PENAMPANG : Opposition State
Reform Party (Star) had claimed that the health care in Sabah is in deplorable
condition everywhere, in some cases it says it is unacceptable.
Star Women Chief, Melanie
Annol, alleged hospitals in major towns are always overcrowded and that claims
of inadequate services as well as medicine are common things.
"Queen Elizabeth
Hospital in the state capital is now behind schedule, depriving Sabahans of a
modern hospital. But lacks of medicines or inadquate facilities hit us even
worse," she said in a statement here today.
Annol who is also Star head
for Penampang shared her mother's own bad experience on the matter.
"Recently my mum had a first hand experience whereby her scheduled blood
test could not be conducted by QEH here because we were told that the hospital
has run out of the chemical to be used to conduct blood test.
"The hospital staff
said that their 'peruntukan' for year 2012 was not enough viz a viz the
increased number of patients, thanks to the aliens population in Sabah!"
Annol said.
According to Annol, there
were also a few elderly Chinese ladies who were turned away for the same
reason. "One was overheard saying "Saya punya 'laukung' (husband)
hanya taxi driver dan saya suri rumah. Kami tidak mampu pergi ke private klinik
untuk cek darah dan ambil ubat..." she added.
They were asked to come back
the following week to see whether the supply from Kuala Lumpur "datang
atau tidak", Annol said.
"Can you imagine how
deplorable and sorry the state of our health care had become This is not uncommon.
"If everything has to
wait for Kuala Lumpur, than what happen if there were an emergency and these
people who cannot afford to go private hospitals are subjected to such heart rending
situations?
"The stress itself will
kill us ! How sad for Sabahans, waiting
for crumbs to drop from Malaya master's table.." she stressed. (STAR
Media)
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