TUARAN: Sabah will have the
most number of 1Malaysia Clinic by year-end, with the Health Ministry having
set a target of 20 of such facilities here. Deputy Health Minister Datuk
Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin said eight were already operating, with the clinic
at Taman Sri Rugading being the latest launched yesterday.
Another one is under
construction while the locations for the other 11 have been identified and in
the process of being set up. She said this included areas
in Penampang, Beaufort, Sandakan, Kota Kinabalu and Keningau. “However, two of the clinics in
operation have been upgraded to a Health Clinic, respectively at Sulaman Centre
here and Taman Bandar Leila in Sandakan, to cope with the higher number of
patients.
“The upgrading means that
these clinics now have doctors or medical officers instead of assistant medical
officers, for managing more serious cases,” she said at the clinic launch at
Taman Sri Rugading.
Rosnah added there were a total of about 100 1Malaysia clinics in the country. “With Sabah expected to reach 20 clinics within this year, it will have the highest, followed by Johor, Sarawak and Selangor,” she said.
TheBorneoPost Online: 02 Mac 2012