Health Ministry alert to needs of locals
KOTA KINABALU May 7, 2012: The Health Ministry is alert to the needs of Sabahans and is building several new hospitals and upgrading facilities at the state and district hospitals, said the ministry’s director-general Datuk Seri Dr Hassan Abd Rahman.
“We have increased the number of doctors, Tawau Hospital has many specialists and new doctors have been appointed in Keningau Hospital and RM3.5 million has been allocated for the upgrading of facilities in the Lahad Datu Hospital,” he told reporters at a ‘Dinner Talk’ with media practitioners here Saturday night.
Among the hospitals and health centres which have been upgraded are the Nuclear and Radiotherapy Health Centre, Women and Children Hospital in Likas, Telupid, Nabawan and Sukau Health Clinics and Likas Hospital, added Dr Hassan. He further informed that the ministry had also been allocating RM4 million annually for the Flying Doctor Service to provide medical and dental services to the interiors of the state since 1978.
“We will introduce Mobile Eye Clinics for Cataract, like in Peninsular Malaysia, and mobile clinics using boats at Pensiangan for instance and a better boat for the 1Malaysia Mobile Clinic at the Kinabatangan River,” he said.
The event was officiated at by deputy health minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin.
Meanwhile, Rosnah said she was impressed by the dedication and commitment of media practitioners in carrying out their duty to ensure the news they published was of high quality and ethical.
The Papar Member of Parliament went on to describe a media career as serious and requiring great sacrifices.
Therefore, she expressed hope that journalists and bloggers would always provide news with clear and concrete facts, in a balanced manner.
“This is because, delivering news or information which is inaccurate, especially related to medical and public health issues, would be detrimental to the people,” she emphasised.
More hospitals are expected to be build throughout Sabah and the Health Minister said they will try to ensure that there is a clinic in each district.
BalasPadamthis will bring a lot conveniences to the people.
Padamwe should get efficient and effective services, many lives can be saved.
PadamThe people of Sabah deserves to have better medical and health service, hope that the state and federal government will do their best to provide this.
BalasPadamwe really deserve more than this. hope there will more facilities provided for us.
Padampeople should appreciate this, there are more doctors and services provided to us.
BalasPadamMore specialists are needed to treat the people, hope our next generation will focus more on medical field
BalasPadamSabah should have more doctors and nurses. If i am not mistaken, the Sabahans were also facing the limited space in hospital. Hospital should be built at anywhere.
BalasPadamIt is a good thing to have medical centers all over the places.
BalasPadamSabah can be rest assured to have good medical facilities.
BalasPadamI’m looking forward to experience this new era of change in the medical field.
BalasPadamLot of people can be sure to have medical attention appropriately.
BalasPadamI hope this can be maintained after the provision is made.
BalasPadamIt is a known fact that there are works to be done in providing medical care to the people of Sabah. yes, the government is trying to increase the doctors , nurses , flyin doctors etc to the people esp to the rural areas. we expect more allocation and more work done in Sabah as Sabah is far behind W. Malaysia.
BalasPadamKementerian kesihatan juga akan menambah 10 buah Klinik 1M'sia di Sabah sebagai tambahan kepada Klinik 1M'sia sedia ada.
Padamperkhidmatan perubatan di Sabah harus ditingkatkan lagi. bilangan doktor dah kemudahan harus ditambah lagi.
BalasPadamKementerian Kesihatan akan meningkatkan bilangan doktor di klinik-klinik daripada 25% kepada sekurang-kurangnya 50%.
PadamSabah akan menikmati RM4bil melalui Kementerian Kesihatan untuk meningkatkan kemudahan dan keberkesanan perkidmatan
BalasPadamKementerian akan meningkatkan perkidmatan kesihatan dengan menaiktarafkan 41 buah klinik di seluruh Sabah. Ini melibatkan kos sebanyak RM20 juta.
PadamKerajan juga menyasarkan untuk membina 12 buah klinik 1Malaysia di Sabah sehingga hujung tahun ini. Penambahan jumlah tersebut akan menjadikan Sabah sebagai negeri terbanyak memiliki klinik 1Malaysia iaitu 20 buah.
BalasPadamSelain itu menjelang 2013, Kementerian Kesihatan merancang menempatkan sekurang-kurangnya seorang pakar perubatan keluarga di daerah yang belum mempunyai pakar terbabit. Timbalan Menterinya, Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin berkata antara daerah berkenaan ialah Tawau, Kunak, Beluran, Kudat, Pitas, Tenom dan Kinabatangan.
BalasPadamKetua Pengarah Kesihatan Datuk Seri Dr Hassan Abd Rahman berkata banyak projek naik taraf kemudahan dan peralatan hospital sedang dijalankan di Sabah. Ini termasuk peruntukan RM3.5 juta untuk menaik taraf Hospital Lahad Datu termasuk Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan, kata beliau.
