KUCHING: The redeveloping project of Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) is ahead by 20 days of the actual work progress which is expected to end February 22, 2021.
The project comprising Medic Hotel with multistorey car park, Day Care Centre, and a multistorey car park, commenced on February 23, 2018 by the concession company Asaljuru Weida Sdn Bhd.
During a site visit and progress update at the site office here yesterday, Bandar Kuching Member of Parliament Dr Kelvin Yii was pleased that the project, in terms of progress was slightly ahead of schedule.
“I hope it will be completed according to schedule.
“Weida has been very responsive in solving public complaints such as dark areas at the temporary car park by providing street lights,” he said.
He also urged members of the public to be understanding of traffic congestion during the construction period.
“Don’t park vehicles at emergency lanes on main roads.
“It may cause a life as the ambulance may not reach the hospital on time,” said Yii.
Meanwhile, the Senior Manager of Asaljuru Weida Sdn Bhd Ian Lee said that to solve the problem of telephone coverage within the hospital, two telco companies through their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) have collaborated by installing Portable Base Telecommunication Station (PBTS) at the hospital site.
“The two companies are Digi, who have started their line operation on October 7, and Maxis on October 15.
“This is to ensure users especially patients and medical staff get full coverage although the poor coverage problem is an inherited problem before the project started,” he said.
He also mentioned that the redeveloping project which commenced eight month ago was ahead of schedule in the physical (+1.68%) and financial (+0.61%) progress.
