12 seek treatment at One-Stop Centre
KUCHING: A total of 12 people came for treatment at the One-Stop Centre for Addiction (OSCA), run by the Sarawak Health Department as of April this year. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KKWPK) Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said of the total, seven of them went to Tudan Health Clinic in Miri, […]
Women-only rehab centre needed in Sarawak
KUCHING: The federal or state government needs to look into establishing a drug rehabilitation centre in Sarawak to cater specifically for women, said Drug Prevention Association of Malaysia (Pemadam) Sarawak chairman Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. He said at present, if women here were ordered by the court to be placed in a drug rehabilitation […]
Drug rehabilitation centre proposed for Northern Zone
KUCHING: Sarawak needs another Drug Rehabilitation Centre, said Assistant Minister of Community Wellbeing Datuk Francis Harden Hollis. He revealed today that Sarawak’s Drug Eradication Action Council had appealed to the federal government for the centre to be built in Miri for the Northern Zone. Harden was presenting the One-Stop Committee to address drugs and substance […]
October drug seizure down compared to September
KUCHING: The amount of drugs seized by enforcement authorities in October has shown a 46.89 percent decrease compared to September, says Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. She disclosed that 20.13kg of drugs had been seized in October, compared to 37.9kg in September. This, she said, consisted of […]
Agencies face issues in substance abuse cases
KUCHING: There are numerous issues faced by the various agencies involved in handling drug and substance abuse cases in Sarawak, one of which is allocation for equipment and instruments. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said that such equipment was important to increase these agencies’ efficiency in carrying […]
Speed up drug rehab centre
KUCHING: The construction of National Anti-Drugs Agency’s (Nada) Cure and Care Rehabilitation Centre (CCRC) in Puncak Borneo near here is set to be completed by April this year. Nada director-general Datuk Seri Zulkifli Abdullah said the contractors and consultants had assured that it would be completed on time even though the project was currently seven […]