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Ahad, Julai 15, 2012

HOSPITAL PATIENT HURT BY FALLING CONCRETE

Hospital patient hurt by falling concrete

KOTA KINABALU July 15, 2012: A piece of concrete fell from the ceiling and injured a patient at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH I) in Sembulan here yesterday.

The incident is said to have happened around 11am in one of the wards located on the ground floor.

It is also learnt that the fallen concrete hit the patient when he was warded with other patients, but the victim suffered only minor injury and was immediately given treatment.

Isnin, April 30, 2012

SCATTERED KK HOSPITALS CAUSE HARDSHIP

PKR: Scattered KK hospitals cause hardship

Kota Kinabalu April 30, 2012: Poor planning and lack of foresight on the part of the Health Ministry has inevitably caused great inconvenience, confusion and hardship to the masses in terms of providing services.

Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) KK Division Chief, Christina Liew, said this is an undesirable outcome of having three hospitals scattered within the State Capital without taking the people's interests into consideration in the first place. These are Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) 1, Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) 2 and Sabah Women & Children's Hospital, Likas.

Selasa, September 13, 2011

MULAI HARI INI PESAKIT & PELAWAT HQE I & HQE II BOLEH BERGERAK DIANTARA KEDUA HOSPITAL DENGAN KEMUDAHAN BAS KHAS YANG DISEDIAKAN

Perkhidmatan bas bandar raya ke HQE II

Liew Vui Keong (belakang kiri) yang diiringi Pengerusi KPKP Sabah, Datuk Teo Chee Kang (kanan) bertanya sesuatu kepada pihak pengurusan Mustika Enterprise Sdn. Bhd. semasa meninjau laluan bas Sektor 3 dari Hospital Queen Elizabeth II ke Bandar Raya Kota Kinabalu, semalam.

KOTA KINABALU 12 Sept. - Hari ini segala kesulitan orang ramai untuk berurusan di Hospital Queen Elizabeth (HQE) II, Luyang di sini kerana ketiadaan kemudahan pengangkutan awam sudah berakhir.

Berkuat kuasa serta-merta, bermula pukul 6 pagi hingga 10 malam setiap hari, enam bas bandar raya disediakan dengan kekerapan setiap 15 minit dalam dua laluan utama iaitu Sektor 3A dan 3B.

Perkhidmatan yang menggunakan bas berhawa dingin berkapasiti 44 dan 25 penumpang itu akan menghubungkan dua hospital utama di sini iaitu HQE I dan HQE II, selain turut melalui taman-taman perumahan dan Terminal Wawasan di pusat bandar.

Tambang yang dikenakan amat berpatutan iaitu hanya RM1 sehala dan percuma bagi warga emas dan orang kurang upaya.

Jumaat, Ogos 26, 2011

QEH1 TWIN TOWERS READY BY DEC 2012

QEH1 TWIN TOWERS READY BY DEC 2012

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Rosnah (4th right) visiting a patient at the hospital yesterday

KOTA KINABALU 26th August, 2011: Construction of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital 1 (QEH1) twin towers costing RM365 million will be fully completed in December next year.

And, it will provide an extra 661 beds to cater for patients seeking treatment at the hospital.

Deputy Health Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin said this at a press conference after visiting the hospital here yesterday.

She explained that the delay in completing the project was due to shortage of cement and other factors.

“However the contractor undertaking the project has given an assurance work is progressing smoothly. We hope it will be completed as scheduled,” Rosnah added.

Isnin, Ogos 08, 2011

UNIT RAWATAN DAN PEMBEDAHAN JANTUNG HQE II BEROPERASI AKHIR BULAN OGOS INI

Unit rawatan dan pembedahan jantung HQE II beroperasi akhir bulan ini

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LAWAT … Liow ketika melawat bilik operasi pembedahan jantung di HQE II.

KOTA KINABALU 8th August, 2011: Unit rawatan dan pembedahan jantung Hospital Queen Elizabeth II (HQE II) akan mula beroperasi sepenuhnya pada akhir bulan ini, kata Menteri Kesihatan Malaysia Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

Beliau berkata, apabila siap kelak, unit jantung itu akan dilengkapi pelbagai peralatan canggih setaraf dengan Institut Jantung Negara (IJN).

