Selasa, September 18, 2012

HOUSEMEN TO BE SENT TO SMALLER HOSPITALS IN SABAH RM1,500

Housemen to be sent to smaller hospitals in Sabah RM1,500

INCENTIVE: Move to reduce staff shortage in rural areas next year

KOTA KINABALU 17 September 2012: BEGINNING next year, housemen will also be posted at hospitals in Keningau and Lahad Datu districts, besides the major towns in Sabah.

Sabah Health director Dr Mohd Yusof Ibrahim said this move was aimed at addressing the issue of staff shortage at the hospitals.

"Although the Health Ministry gives an extra RM1,500 incentive to staff who work in rural areas, only a small number of people are willing to serve there.

"If I issue transfer letters to staff members now, I will get back 20 letters rejecting them,"

he said at a forum on the healthcare system, held at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) here.

He was responding to a health worker's question on the lack of staff in Kinabatangan which would compromise the healthcare system as the locals were solely depending on the medical team there.

He was also concerned over the rising number of non-communicable diseases as the government was spending more money on curing diseases as compared with prevention measures.

Dr Yusof said Sabah would have a one-school-one-clinic facility next year for better healthcare accessibility and to promote disease prevention among schoolchildren.

The proposal had been well received by the ministry and was being undertaken in phases.

"We have about 800 schools in the state, and we will apply the concept at schools with enough land and with a large population."

The forum was chaired by former Human Rights Commission of Malaysia vice-chairman Tan Sri Simon Sipaun.

Other panel members were Malaysia Medical Association Sabah branch chairman Dr Subhagan Chandran, Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society president Datuk Nancy Ho and UMS School of Medicine dean Dr Datu Kamarudin Datu Mudin.

Those who attended the forum also brought up the problem of the long wait to get treatment and lack of beds in government hospitals.

They claimed these problems were associated with the influx of illegal immigrants.

At present, there are more than 900,000 illegal immigrants in the state which has a population of 3.1 million.

Dr Yusof said the hospitals currently imposed higher fees on illegal immigrants who sought treatment.

"In future, hospitals will only admit illegal immigrants covered by insurance.

"Immigration officers may be summoned if they don't have valid identity documents."

By OILIVIA MIWIL

27 ulasan:

  1. Dengan cara ini pasti akan dapat membantu menyelesaikan masalah kekurangan pakar perubatan dikawasan pendalaman.

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    1. mutu perubatan di pedalaman kena jg diberi perhatian.

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    2. Memang betul. Kekurangan pekerja di pedalaman menyukarkan bantuan kepada mereka.

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  2. Cari jalan penyelesaian mengenai kekurangan staf diluar bandar ini. Kita sedia maklum yang mana pelbagai IPTA dan IPTS telah menawarkan program tersebut dan ramai lepasan yang menganggur jadi perlu memberikan peluang kepada mereka ini untuk mengisi kekosongan tersebut.

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    1. pasti ramai antara mereka ingin isi kekosongan tersebut.

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    2. I think by deporting some staffs to go there, is a brilliant way to help the people.

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    3. Banyak yang berkelayakan yang tidak dapat kerja, harus memberi peluang untuk mengisi kekosongan.

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  3. 1Sekolah 1Klinik.baguslah kalau berjaya dilaksanakan..utamakan di kawasan2 pedalaman.

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    1. I support this idea.

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    2. Kawasan luar bandar juga harus menikmati kemudahan yanhg baik juga.

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    3. Idea is brilliant, should execute and maintain it well.

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  4. Memang kurang yang sanggup untuk bekerja kalau terkena betul2 di kawasan pedalaman yang tiada kemudahan infrastruktur yang baik, line hp pun tiada.

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  5. There should be more housemen in the future though.

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  6. Namun kepentingan pekerja tidak harus diabaikan.

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  7. "Immigration officers may be summoned if they don't have valid identity documents."

    Betul, tindakan harus diambil kepada mereka yang tiada dokumen sah.

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  8. At present, there are more than 900,000 illegal immigrants in the state which has a population of 3.1 million.

    Jumlah pendatang haram ini amat besar, ini cukup untuk menggugat pelbagai masalah social.

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  9. "Although the Health Ministry gives an extra RM1,500 incentive to staff who work in rural areas, only a small number of people are willing to serve there.

    Mungkin golongan ini ada masalah tidak dapat berkhidmat di kawasan perkampungan, harus mencari kaedah yang lebih berkesan untuk menanggani isu kekurangan pekerja.

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  10. Kadar untuk PATI harus tinggi atau tidak diberi langsung. Mereka harus dihantar balik ke negara asal.

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  11. Kenapa tidak terima tawaran RM1500?? Harus dikaji.

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  12. Semoga warga luar bandar dapat dibantu.

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  13. Kelengkapan juga harus sentiasa mencukupi dan perubatan juag harus berkualiti.

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  14. bagi peluang kepada penganggur2 lepasan diploma atau ijazah untuk mengisi apa2 kekosongan di hospital atau klinik di sabah..

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  15. 800 clinics of ‘1Clinic 1School’ concept in close proximity to schools have been earmarked by the State Health Department to be set up in stages over the next 10 years under the 10th Malaysia Plan and the 11th Malaysia Plan.

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    1. State Health Director, Dr. Mohd Yusuf Haji Ibrahim said many schools established in Sabah, but less medical services facility such as clinics. Thus, a simple strategy would be to build a clinic near the school

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    2. the cost to build a large clinic cost is in the region of RM20 to RM25 million.

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    3. the schools identified for the setting up of the clinic should ideally be a boarding school in distant rural areas that has a high number of residents

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    4. State Health Department launched the 1Malaysia Floating Clinic by the end of August this year. This floating clinic service is targeted to provide medical services to 100 villages along the Kinabatangan River.

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