To reduce expenses of bed-ridden patients and their families, adult diapers or incontinence pads have been approved under the Universal Coverage Scheme (UCS) benefit package.
The new benefit package provides three pieces of diapers per day per person and targets to reach more than 53,300 bed-ridden patients and people living with incontinence.
For more information, read the full news article originally published in National Health Security Office.
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