Sabtu, Julai 30, 2011

QE HOSPITAL TO OPEN NEXT MONTH

QE Hospital to open next month after refurbishment

image KOTA KINBALU July 30, 2011: The Queen Elizabeth II Hospital (QEHII) will be fully operational next month, a step towards normalising health services in the state.

Renovations to the hospital took less than eight months and were completed on July 27.

Sabah Health Department director Dr Mohd Yusof Ismail said the state Health Department should be able to provide better services to the public once the hospital re-opens.

He said the renovations to 12 operation theatres have been completed.

Among the work carried out were the construction of a five-storey car park, elevators, refurbishment of the Accident and Emergency Department, and deve-lopment of the Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Centre.

imageThe QEHII building was bought over from the Sabah Medical Centre last year by the Federal Government to overcome congestion after the 12-storey tower block at the premises was declared unsafe.

Dr Yusof said work to replace the tower block was progressing as scheduled and is expected to be ready next year.

Ahad, April 03, 2011

BUYING OF SMC WAS USELESS, SAYS UPKO

Buying of SMC was useless, says Upko

April 02, 2011Kota Kinabalu: United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Organisation (Upko) on Friday wants the Health Ministry to seriously look into the health needs in Sabah which it described as pathetic.

Its Vice President, Senator Datuk Maijol Mahap said the conditions at the QEH I is chaotic while the wards were simply "overloaded" with patients.

"The ward is cramped and very often the patients were asked to return to their district hospital soon after being operated and not recovered from the surgery," he said.

To make matters worse, he said the district hospital is unable to provide proper treatment to the patients due to lack of expertise, equipment and facility.

Because of that, he said the condition of the patients continues to worsen.

When this happen, he said the district hospital simply send them back again to the QEH.

Inevitably, he said the situation is compromising the patients' safety and health.

Another problem he said is logistic when sending patients from QEHI to QEHII.

Maijol claimed that when patients from QEHI are transferred to QEHII, it takes about two hours to accomplish because they have to arrange the ambulance which is limited as well as to arrange for accompanying doctors and nurses.

"What will happen to the life of the patient in case of emergency and urgent surgery?" he asked.

The government he said bought the Sabah Medical Centre (SMC) and renamed it as QEHII but that the equipment such as CT scan and MRI there could not be used because it was damaged.

However, he said the equipment could not be repaired because the government has no funds to repair it.

"But how could the government have no money when they had the funds to purchase the SMC at a cost of hundreds of million of ringgit?" he queried.

With regard to the delay in the construction of the new QEH building, Maijol said it is a farce.

The Health Minister he said gave the contractor until May to complete the given task.

However, he said the project should have been completed in time.

"Any delay in its completion will have a very far reaching implication including loss of lives," he said.

But construction at the new building is not the only reason that Upko is very concerned with, he said.

He said the Operating Theatre building next to the old ward that has been completed some time ago, still could not be used due to lack of surgery equipment.

"But I don't understand the logic. Why is it that they have the money to build it but no funds to purchase the equipment?" he asked.

He claimed that there have been cases in the past where patients died while waiting to be operated on.

Such is an extremely sad situation of the medical services in Sabah, he said Maijol said the district hospitals also lack in many things.

Citing a personal experience, he saw a young mother who has just given birth in Kota Marudu hospital lying on the floor with the new born baby.

"When I asked the doctor, he said there just aren't enough hospital bed for the patients," he said.

Given the scenario, he said it is unbelievable that the situation in Sabah is just worse as in undeveloped nations where health services and infrastructure is concerned.

To this, he asked what the Health Ministry and Health Department is doing to improve health services in the State.

At the moment the Ministry and Department's health development programmes for Sabah remain very unclear and confusing.

"I hope they will do something because the people of Sabah also want good health.

"We also want the medical facilities and services in Sabah to be on par with those in the peninsula," he said.

He said that they should also consider building more hospitals in Sabah.

This is because the number of poor people or hardcore poor in Sabah numbered more than those in West Malaysia, he said.

"Yet the number of hospitals there by comparison is far more than what we have in Sabah," he said.

Meanwhile, in the long term, he proposed the government should also seriously consider acquiring the army office and quarters next to QEHI.

