Pengerusi anak syarikat IHH Healthcare di India letak jawatan

NEW DELHI: Anak syarikat IHH Healthcare Bhd yang berpangkalan di India, Fortis Healthcare Ltd mengumumkan Pengerusinya Ravi Rajagopal meletakkan jawatan berikutan komitmen ahli lembaga pengarahnya semakin bertambah di United Kingdom dan wilayah lain.

Dalam kenyataan kepada bursa saham India pada Selasa, Fortis Healthcare menjelaskan Rajagopal memaklumkan kepada lembaga pengarah mengenai kesediaannya untuk meletakkan jawatan sebagai ahli lembaga pengarah berkuat kuasa 30 September.

Susulan peletakan jawatannya sebagai pengerusi dan pengarah bukan eksekutif bebas, Rajagopal juga akan berundur daripada jawatan ahli jawatankuasa tanggungjawab sosial korporat syarikat itu.

Rajagopal, dilantik sebagai pengerusi pada Jun 2018, mengetuai lembaga pengarah baharu dalam merombak proses tadbir urus.

-- BERNAMA

Niaga SPOTLIGHT: Costing The Silent Threat of Obesity

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Malaysia are a growing burden on the health system, with a number of associated health issues and economic costs.

The annual cost of healthcare for NCDs is estimated to be over RM 9.65 billion. Meanwhile, the cost of disability and loss of healthy life years is estimated to be around RM 100.79 billion. Absenteeism due to NCDs is estimated to cost the Malaysian economy RM 2.6 billion annually.

From the common NCDs, obesity is one of THE most significant health threats, with nearly 20% of the Malaysian population currently classified as obese.

Additionally, more than half of all adults (54%) are overweight or obese. According to the World Obesity Atlas, this figure could rise to 41% in Malaysia by 2035, if preventive action is not taken.

Niaga Spotlight focuses on immediate strategies to address this growing silent threat of Obesity, which also burdens the national healthcare system as well as national productivity levels with significant impacts and costs.