Jumaat, Julai 29, 2011

‘LET SABAH MANAGE OWN HEALTH SERVICES’

‘Let Sabah manage own health services’

TAWAU July 29, 2011: The federal government must decentralise healthcare and allow the Sabah government to take care of its own health services.

In making this call, a Sabah based NGO, Society of Hope, said it was the only way that Sabah’s health services would improve and the people of Sabah looked after.

Said its president Christina Liew: “In Sabah we have hospitals without enough beds or qualified medical personnel to serve the patients.

“We have the hardware, a mega-sized hospital out of nowhere in a remote village but with not enough beds, doctors and nurses,” she said.

But the authorities, she opined, were in denial.

image“The big guns from the Health Department should visit some of the villages in Sabah.

“Then they will understand what it means by shortage of qualified medical personnel and why we should let the Sabah government take care of our own medical needs and requirement.

“It is time, the Sabah government did something for its own people. Sabah’s health services should be left to Sabahans,” Liew said.

With some 22 government-run hospitals in Sabah, complaints of inadequate healthcare services is perennial.

For years, locals have pleaded for better facilities, more doctors, nurses and medical personnel in government hospitals and clinics in the state.

And for just as long the Health Ministry has promised improvements and changes.

Hospital in debt

In May this year FMT reported that both the patients and doctors in Sabah were unhappy and frustrated with the state of affairs in the state medical and health services.

The report quoted state DAP official Junz Wong as saying that Sabahans were among the most ill-cared for citizens in Malaysia due to lack of medicines and healthcare equipment.

Wong believed that Sabah was being short-changed by the federal government as far as the health services were concerned.

He accused the Health Ministry of not allocating funds to buy new and up-to-date equipment.

His views were recently confirmed by source at the Tawau Hospital who said the hospital was in dire straits and could not afford to buy medical supplies.

“It (Tawau Hospital) is one of three hospitals in deep debt. There’s no money to even buy medicines.

“We owe the suppliers and no money is coming in from Kuala Lumpur,” said the source.

Locals losing out

According to the source the rising debt is due to non-paying patients.

“Most patients who come here are foreigners and they claim not to have money. Before we use to treat them now we are firm..show us the money or no treatment.

“We cannot afford to treat them anymore,” said the source.

The source further added that the medical facilities in the hospital too were being heavily compromised treating these foreigners.

“Imagine if we have two ventilators and both are in use treating a foreign national.

“What happens if a real Sabahan comes in for treatment? Then we are stuck. It has happened to us many times before,” the source added.

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32 ulasan:

  1. falindaSabtu, Julai 30, 2011 8:29:00 PG

    Give the authority to Sabahans...

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  2. falindaSabtu, Julai 30, 2011 8:32:00 PG

    Show to them Sabahan Boleh.

    BalasPadam
  3. cherishSabtu, Julai 30, 2011 8:52:00 PG

    Not only become the poorest state in Malaysia but Sabahans were among the most ill-cared for citizens in Malaysia.

    BalasPadam
  4. juntaSabtu, Julai 30, 2011 10:14:00 PG

    sabah need authority.

    BalasPadam
  5. airtrekSabtu, Julai 30, 2011 10:17:00 PG

    Please federal government, give us more allocation for our health services...even better you the feds can let Sabah to manage their own health service!

    BalasPadam
  6. rama-ramaSabtu, Julai 30, 2011 10:21:00 PG

    Sabah patut diberikan peluang untuk mengurus sistem pendidikan dan juga sistem kesihatan tempatan.

    BalasPadam
  7. Carol AnneSabtu, Julai 30, 2011 10:21:00 PG

    Sabah masih kekurangan doktor & kemudahan.

    BalasPadam
  8. rama-ramaSabtu, Julai 30, 2011 10:22:00 PG

    Harap menteri kita diberikan kuasa untuk memimpin Sabah tanpa perlunya bergantung pada kerajaan pusat.

    BalasPadam
  9. Damia AllysaSabtu, Julai 30, 2011 10:24:00 PG

    Dalam hal kesihatan Sabah masih bergantung lagi dengan persekutuan, tapi persekutuan seperti tidak mengambil berat akan hal kesihatan dan infastruktur hospital keraajaan di Sabah.

    BalasPadam
  10. bibiyanaSabtu, Julai 30, 2011 10:27:00 PG

    adakah Sabah mampu untuk berdiri sendiri mengenai isu kesihatan? doktor2 masih kekurangan di Sabah.

    BalasPadam
  11. Qassy OsySabtu, Julai 30, 2011 10:28:00 PG

    Sabahans were among the most ill-cared for citizens in Malaysia due to lack of medicines and healthcare equipment.

    BalasPadam
  12. MasihmarouSabtu, Julai 30, 2011 10:30:00 PG

    Sampai bila Sabah dalam keadaan yang sedemikian.

    BalasPadam
  13. QistinaSabtu, Julai 30, 2011 11:25:00 PG

    Sampai bila Sabah menjadi serba kekurangan dan ketinggalan? Kerajaan Persekutuan jangan hanya ingat mahu ambil hasil Sabah tetapi dalam masa yang sama menganaktirikan Sabah.