Khamis, Mac 10, 2011

KERJA UBAHSUAI HQE II DIJANGKA SIAP MEI 2011 - LIOW

KERJA UBAHSUAI HQE II DIJANGKA SIAP MEI

10th March, 2011 KOTA KINABALU: Kerja-kerja pengubahsuaian Hospital Queen Elizabeth (HQE) II di Luyang, dekat sini, dijangka akan siap sepenuhnya selewat-lewatnya Mei ini, kata Menteri Kesihatan Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

Beliau berkata kerja-kerja di blok tempat letak kereta hospital sudah disiapkan dan kini hanya menunggu untuk kerja-kerja menaik taraf di beberapa tingkat bangunan hospital yang perlu disempurnakan.

Katanya mengikut jadual asal kerja-kerja pengubahsuaian itu dijadualkan siap bulan lepas dan ia seharusnya mempunyai 455 katil apabila disiapkan sepenuhnya, namun setakat ini ia hanya dapat menyediakan 230 katil.

“Pihak kontraktor diberikan tempoh lanjutan demi keselamatan pesakit, sebab masih ada pesakit dalam bangunan hospital ketika ini. Jadi tempoh lanjutan diberi sehingga Mei dan selepas itu tiada lagi tempoh lanjutan akan diberikan,” katanya kepada pemberita ketika ditemui selepas melawat Hospital Queen Elizabeth I di sini kelmarin.

Liow berkata kerja-kerja pengubahsuaian di hospital itu bertujuan menambah katil pesakit di tingkat enam, tujuh dan sembilan.

Sejumlah RM76.2 juta diperuntukkan untuk kerja-kerja penambahbaikan di hospital Queen Elizabeth II.

Sementara itu Liow berkata kerja-kerja pengubahsuaian Jabatan Pengimejan Radiologi yang bernilai RM12 juta dan tiga Dewan Bedah bernilai RM3juta di hospital Queen Elizabeth I sudah siap untuk digunakan.

Sementara itu projek blok menara berkembar bernilai RM364 juta yang dijangka menyediakan 660 katil pesakit pula dijangka akan siap mengikut jadual pada bulan Disember tahun depan.

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Liow: QEH2 must be completed by May 23

Sabtu, Februari 05, 2011

HOSPITAL QUEEN ELIZABETH II SIAP SEBELUM APRIL - LIOW

Hospital Queen Elizabeth II Siap Sebelum April Ini - Liow

KOTA KINABALU, 4 Feb (Bernama) -- Kerja-kerja menaik taraf Hospital Queen Elizabeth (QEH) II di Luyang dijangka siap April ini, kata Menteri Kesihatan Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai.

Beliau berkata kerajaan persekutuan berharap kerja-kerja itu dapat dipercepatkan demi manfaat penduduk dan negeri ini.

"Kami memerlukan lebih banyak bilik bagi pesakit, dan kami hanya ada beberapa bulan sahaja lagi... jadi kami perlu mempercepatkan kerja.

"Kalau boleh, kami mahu Hospital Queen Elizabeth II ini siap sebelum April ini," katanya kepada pemberita ketika ditemui di majlis rumah terbuka MCA Sabah di dewan Sekolah Tinggi Kota Kinabalu di sini Jumaat.

Apabila siap dalam tempoh kira-kira tiga bulan, hospital itu akan mempunyai 455 katil (berbanding 171 sekarang), kompleks letak kereta empat tingkat, dua dewan pembedahan kardiak, dua makmal pengkatereran invasif, 10 unit jagaan rapi kardiotorasik dan 10 unit jagaan rapi koronari.

Dua dewan pembedahan kecil, bilik mayat dan jabatan kecemasan serta kompleks doktor 'on-call' akan turut dinaik taraf.

Liow berkata kerja-kerja menaik taraf akan dijalankan mengikut Rancangan Malaysia Kesepuluh (RMK-10), dan menambah kerajaan turut bercadang menaik taraf hospital di Beaufort dan Kota Marudu kepada hospital pakar.

Selain itu, beliau berkata kementerian berharap dapat menyediakan perkhidmatan perubatan pengangkutan udara menggunakan dua helikopter untuk membawa pesakit ketika kecemasan, terutamanya dari kawasan luar bandar ke hospital terdekat di bandar besar seperti Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan dan Tawau.

"Tender untuk helikopter perubatan ini akan dibuka tidak lama lagi, dan kami harap dapat memulakan misi pengangkutan udara ini secepat mungkin," katanya.