BalasPadam"Bilangan doktor juga telah bertambah. Hospital Tawau sudah mempunyai ramai pakar dan doktor baru juga ditempatkan di Hospital Keningau dan kita harap pada hujung tahun ini, usaha naiktaraf peralatan selesai," kata Dr Hassan. Antara hospital dan pusat kesihatan lain yang dinaik taraf ialah Pusat Perubatan Nuklear dan Radioterapi Hospital Wanita dan Kanak-kanak Sabah di Likas, Klinik Kesihatan Telupid, Nabawan dan Sukau dan Hospital Likas.
BalasPadamSo hope the shortage doctor in Tawau already solve.
BalasPadamSabah adalah negeri yang mempunyai bilangan hospital kerajaan yang paling banyak di Malaysia.. ini sudah cukup menggambarkan bahawa kerajaan benar2 mengambil berat dengan kesihatan rakyat di negeri ini..
BalasPadamapa2pun saya harap apa2 projek berkenaan dengan pembangunan institusi kesihatan di negeri ini dapat dilaksanakan tepat pada masa yang dijanjikan..
BalasPadamMinistry of Health Malaysia is deeply committed to improving the quality of health services in the State.
BalasPadamDeputy Minister of Health, Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin, said various measures are being implemented to achieve the goal of providing better service to the people of Sabah.
BalasPadamShe added that among the steps to improve the quality of health services would be the deployment of family health specialists in health clinics.
BalasPadamHealth services in various health clinics have been enhanced with the deployment of family health specialist. At the present moment, there are 13 family health specialist emplaced in health clinics in Telupid, Beluran, Lahad Datu, Semporna, Menggatal, Luyang, Penampang, Putatan, Sandakan, Tamparuli, Tuaran, Apin-Apin, Keningau; Nabawan, Beaufort and Apas Balung, Tawau.
BalasPadamShe disclosed that the emplacement of family health specialist had contributed to the improvement in the quality of clinical services.
BalasPadamThis is beneficial to the community where the health clinics operate because patients received quality treatment and counseling which is efficient and effective.
BalasPadamPatients would not be required to be referred to the hospital and thus reduce the costs incurred by the patient.
BalasPadamRosnah added that the Medical Department, Sabah plans to put at least one family health specialist in areas that do not have one as in Tawau, Kunak, Beluran, Kudat, Pitas, Tenom and Kinabatangan by the year 2013. She said this in a statement here yesterday.
BalasPadamAccording to Rosnah for Sabah, until today, six 1Malaysia Clinics (K1M) are fully operational with two in Penampang (in Bundusan Square and Taman Ketiau), one in Taman Pengalat Besar in Papar, one in Bandar Sri Indah in Tawau district, one at Maju Shopping Centre in Kudat district and one in Taman Sri Rugading Tuaran district.
BalasPadamShe disclosed that another clinic is in the process of being set up in Marudu district. For the information of all, there are actually two 1Malaysia Clinics operating in 2010, which is in Sulaman Central, Kota Kinabalu and another at Bandar Leila, Sandakan that is now being upgraded to a health clinic because of the increasing number of patients coming for treatment at the clinics.
BalasPadamWith the upgrade to the status of health clinic, a medical officer would be stationed at each of the clinics. For the year 2012, the Ministry of Health will establish 13 1Malaysia clinics in Sabah, of which six will be in Kota Kinabalu district, 2 in Penampang district, 2 in Sandakan and one each in Beaufort, Tawau and Keningau.
BalasPadamIf the plan to create 1Malaysia clinics materialize, Sabah will have 20 1Malaysia clinics making it the state with the most numbers of 1Malaysia clinics in Malaysia.
BalasPadamApart from that, the dental hygene too has caught the attention of the state government. A water fluoridation programme has been devised by the government and Sabah.
BalasPadamThe plan has been formed to fight the growing problem of tooth caries among children.
BalasPadamTalking about the new programme, Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin said that a survey carried out in 2009 had reported that half of the children were suffering from dental caries.
BalasPadamMeanwhile, another survey carried out in 2007 had stated that 70% children in the state were suffering from dental caries. All the children involved in the two studies were under 12 years old.
BalasPadamApparently, an average of three teeth was affected with caries among the children who had poor dental health.
BalasPadamIn order to resolve this problem, the Health Ministry and the state have decided to reach an agreement regarding the prevention of caries.
BalasPadamThe two have decided to launch a water fluoridation programme as a general measure to prevent dental caries.
BalasPadamThe state with the worst levels of dental hygiene has been identified as Sabah and it happens to have the highest rate of teeth caries in Malaysia.
BalasPadamTalking about dental hygiene in general, Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abd Rashid Shirlin said that the level of oral health has improved drastically in Malaysia over the past three decades. Though, situation in Sabah continued to remain the same.
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