THE announcement by the Sabah State Government that the Old Khidmat Building in Karamunsing is to be converted to house a state owned private hospital with allocation of RM 100 million which was included in the state budget tabled in the state Assembly last year.
The said project is expected to be completed in six months, and will provide the people in Sabah to have another private hospital for the sick. The Federal Ministry of Health commented that they have no objection to the setting up of the State owned private hospital.
Very unfortunately, after so many months we still don’t see any sign of the private hospital starting work, while there are rumors that the project had been scrapped.
Sabah DAP Medical & Advisory Bureau Chief Dr. Felix Chong said may be the Chief Minister Datuk Musa Hji. Aman can explain to the people whether the rumors are true and also to explain on the reason if the program is truly scrapped.
If it is scrapped, how much money already spent on the preparation of the project or paid to the consultants, architects, and the specialist hospital consultant? The Government should not keep silent on the issue, because this is state matter and the money spent are tax-payers’ money.
If the project is still ongoing, the CM should enlighten the people of Sabah on its progress and whether the final approval on its license to operate a private hospital has been granted by the Federal Ministry of Health.
Dr. Chong asked it the case of scrapping of the project is true, why the government has to plan and approved a scheme that can’t even start off, and this also reflects the incapability of the government to give the people the good health care facilities both in the Federal and State level.
The health care facilities in Kota Kinabalu is bad, why can’t the government give us a permanent solution that can bring about proper and advance health care. Everything is lacking in the government hospital, and we heard announcement one after another, and there is no immediate action.
The hospital services in Kota Kinabalu is spread out into three main hospitals and a polyclinic, this gives much confusion and trouble as far as the patients, doctors and nurses are concern.
The ministry of Health should immediately start to build a centralized hospital complex large enough to house all the facilities, patient wards, laboratory, operating theaters, doctors and nurses housing, and ample of car parks. There are plenty of state lands available and large enough in Kota Kinabalu for building one stop government general hospital. -Sabahkini
Plan everything properly before it is ready for the final decision or we'll end up with disappointment.
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