Sementara itu, Liow berkata kementeriannya sedang menimbang langkah memperkenalkan bot yang membawa klinik bergerak untuk menyusuri Sungai Kinabatangan di Sandakan.

"Ia bertujuan menjadi projek perintis ke arah memenuhi keperluan segera terhadap penjagaan kesihatan, terutamanya di kawasan pedalaman dan terpencil," katanya.

Rabu, Disember 16, 2009

"IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THAT THEIR WAKIL RAKYAT AND THE LAND OFFICERS CONCERNED ARE NOT AWARE THAT THERE ARE LOCAL VILLAGERS IN THE LAND APPLIED FOR BY THE COMPANIES.”

It has become abundantly clear that there is something very wrong with the State's land management and approval process.

Local villagers who have settled on land for two generations suddenly discover that their land has been approved to a private sector.

"It is impossible that their wakil rakyat and the land officers concerned are not aware that there are local villagers in the land applied for by the companies. This opens up the question of abuse of power, corruption and dereliction of duty by Government officials and their elected representatives,"

The imminent hike in electricity tariff and sugar prices would add to the hardship suffered by ordinary people.

The issues leading to a crisis of confidence include the illegal immigrant problems, electricity and water supply, poverty, empty promises, poor health service and many more.

Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee

JABATAN TANAH DAN UKUR SABAH MENGAMBIL MASA 20 TAHUN UNTUK MEMPROSES 285,000 PERMOHONAN TANAH ?

Sabtu, September 19, 2009

MASALAH HOSPITAL RANAU PERLU DITANGANI SEGERA, KATA EWON

RANAU, 18th September, 2009: Masalah kekurangan kemudahan dan kakitangan hospital daerah Ranau yang berlarutan sejak bertahun lamanya perlu ditangani segera bagi keselesaan merawat para pesakit yang kian hari kian bertambah ramai jumlahnya.

image Menurut Pengarah hospital berkenaan Dr Rameswaran Muthu, Hospital Ranau adalah hospital paling sibuk di negeri Sabah tetapi tidak mempunyai kelengkapan dan staf yang mencukupi.

Katanya, selain dari merawat pesakit luar, hospital ini mempunyai wad pesakit yang banyak (termasuk wad bersalin) serta melakukan khidmat rawatan pembedahan dengan hanya mempunyai tiga orang doktor sahaja.

Bagi menampung kesempitan tempat yang dihadapi Hospital Queen Elizebeth, Hospital Ranau juga sering dijadikan alternatif bagi membantu doktor pakar menjalankan rawatan terus seperti pembedahan dan sebagainya.

Katanya lagi, Hospital Ranau juga mengalami kekurangan kemudahan seperti katil pesakit yang pada masa ini hanya mempunyai 91 buah sahaja sedangkan keperluan minima harian adalah 110 buah. Selain dari itu ada di antara katil berkenaan yang sudah digunakan sejak 40 tahun yang lalu.

Tempat letak kenderaan bagi pelawat hospital ini juga menjadi masalah utama apabila dianggarkan 600 hingga 800 buah kereta keluar masuk ke kawasan berkenaan setiap hari.

Dr Rameswaran meluahkan permasalahan itu ketika berucap di majlis Lawatan Muhibbah pemimpin Barisan Nasional (BN) ke hospital ini, sempena hari Kemerdekaan dan Hari Raya Aidilfitri yang di ketuai oleh Menteri Pembangunan Luar bandar Datuk Dr Ewon Ebin.

Sehubungan dengan itu, Ewon dalam ucapan balasnya merayu pihak berwajib khususnya Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia supaya memandang perkara itu dengan serius serta dapat memberikan tindakan sewajarnya.

Katanya, sebagai pemimpin peringkat daerah ini, saya merayu kepada Kementerian berkenaan supaya menambah bilangan doktor serta kemudahan yang diperlukan hospital Ranau dengan kadar segera bagi keselesaan pesakit dan kakitangan hospital menjalankan rawatan.

Beliau turut meminta pihak Jabatan Tanah dan Ukur serta Pejabat Daerah Ranau supaya menyegerakan mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Penggunaan Tanah Daerah (LUC) yang ada kaitan dengan permohonan tanah yang diperlukan hospital ini.

