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Friday, July 27, 2012

PM, DPM should explain KK hospital delay


Sabah is sadly the only state in the country without a decent general hospital alleges former Beluran Hospital director, Dr Felix Chong.
KOTA KINABALU: If there is one building that almost every Sabahan can easily identify with, it is the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) in Kota Kinabalu.
The iconic QEH was originally built at the 1.5th mile Penampang Road in 1957 by the British. This was the time when Sabah was still known as British North Borneo. It was then just a cluster of single and double storey blocks.
In 1981, an important addition to QEH, a RM20 million eight-storey block was completed.
But 28 years later, in 2009, the tower was declared unsafe and it has since been demolished.
But the old British-built blocks are however still in use today. It comprises the male and female wards as well as tuberculosis wards.
On the spot where the old demolished tower once stood is a new one now taking shape.
The new RM364 million 10-storey twin-tower is currently at its 10th storey. It is supposed to be completed by December this year but it doesn’t seem likely.
A former Beluran Hospital Director, Dr Felix Chong, who is now in politics, told FMT recently that the twin-tower is already delayed by over 160 days.
“There is a very likelihood it wouldn’t be completed on schedule, further denying Sabahans of a good and convenient hospital,” he said.
Chong who is now the vice chairman of State Reform Party (STAR) has called for the prime minister, federal health minister and his deputy, Rosnah Shirlin, who is a Sabahan, to explain the endless delay.
“Despite the government’s earlier and constant pledge that QEH’s new twin tower would be completed on this year, it is not to be the reality. We just do not want this kind of pledges made to Sabahans over and over again.
“All this while the people of Sabah are held for ransom with chaotic, sub-standard access to medical services which are our basic requirement and right. We don’t want our ill loved ones to be shuffled around between partly completed hospitals in Kota Kinabalu,” he said.
‘Excuses are easy to give’
He said the delays were no longer acceptable and saying that it was embarrassing.
“We can no longer tolerate being the only state in Malaysia that has been deprived of a general hospital for so many years now. It is an embarrassment and shameful.
“I also call upon the health ministry to get serious about the dilapidated parts in the old QEH blocks which are still being used till this day and where small incidences happened every now and then,” he said, adding that perhaps deputy premier Muhyiddin Yassin should explain the reason during his visit here this weekend.
Months ago, Shirlin had explained that the “slight” holdup in the construction of the twin tower was caused by a shortfall of cement supply, which occasionally does happen to Sabah which is dependent on outside supply.
However, the recent unfavourable weather is also believed to have further contributed to the delay.
Chong however opined that there would always be ready excuses if one is not committed to carrying out something.
“The authorities must get serious at once. We don’t take it easily because QEH is a referral hospital for all other districts in Sabah and as I said we do not want our sick loved ones be shuffled here and there,” he said.
The new twin tower when fully operational, will have a total of 660 beds, making it the biggest hospital in Sabah.
Car parking woes
Another on-going issue at the QEH, the authorities need to look into is the the lack of parking bays, forcing families and even staff to park vehicles on the road side.
It is a common sight near the QEH that people get fined by traffic enforcement authorities – both the police and the city hall.
Complaints about this matter also keeps appearing in blogs and the local newspapers.
The problem is set to magnify when the 660-bed twin tower is finally completed, observers have said.
The Consumer Affair and Protection Society of Sabah (CAPS), James Bagah, when contacted said the health ministry should create more parking bays, no matter how temporarily the provision is.
“We got to be creative, actually they could still do so at various spots and corners within the QEH and not too dependent on the already congested parking bays nearby.
“We cannot just simply “force” those families especially in their own need of emergencies, to park at the road side, because it is the only quick available space for them at their time of need, and open this for another authorities to rake in fines from these already troubled families,” Bagah said.

22 comments:

  1. Hal ini patut ditanggani segera sebelum ia dijadikan bahan politik untuk menjatuhkan umnobn.

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    1. pembangkan pasti akan jadikan isu mereka.. semua benda akan jadi isu oleh pembangkang.

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  2. Asal join politik saja konpom itu mulut jadi celupar:P hahahhahaha..

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  3. Apapun, kita tunggu dan lihat sajalah nanti. Harap semuanya OK.

