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Putrajaya must help Sarawak

BY SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA & MARGARET RINGGIT KUCHING: The “Perlindungan Ekonomi dan Rakyat” (Permai) assistance package presented by the Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday (Jan 18)  had three main objectives — combating the Covid-19 outbreak, safeguarding the welfare of the people and supporting the business continuity. Among the things highlighted in the assistance […]

Yii lauds move to give priority to Sarawakian officers

KUCHING: Dr Kelvin Yii welcomed the Health Ministry’s (MoH) efforts in prioritising Sarawakian medical and dental officers to be given permanent positions in their home state, but said the ministry need to take a step further by ensuring that the rest of the Sarawakian healthcare workers who are still on contract are offered permanent positions […]

Doctor-patient ratio don’t depict reality, says MP

UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE KUCHING:Using merely the ratio of doctors to patients to measure universal health coverage in Malaysia does not paint the full picture, as this can also indicate a congestion of healthcare workers in larger cities but a lack in rural areas, says Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii. He added that the recent […]

Sarawak records four new cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded four more positive Covid-19 cases yesterday; two were healthcare workers from Kuching. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that this brought the total number of healthcare workers who tested positive for Covid-19 in the state to 68. “Of this total, 22 are part of the Kuching Conference cluster, while […]

Mass screening among healthcare workers

KUCHING: The eight Covid-19 positive healthcare workers (HCWs) reported yesterday were a result of the implementation of mass screening on HCWs at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH), said Sarawak Health Department director Dr Chin Zin Hing. He said of the eight cases, seven were from SGH while the other was from Samarahan Division Health Office. “This […]

Healthcare workers among 11 new cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded another 11 positive Covid-19 cases yesterday, of which eight were healthcare workers. This brought the total number of cases in the state to 536 since the first positive case was reported on March 13. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that seven of the new cases were from Kuching, […]

SDMC sends reps to SGH

ANGRY LETTER PROBE KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will get to the bottom of the issues behind an open letter by an anonymous writer who claimed to be a health care worker at the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH). SDMC chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas yesterday disclosed that the committee had appointed Utilities […]

SGH lays out SOPs for wellbeing of frontliners

KUCHING: The Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) has laid out detailed standard operating procedures (SOPs) to protect its healthcare workers from Covid-19. State Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing said the measures include strengthening infection control practices, enforcing social distancing among the frontliners, screening all patients admitted to the hospital for Covid-19, providing face masks to […]

Healthcare officer among six new positive cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded six more positive Covid-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total number of cases in the state to 502 since the first positive case was reported on March 13. Of these six cases, three were from Kuching, two from Serian and one from Samarahan, according to a statement by the State Disaster Management Committee […]

SUPP produces DIY face shields

MIRI: Miri Hospital is facing low supply of face shields. Due to the shortage, Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Piasau branch led by its chairman Datuk Sebastian Ting has started to produce DIY (do it yourself) face shields to help Miri Hospital healthcare personnel. According to Ting who is SUPP secretary general, the idea came […]