Sempena lawatan itu, Datuk Ewon yang diiringi ADUN Kundasang Dr Joachim Gunsalam turut membahagi-bahagikan sumbangan berupa kueh raya dan wang tunai kepada 94 orang pesakit di wad hospital berkenaan.

Pada majlis yang sama pemimpin BN juga menumbangkan kueh raya kepada kakitangan polis, bomba dan warga hospital, serta sumbangan wang tunai berjumlah RM10 ribu ringgit kepada persatuan Warga Emas daerah ini.

Selasa, Mei 05, 2009

KERAJAAN BELI SABAH MEDICAL CENTRE

image KOTA KINABALU, 5 Mei (Bernama) -- Kerajaan akan membeli hospital swasta, Sabah Medical Centre (SMC) di sini, bagi membantu mengatasi masalah perkhidmatan kesihatan selepas menara utama Hospital Queen Elizabeth didapati tidak selamat digunakan.

Ketika mengumumkannya hari ini, Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak mahu agar segala urusan mengenai pembelian itu dipercepatkan.

image "Kita sudah luluskan pembelian SMC oleh Kementerian Kesihatan dengan harga yang sangat wajar, lebih kurang RM245 juta, dan dengan sedikit tambahan, kita akan melakukan penambahbaikan," katanya ketika berucap pada majlis bersama rakyat di Padang Merdeka di sini, Selasa.

Najib berkata pembelian SMC adalah wajar memandangkan pembinaan hospital baru memakan masa.

Katanya ini adalah sebahagian daripada hasrat kerajaan Barisan Nasional untuk terus bekerjasama dengan kerajaan negeri Sabah di bawah pimpinan Ketua Menteri Datuk Seri Musa Aman dan barisan kabinet negeri, dan bekerja sebagai satu pasukan.

image "Kerajaan pusat akan terus membantu kerajaan negeri Sabah membangun. Menteri-menteri (di peringkat persekutuan) dari Sabah pun akan bantu Sabah membangun.

image"Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi sebelum ini sudah buat komitmen RM1 bilion (peruntukan khas) tambahan untuk negeri Sabah, saya akan tunaikan komitmen Pak Lah. Setakat ini RM500 juta sudah ada di tangan Pegawai Pembangunan Negeri, dan baki akan diberi lagi," katanya.

Najib menggesa pemimpin dan wakil rakyat untuk turun ke padang mendengar masalah rakyat, tanpa perlu menunggu jemputan atau undangan supaya masalah-masalah dapat diselesaikan dengan cepat dan pemimpin dekat di hati rakyat.

image "Tak payah tunggu jemputan sebagai wakil rakyat, tak payah diundang, tak payah ada bunga manggar, tidak payah hamparan merah, tak payah tunggu (jurukamera) televisyen ada. Tak payah protokol-protokolnya atau rasmi-rasmi.

"Ada banyak bezanya kalau kita diberi taklimat dalam bilik berhawa dingin, berkerusi empuk tapi kalau turun padang tengok dengan mata kepala kita sendiri, kita tahu apa masalah rakyat yang sebenarnya. Ini saya hendak menjadi stail pemimpin-pemimpin BN.

image "Kalau Perdana Menteri boleh buat, menteri-menteri tak boleh buat ke? Wakil-wakil rakyat tak boleh buat ke?" kata Najib sambil disambut laungan "boleh" daripada hadirin di padang tersebut.

Najib berkata beliau tidak mahu melihat pemimpin BN sebagai pemimpin yang ditakuti sebaliknya sebagai pemimpin yang disayangi dan dihormati.

Katanya kerajaan BN mempunyai satu impian tetapi bukan 'mimpi yang tidak pijak di atas bumi yang nyata' seperti pemimpin pembangkang yang berterusan menipu rakyat Malaysia termasuk rakyat Sabah.

image"Pembangkang mimpi nak tubuh kerajaan baru pada 16 Sept (tahun lalu), tak jadi 16 sept, tunggu Disember tapi Disember berlalu, Malaysia tetap di bawah kerajaan BN.

 "Saya dengar ada tarikh baru lagi, bulan Ogos ini pula nak ambil alih. Sampai bila rakyat Malaysia nak ditipu oleh pemimpin-pemimpin pembangkang yang tak ada kerja lain selain tabur fitnah dan politiking habis-habis?" kata Perdana Menteri.

