SAPP COMMEMORATE 1,110TH DAY WITHOUT QE

SAPP Youth Kota Kinabalu will be launching a 1110th day without Queen Elizabeth Hospital, an important state referral medical centre, on the 20th November 2011 which is this Sunday.

Organizing Chairman, Freddy Bycan said that the campaign's objective is to urge the relevant authorities to complete the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital on time.

150 youth members of SAPP will be donning fancy clothing and holding props along with the QEH logo while moving around the whole Kota Kinabalu City and Penampang. The campaign will start from 10.30 am to 12 pm scheduled to end in a gathering at the SAPP headquarters for a group photography session.

Public are urged to join the campaign and encouraged to wear yellow clothing including hats or scarf. Special commemorative badges are available and can be purchased from SAPP HQ for RM3.

When asked about the requirement to join the campaign, Freddy who is also the Youth Chief of CLC Moyog said that all are welcomed to join the campaign irrespective of age and political affiliation, including other NGOs and political parties.

The QEH building which was built on the year 1981 was announced unsafe on the 24th October 2008 by the Minister of Health due to visible cracks on the building's main structure at the main surgery and forensic rooms.

The current building project was to replace the old hospital. The project was announced to take 30 months to finish, ie starting on the 7th June 2010 with the date of completion by the 7th December 2012.

It is with this in mind that the Campaign is organized, as a reminder that the new hospital building project should not experience unnecessary delays, not unlike most of the projects in Sabah found nowadays. Hospitals are not like other projects, hospitals involve lives.

Also present at the meeting were SAPP's KK Zone Youth Chief Chester Pang, Luyang Youth Chief Yong Yit Yoong, Likas Youth Chief Voo Choon Vun, Api-Api Youth Chief Conan Teo, Karambunai Youth Chief, Suffian Saprin, Tg. Aru Youth Chief Lum Kong Fui and other KK Zone Youth committee members.