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  4. "The new RM364 million 10-storey twin-tower is currently at its 10th storey. It is supposed to be completed by December this year but it doesn’t seem likely."

    There is few more months till the month of dec. why don't wait till dec to critic if its not completed.

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  5. hopefully this hospital building could be completed on time so that it could be used.

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    1. semoga mereka yang dapat projek ni dapat menyiapkannya pada masa yang sudah ditetapkan.pasti boleh.

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  6. Pastikan tidak akan berulang lagi kejadian di mana seorang pesakit mengalami kecederaan disebabkan siling bangunan telah terjatuh akibat sudah usang.

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    1. jika bangunan dah usang dan tidak selamat, baik jgn gunakan.

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  7. Kelewatan yang berlaku ini perlulah diberikan penjelasan. Kerana kita tidak mahu ini akan berterusan tanpa ada penyelesaian.

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  8. Mungkin kita perlu menunggu penjelasan perkara ini berlaku. Mungkin terdapat halangan yang berlaku semasa melakukan projek ini.

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  9. Investment in human capital has been identifi ed as a key driver in boosting the quality of Malaysia’s health care standards while seeing growing economic returns from the industry. However, underinvestment in health services continues to pose a risk. Under its Economic Transformation Programme (ETP), unveiled in September 2010, the government aims to transform the country into a high-income economy bracket by 2020, with the health sector targeted as central to this plan.

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    1. As one of the 12 national key economic areas (NKEAs), health care is targeted to become a significant economic enabler by generating revenue through health tourism, as well as manufacturing drugs and equipment. The sector also aims to create 180,000 new positions in health care and attract up to one million overseas health tourists annually by the beginning of the next decade.To achieve that goal, however, spending in the sector will need a significant boost.

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    2. Currently, Malaysia dedicates the equivalent of 4.7 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) on health services. This is lower than most middle-income nations’ spend, which averages 6.5 per cent, according to the World Health Organisation. One of the core areas for that increased investment is human capital.

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    3. The Health Ministry has set a series of targets to increase the ratios of health sciences professionals to the general public. Once the ETP has completed its term by 2020, offi cials believe Malaysia will have one doctor for every 400 citizens, compared with the present rate of around 1:800, and one nurse for every 200 people, up from the current level of 1:384. To achieve this, Malaysia is boosting its health education training schemes.

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    4. In late July, Muhyiddin Yassin, the Deputy Prime Minister, said the government was planning to increase the number of higher education institutions in the fi eld of health science to 150,000 by 2020, up from the present 55,000. According to Muhyiddin, who is also Malaysia’s Education Minister, “I believe Malaysia can play a central role in answering the need for more health professionals in the region.

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    5. The ministry was committed to ensuring that graduates have the knowledge and skills required, as well as providing training institutions equipped with modern facilities and qualified teaching staff. “If we see the development of global health at present, the world needs specialists to develop public health,” Rosnah said.

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    6. The Minister of Health, Liow Tiong Lai, recently acknowledged that the task of increasing the number of specialists was a difficult one. Health education is a rapidly evolving segment, meaning the health sector and educators must move quickly to keep pace with needs of the industry.

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    7. “Although the system has been quite successful, we must not rest on our laurels but work tirelessly to ensure that our medical staff will be able to meet the demands of the market, which can change quite rapidly,” Liow said at an international health care conference in Kuala Lumpur on July 17.

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    8. “However, quantity alone is no longer sufficient because quality also matters in the industry to achieve the excellence in not only curing but also caring.” There are many challenges that Malaysia’s heath sector faces, including rising costs and more demanding and knowledgeable consumers, Liow said.

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    9. One of the answers to these challenges will be the industry’s ability to train, attract and retain qualified personnel. The issue of retention was a vital one, according to Dr Ismail Merican, the former director-general of health, as was the ongoing process of improving the skills base of those already in the system.

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    10. In particular, Merican told local media, the government needed to step up investments in the public health care sector, strengthen its teaching role and ensure professionals were better compensated to keep them within the local system. If Malaysia is to achieve its goals, it will need a strong health sector to underpin growth, both to ensure the wellness of society but also as a foundation for sectoral expansion. Increased spending, as well as further encouraging the already active private health services sector to ramp up investments along the training and development chain, will be required.

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