Beliau berkata BN tidak akan melakukan perkara-perkara seperti itu kerana kerajaan BN memegang amanah untuk membela nasib rakyat, dan ingin mengamalkan budaya 'berkhidmat untuk rakyat'.

Ketua Menteri Datuk Seri Musa Aman dalam ucapannya berterima kasih kepada Najib kerana melantik ramai pemimpin Sabah menjawat portfolio sebagai menteri dan timbalan menteri dalam pentadbiran persekutuan.

"Sesungguhnya, ini jelas membuktikan Perdana Menteri memberikan pengiktirafan yang tulus kepada rakyat Sabah.

Beliau benar-benar ikhlas dan komited untuk menjadikan negara kita khususnya Sabah dan Sarawak, terus membangun dengan pesat dan bertambah maju seiring dengan arus pembangunan nasional," katanya.

Selasa, April 21, 2009

NOTHING ESCAPES US NETIZENS

CERITALAH

By KARIM RASLAN

In more mature markets, the newspapers are the forum for debate and analysis, while the Internet is the news hub, churning out updates.

However, as a citizen and a reader, I expect the news media to give choices (the pros and cons) so that I can make up my own mind.

The Internet is democracy gone wild. It is unregulated and can, in certain instances, verge on the wholly insane.

However, the “Wild Wild West” of news and views where fiction becomes fact and mere speculation the touchstone for the truth is strengthened by the continued government influence on the mainstream media.

Now, with technology’s extraordinary advances, we can immediately counter-check what we read in the newspapers through our own WAP-enabled and/or Internet-ready hand-held devices.

It is estimated that the Internet penetration of Malaysian 18-21-year-olds is in the region of 70%-80%. This means that the vast majority of new and soon-to-be voters are highly familiar with alternatives to newspapers and TV.

Indeed, it’s arguable that for this sought-after section of the voting public, the alternative media may well have become the “mainstream”.

Indeed the growing fluency of Malaysians in various languages – most of us are bilingual if not tri- or quadri-lingual – means that what someone says in one language will be read across the nation within nanoseconds.

In short, there are no “racial and linguistic silos” left and Malaysian leaders have to come to terms with the increasing openness of the media landscape, especially if they wish to win middle-of-the-road, middle-class Malaysians or all races, most of whom feel uncomfortable with language that is disrespectful to one community or another.

Finally, ladies and gentlemen, you may sit in your palaces and official residences but rest assured we’re watching and judging your every moves on our computer screens, our iPhones, our Nokias and Blackber­ries.

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Nothing escapes us – the people of Malaysia – and nothing is sacred.

Isnin, April 20, 2009

RM70 JUTA BAGI TANGANI ISU QEH - MUSA

km_sabah KOTA KINABALU, 20 April (Bernama) -- Kerajaan memperuntukkan RM70 juta bagi kos pemindahan dan penyumberan luar perkhidmatan Hospital Queen Elizabeth (QEH) untuk tempoh setahun.

"Setakat ini, sebanyak RM6.56 juta telah dibelanja untuk menampung kos pemindahan itu. Seramai 100 orang jururawat juga telah dihantar ke QEH dan kumpulan ini telah melapor diri pada 1 April lepas.

"Seramai 98 orang jururawat lagi akan dihantar dalam masa terdekat. Kementerian Kesihatan juga akan menghantar tiga pegawai perubatan bagi membantu melicinkan perkhidmatan perubatan di hospital itu," kata Ketua Menteri Datuk Seri Musa Aman pada sesi soal jawab persidangan Dewan Undangan Negeri di sini, Isnin.

ramleemarahaban Beliau berkata demikian ketika menjawab soalan Datuk Ramlee Marhaban (BN-Bugaya) mengenai tindakan jangka pendek dan panjang berikutan penutupan bangunan di QEH bagi memulihkan perkhidmatan perubatan seperti sedia kala di hospital berkenaan.

Sabtu, April 11, 2009

" NOW UP TO THE MINISTRY TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION " QEH SAGA

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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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Ahad, Mac 22, 2009

QEH….

Mesra is ideal: Ex-health

"That being the case, it would not take too much time to demolish the structures to make way for the proposed new QEH. A proper hospital might take two to three years to complete."

