M'sia should be proud of its healthcare system, third best in the world - Najib

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Monday said Malaysia should be proud as its healthcare system has been listed as third best in the world.

The prime minister on his Twitter page said: "Malaysia scores third best out of 24 countries in International Living's Annual Global Retirement Index 2014. We should be proud!"

A study by the American publication, International Living, rates Malaysia's healthcare system as the third best out of 24 countries in its 2014 Global Retirement Index, beating Spain, Italy, Ireland and New Zealand, among other countries.

Malaysia was listed as third place after it scored 95 out of a possible 100 points. The top two countries, France and Uruguay, scored 97 and 96 points respectively.

The index, which was recently released by the Baltimore-based magazine, praised Malaysia's healthcare as the medical expertise of Malaysian healthcare practitioners is "equal to or better than what it is in most Western countries".

Meanwhile, Najib in another tweet urged parents to spend time with their children in surfing the 1BestariNet website.

He said through this website, parents could benefit from the online learning system from wherever they were.

1BestariNet is a project initiated by the Education Ministry in collaboration with YTL Communications, of equipping 10,000 schools nationwide with high-speed Internet access.

It is also a cyber learning platform aimed at narrowing the digital gap between rural and urban students.

This government initiative will also make Malaysia the first country in the world which is equipped with 4G mobile Internet access and Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) at all its schools.