THE QUEEN Elizabeth Hospital
1 (QEH1) tower block construction is seen slowing down and the anticipated
completion date is again being pushed forward to a new date at the end of next
year. There is still plenty of work involved in the new hospital block. The
extension of time on the project has not been granted officially.
This raised much public
concern and the people are questioning why the delay on this much needed
hospital block with 660 beds is facing repeated delay since its commencement
many years ago. They said this reflects on the inability of the government in
ensuring a good health services in Kota Kinabalu and Sabah as a whole.
According to reliable
sources this is caused by the demolition of the old tower block and certain
design adjustments. The whole new hospital block has to incorporate certain new
features and installation which was not catered for before. Further more the
structural work also met with some delay according to the construction
schedule. When asked whether there is the problem caused by lack of money, the
source said that is not the case.
KK MP Hiew King Cheu visited
the site and he felt that there is so much work still have to be carried out
and may be quite impossible for the contractor to complete the work on time. He
said beside the building structure, there are plenty of external work and
internal renovation, finishing work, mechanical and electrical work, and plus
the fitting out to be carried out to completion. These works are fine and
complicated work scope therefore the time required will be more.
The most important
outstanding item in the QEH1 is still the problem on the car parking. It is
understood that the new hospital complex has not catered for the car parking of
the additional hundreds of cars flogging into the hospital once the new block
is completed eventually. The existing parking facilities in the QEH1 are
already not enough at the moment. Many cars are parking on the road side
risking traffic police summons. Hiew wants the authorities to immediately start
constructing a new multi storey car park for the people to park their cars. If
the work can start immediately now, it would be able to catch up with the
completion of the main block and enable to cater the many cars that will come
to this hospital. There should be no further delay in the construction of the
multi storey car park.
The Health Ministry should
show some action and not just keeping quiet on all this pressing issues. The
people are waiting to see the early completion of their much needed hospital
new block. Janji Ditepati will have no impact on this particular hospital
project.
Sebaiknya pembinaan ini perlulah disiapkan pada tempoh yang telah ditetapkan.
ReplyDeleteJika gagal, denda hartus dikenakan.
DeleteJika perkara ini berlaku maka ini akan menyebabkan masalah kekurangan wad akan terus berlaku. Berikan penjelasan yang baik kerana kelewatan yang berlaku.
ReplyDeleteTempoh siap bagi bangunan ni sentiasa dianjak ke depan. masalah2 yang dihadapi harus ditangani dengan segera agar lepas ni tidak ada masalah kelewatan berlaku.
ReplyDeleteKerajaan harus mengambil langkah sewajarnya untuk menyiapkan dalam tempoh.
ReplyDeletePenjelasan harus diberi dan langkah menyelesaikan tangguhan ini juga harus diambil.
ReplyDeleteTrue, should find way to resolve the issue so that the project can finish on time.
DeleteThe most important outstanding item in the QEH1 is still the problem on the car parking.
ReplyDeleteIsu parking harus ditanggani dengan sewajarnya.
Perkembangan projek harus diikuti agar projek dapat siap dalam tempoh.
ReplyDeletePihak berkuasa harus mengikuti perkembangan projek agar projek dapat dijalan dengan lancar.
DeleteThe Health Minister should give us a proper explanation.
ReplyDeletehingga sekarang ia masih belum siap?
ReplyDeletesiapkan ia segera, jgn biar terbengkalai.
ReplyDeleteKenapa tidak siap dalam tempoh?
ReplyDeletePenjelasan dan cara penyelesaian diperlukan agar projek masih boleh diteruskan.
ReplyDeleteBlacklist the contractor.
ReplyDeleteMalaysia has the best health care, according to Dr Adlan Suhaimi Ahmad, the deputy director of Sabah’s health department. And he says that Sabah has better medical imaging equipment in diagnosing and treating diseases such as cancer than the other 12 Malaysian states.
ReplyDeleteA sophisticated nuclear medicine centre is being set up at Likas Hospital which already has an oncology department. Both cost the government 264m ringgit ($83.5m).
ReplyDeleteThe nuclear medicine centre will of course have a positron emission tomography scanner (Petscan) which will allow doctors to treat cancers, diseases of the heart, muscles and brain such as Alzheimer’s more accurately.
ReplyDeleteThe Likas hospital already has a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine, computed tomography (CT) scanner and gamma cameras that are used to scan organs such as the heart and kidneys to help doctors in their diagnosis.
ReplyDeleteThe two Queen Elizabeth hospitals in Kota Kinabalu have MRI and CT scanners and government hospitals in Keningau, Sandakan and Tawau have CT scanners. Lahad Datu hospital is expected to have one by year end.
ReplyDeleteSabah hospitals are increasingly becoming training ground for doctors. There are 500 housemen (new doctors) in hospitals in Kota Kinabalu, Sandakan and Tawau. Dr Adlan expects hospitals in Keningau and Lahad Datu to become housemen training centres by December.
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