Kota Kinabalu: The proposed plan for Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) to take over Sabah Medical Centre (SMC) "within six months" to resolve the beds shortage includes the provision of 300 beds, 29 ICU beds, two Cardiac Operating Theatres, two Cardiac Laboratories, five operating theatres and all the relevant facilities.
At the same time, QEH is allowed to carry out its expansion according to the Ministry of Health's (MOH) requirements. However, there is no mention of when the duration of the six months was to end or how much the planned takeover would cost. Except that the price to be offered by SMC "would definitely be low, compared with the cost of past hospitals built by the Government."
A SMC spokesman who declined to be identified confirmed in a statement that negotiations had been going on between the Ministry and SMC and that it is .
The spokesman said that based on the plan, within two years SMC would be handing over to the MOH the following:
A tertiary care hospital equipped with 450 beds; 43 ICU beds; 12 operating theatres; two Cardiac Laboratories; a complete range of specialist departments and all the required hospital back-up facilities, besides a fully-equipped Heart Centre and more than 500 parking spaces.
"This would essentially provide once and for all, the people of Sabah, a one-stop full facilities hospital that would save them the trouble, money and time of having to seek treatment outside Sabah. Based on our knowledge and experience, this could be the most efficient option for MOH to obtain an additional 300 beds within six months and 450 beds in 24 months.
"If the said proposed plan is implemented, it would completely address the ongoing crisis in QEH within six months. This includes solving the shortage of 265 inpatient beds in QEH," he elaborated in a statement.
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