Miri Hospital blood bank supply near-critical
MIRI: Fears about Covid-19 has kept people from wanting to donate blood. In the midst of Covid-19 pandemic, Miri Hospital Blood bank is urgently needing supplies to meet the needs of patients. In highlighting this matter yesterday, a transfusion medicine specialist at Miri Hospital blood bank, Dr Norkhazarina Omar asserted that during the second week […]
Rh Long Jeeh, Ulu Baram residents undergo swab tests
KUCHING: Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) successfully completed ‘Ops LJ’ for Covid-19 swab tests at Rumah Long Jeeh in Ulu Baram. Sarawak Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin, who is also minister in charge of Miri DDMC, stated that the operation was conducted today. “Ops LJ involves a medical team from the Miri Health […]
Miri Hospital wants your blood
KUCHING: A transfusion medicine specialist at Miri Hospital Dr Norkhazarina Omar has appealed to the public to donate blood especially during the current Covid-19 pandemic as the blood bank here is facing low supply. “Our donations have decreased down to 50 percent for the past three weeks. All blood types are needed now, especially during […]
Escaped virus patient sparks police manhunt
MIRI: A Covid-19 male patient sparked a police manhunt after he escaped from Miri Hospital on Monday afternoon. The 33-year-old man was finally tracked down and detained in his house at Kampung Madinah Batu Niah on Monday around 10pm, said Miri Police chief ACP Hakemal Hawari. Earlier that day, the man was admitted to Miri […]
Miri Hospital ropes in replacement staff
MIRI: Personnel from other departments will be roped in to replace healthcare staff in the Emergency and Trauma Department (ETD) of Miri Hospital who tested positive for Covid-19 recently. Miri Hospital director Dr Jack Wong said the necessary arrangements had been made following an announcement by Sarawak Health Director Dr Chin Zin Hing last Friday […]
51-year-old man latest Covid-19 fatality
KUCHING: A fifty-one-year-old Sarawakian man is the latest Covid-19 fatality case in the state, bringing the total number of deaths to 22 to date. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said this fatality was Case 2,546 who was admitted to Miri Hospital on Jan 18. “He was admitted to Miri Hospital with breathing difficulty during a […]
Miri Hospital halts specialist clinic services
KUCHING: Appointments made at Miri Hospital’s specialist clinic will be postponed effective Jan 18 to 22. Miri Hospital said affected patients, including those whose appointments cannot be delayed, would be contacted. “The management of Miri Hospital requests the cooperation and concern of all patients to provide space for the hospital to address the current situation. […]
Drive-thru pharmacy at Miri Hospital launched
MIRI: Miri Hospital today (Jan 4) officially launched its drive-thru pharmacy to enable social distancing in line with Covid-19 precautions. The facility enables patients and customers to collect their medicines without stepping out of their cars. The move is as part of the hospital’s series of measures to improve customers’ convenience and safety, in the […]
Miri Hospital’s drive-through pharmacy gets the thumbs-up
MIRI: Piasau assemblyman, Datuk Sebastian Ting has applauded Miri Hospital for setting up a drive-through pharmacy for the convenience of patients and their representatives. “No more queues and they don’t have to wait for hours to collect their medications,” he told reporters at the launch of the pharmacy on Monday (Dec 7). Ting, who is […]
Samling Group donates second PCR machine to Miri Hospital
MIRI: Samling Group of Companies has donated a second polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine to Miri Hospital towards boosting this division’s Covid-19 testing capacity. “This is the second pcr machine donated by Samling after the first one in April to Miri Hospital PCR lab which was set up and operational end of April this year,” […]