Former State Medical and Health Services Director, Datuk Dr Mechiel K.C. Chan

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Pensioners urge rethink on Khidmat proposal

"The whole renovation cost may be more costly and time consuming as well as tedious than building a new hospital,"

President Sabah Government Pensioners Association (PPKS), Dr Florentius Epin

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Stop wasteful habit of buying over private hospitals

"This will save the Government from spending at least RM200 million if having to buy the existing private hospital that kind of money can be used for the maintenance of existing hospitals,"

Assistant Rural Development Minister Datuk Sairin Karno

Sabtu, Mac 21, 2009

QEH ISSUE …

Call for multi-pronged approach

Kota Kinabalu: The Visitors Board of Queen Elizabeth Hospital said a multi-pronged approach is needed to resolve the QEH issue.

Its Chairman, Chu Kong Ming, said the (proposed procurement of) the Sabah Medical Centre (SMC), Wisma Khidmat, (construction of QEH) Twin Towers, new heart centre and Kinarut Hospital plan should be handled simultaneously rather than one at a time.

"The approach not only resolves the impression of neglect and indecisiveness of the Federal leaders, it also augurs well with the Government's intention to revive the economy by developing infrastructure assets for long-term benefit to the State and country, as a whole,".

 

'Better option overlooked'

Kota Kinabalu: The best and quickest solution in overcoming the current shortage of hospital beds while at the same time save several hundred million ringgit of tax payers' money in the current downturn will be to convert Hospital Mesra in Bukit Padang, Luyang, into a general hospital.

"It would also be very straightforward to find a replacement for these mental patients," he told Daily Express. "Besides, the Government will also have site set amidst greenery that aids in recuperation and whatever that's needed could be added on because there is ample land for expansion there.

Khamis, Mac 19, 2009

SOS FOR ANOTHER 'ELIZABETH'

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CUEPACS: STAFF FEELING THE STRESS

"Medical staff are starting to feel stressed out and they need a proper place to work. There must be a solution by this year. We don't want a situation where action will only be taken when a patient dies (while being moved)," said Cuepacs president Omar Osman.

 

WHEN PATIENTS HAVE TO SLEEP ON THE FLOOR

"It is not every day we are forced to ask patients to sleep on the floor but it happened recently," said a doctor at the hospital.

 

GOING EARLY TO AVOID LONG WAIT

Madam Yapp goes for her medical review twice a month at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Complex. Each visit starts at 6.15am.

"Imagine if there was a major bus accident. How would they cope?"

"The cost of transporting a patient on a stretcher is the equivalent of 12 return airline tickets.

Ahad, Mac 15, 2009

MALAYSIA SHOWCASING SUPERIOR HEALTHCARE SERVICES

tc_united_arab_noraslan_hadi DUBAI, March 15 (Bernama) -- Malaysia will pull out all the stops to promote its healthcare services at the Malaysia Services Exhibition (MSE) 2009 here this week.

"With its highly-trained and skilled medical personnel, state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment, modern facilities, accreditation based on international healthcare standards, competitive cost of treatment and excellent hospitality, Malaysia is a preferred destination for people seeking treatment for various ailments,"  said Malaysian trade commissioner in the United Arab Emirates Noraslan Hadi Abdul Kadir ahead of the show.

There are over 140 hospitals and 5,000 primary healthcare facilities in the public sector while the private sector accounts for more than 230 private hospitals and about 4,000 medical and dental clinics.

“WE HAVE TO SEND THEM OUTSIDE OF SABAH”

pic_isa KOTA KINABALU: Queen Elizabeth Hospital is referring patients who are suffering from diseases that require urgent treatment such as cancer to medical facilities outside the State.

“However, there are some patients who refused to go out of the State for treatment,” said Sabah Health Director, Dr Marzukhi Md Isa.

“As far as we are concerned, if they need to get attention as soon as possible, we have to send them outside of Sabah,”.

“We don’t have enough space,”.

“Eventhough we are not having problems in that sense, we expect more problems later on,”.

Dr Marzukhi also commented on the recent proposal by the Health Ministry to take over the vacant Wisma Khidmat building (adjacent to Wisma Muis) to replace the QEH tower block which has been declared unsafe.

When asked if the building was suitable, he replied: “That one I am not sure.”

Nevertheless he is asking the people of Sabah to be patient and promised that at their level, they want to get the best for the people.

“That is my promise,” he said.