger crisis affecting over 850,000 unregistered disabled children across Malaysia.
Sibu Hospital's Neurosurgery Department has emerged as a leading regional referral centre, delivering specialist brain care to more than one million residents across central Sarawak, significantly reducing medical evacuation costs.