Sarawak ready to roll out booster shots
KUCHING: Sarawak is ready to roll out the booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to medical frontliners and high-risk vulnerable persons above the age of 60 in the next few days. Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said this was with the additional Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines which had arrived recently. “We […]
Rendering full support to medical frontliners
KUCHING: Tzu Chi Foundation Malaysia donated medical equipment to Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) to render full support to medical frontliners. The said donation given included ten units of high flow nasal cannula donated on June 29; five units of intensive care unit (ICU) beds (July 8); six sets of 6-in-1 fluid management system and 20 […]
Raising morale of healthcare frontliners
BY JAMARI MOHTAR AND AMANDA YEO In light of the rising number of Covid-19 daily infections which was 7,654 on July 6, the urgent upgrading of the healthcare system becomes very paramount. And the key to this is the high morale of the frontliners. There have been numerous calls for the government to absorb contract […]
Catholic Church donates PPE, masks to SGH
KUCHING: The Catholic Church in Sarawak has donated personal protective equipment (PPE) and KN95 face masks to medical frontliners. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kuching, Most Reverend Simon Poh, said since the onset of the pandemic last year, he had made an appeal through livestreamed Sunday Masses to procure supplies for hospitals. “With the generous contribution […]
Frontliners in Sarawak not threatened
KUCHING: There are no cases of medical frontliners being threatened for speaking up regarding the Covid-19 vaccination plan in Sarawak, said state Health Department director Dr Chin Zin Hing. Dr Chin said he has checked with the Health director-general’s office in Putrajaya regarding the issue. “The office’s special officer said it was a non-issue in […]
Sarawak Club, NGO donate meals to frontliners
KUCHING: The Sarawak Club and a local non-governmental organisation (NGO), Hope Place donated 1,830 meals to medical frontliners during the period of movement control order (MCO). It also offered the use of Sarawak Club’s premises for the packing and distribution of personal protective equipment (PPE) for use by local medical frontliners. For the term 2020-2021, […]
Allowance delay due to administrative process
KUCHING: The delay in payment of allowances to medical health workers is due to the Health Department needing to review the growing list of recipients before submitting it to the Sarawak government. Sarawak Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing said the final recipient list for the allowances provided under Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance (BKSS) was […]
Waiting for medical frontliners’ name list
KUCHING: The Sarawak government’s RM300 Covid-19 allowance for medical frontliners has not been paid since May because the updated name list from the Sarawak Health Department has not been submitted to the government. Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said he was informed by the department that the name list […]
Giving back to frontliners
KUCHING: Hope Place donated food items worth RM3,000 to frontliners at the Malaysia Medical Welfare Fund Sentosa Hospital branch yesterday. The local non-governmental organisation (NGO) presented the donation as a token of appreciation for efforts in battling the Covid-19 pandemic. The donation included biscuits, mineral water, noodles, malt drinks, and cereals. Founder Kelvin Wan said, […]
Frontliners get surprise visit from Uggah
KUCHING: Frontline workers of Sarawak General Hospital, Health Department Operations Room, and Pusat Jantung Sarawak yesterday received a special visit from State Disaster Management Committee chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. According to a press release today, Uggah made the visit to personally extend his Gawai Dayak greetings as well as to present food packages […]