    BalasPadam
  14. JeremySabtu, Julai 30, 2011 11:29:00 PG

    Sampai ke hospital pun PATI ini memberi masalah sehingga orang tempatan pun kena bersaing dengan mereka.

    BalasPadam
  15. Tanpa NamaSabtu, Julai 30, 2011 11:36:00 PG

    Beri peruntukan kepada kerajaan negeri untuk mengurus sendiri hospital2 di Sabah. Kalau semua nak tunggu dari persekutuan, pesakit pun sempat 'jalan' sebelum menerima bantuan.

    BalasPadam
  16. PaquinSabtu, Julai 30, 2011 1:57:00 PTG

    Betul juga soalan ko tu bibiyana. Saya pun terfikir, adakah Sabah mampu untuk berdiri sendiri mengenai isu kesihatan sedangkan doktor pun masih kurang. hehe

    BalasPadam
  17. PaquinSabtu, Julai 30, 2011 2:06:00 PTG

    Apapun, saya harap hal ini dapat diberi perhatian serius.

    BalasPadam
  18. pojiIsnin, Ogos 01, 2011 8:34:00 PG

    setiap cadangan perlu diteliti terlebih dahulu...apa pun harap perkhidmatan kesihatan akan setiasa dipertingkatkan.

    BalasPadam
  19. villagerSelasa, Ogos 02, 2011 10:38:00 PG

    saya setuju.. jika sekian lama kerajaan persekutuan tidak mampu memperbaiki perkhidmatan kesihatan di negeri ini, ada baiknya tugas2 itu diserahkan sepenuhnya kepada kerajaan negeri.

    BalasPadam
  20. disappointedSabtu, Ogos 06, 2011 11:05:00 PG

    This call is so yesterday. Sabah is a state, why we need the interference of the Federal?Do they really know what's going on?

    BalasPadam
  21. ImproveSabtu, Ogos 06, 2011 4:13:00 PTG

    Im agree with Villager.. If really our government not being able to improve its medication services must well hand over to others that may be able to handle it well. We seek improvement!

    BalasPadam
  22. CubaSabtu, Ogos 06, 2011 4:17:00 PTG

    Perkhidmatan kesihatan negeri sering dipertikaikan, adakah pihak berkenaan membuat kajian dimanakah masalahnya timbul dan mencari cara penyelesaian yang sempurna?

    BalasPadam
  23. AtasiSabtu, Ogos 06, 2011 4:21:00 PTG

    Pandangan dan cadangan semua pihak perlu dipertimbangkan semata-mata untuk perubahan dan peningkatan taraf khidmat kesihatan negeri. Persekutuan perlu mengambil tindakan cepat mengatasi kekurangan sebegini.

    BalasPadam
  24. SetujuSabtu, Ogos 06, 2011 4:25:00 PTG

    Saya setuju sengan Damia, dalam hal kesihatan Sabah masih bergantung lagi dengan persekutuan, tapi persekutuan seperti tidak mengambil berat akan hal kesihatan dan infastruktur hospital keraajaan di Sabah. Moga-moga persekutuan boleh atasi perkara yang serius ini secepat mungkin.

    BalasPadam
  25. SeriousSabtu, Ogos 06, 2011 4:30:00 PTG

    Setiap perkara diungkitkan pasti ada sebabnya. Cuba bayangkan jika kami perlukan khidmat kesihatan semasa kecemasan dan hospital tersebut kekurangan dari segi pakar doctor, perubatan, equipment kesihatan dll.. Ini akan mendatangkan kematian. Semoga perkara tersebut diatasi secepat mungkin.

    BalasPadam
  26. habisAhad, Ogos 07, 2011 9:33:00 PTG

    Sabah kan boleh berdikari juga.

    BalasPadam
  27. Tanpa NamaIsnin, Ogos 08, 2011 11:21:00 PTG

    “It is time, the Sabah government did something for its own people. Sabah’s health services should be left to Sabahans,” Liew said.

    setuju dengan pendapat beliau.

    BalasPadam
  28. Tanpa NamaKhamis, Ogos 11, 2011 2:49:00 PTG

    Kerajaan Persekutuan perlu mengambil tindakan segera dan memberi bantuan di mana yang perlu bagi mengatasi kekurangan sebegini di Sabah.

    BalasPadam
  29. Tanpa NamaKhamis, Ogos 11, 2011 2:53:00 PTG

    Kementerian Sabah harus mengambil jalan untuk mempertingkatkan mutu perkhidmatan kesihatan di negeri ini.

    BalasPadam
  30. Tanpa NamaKhamis, Ogos 11, 2011 2:56:00 PTG

    harap kerajaan tempatan dapat mempertingatkan perkhidmatan kesihatan kepada penduduk Sabah.

    BalasPadam
  31. Tanpa NamaKhamis, Ogos 11, 2011 2:58:00 PTG

    "For years, locals have pleaded for better facilities, more doctors, nurses and medical personnel in government hospitals and clinics in the state."

    harap ini dapat dipertimbangkan oleh kerajaan negeri untuk kepentingan penduduk tempatan.

    BalasPadam
  32. Tanpa NamaIsnin, Ogos 15, 2011 8:18:00 PG

    Sabah patut dibenarkan peluang untuk menangani isu kesihatan kita sendiri.

    BalasPadam

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