Blood Bank appeals for donors

KUCHING: The Blood Bank of Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) is appealing to all to come forward and donate blood to ensure continuous and sufficient blood supply for patients. SGH head of Transfusion and Blood Bank Service Department, Mohamad Borhan Ahmad Ulis said those who wish to donate blood, who have just completed their quarantine period, […]

Man’s next-of-kin urged to come forward

KUCHING: Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) is asking for the public’s help to locate a family member or heir of a man known by his name through his identity card as Wee Kim Teck, aged 72. According to a statement from SGH, the patient was found by the public in a coma near Hong Leong Bank, […]

Construction workers test negative for Covid-19

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By Voon Yih Boon KUCHING: A total of 271 construction workers, including the 27 illegal immigrants from the construction site at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH), tested negative for Covid-19. Recently, a multi-agency Covid-19 operations was carried out at several construction sites within the vicinity of the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) after two positive cases of […]

Home-alone man found dead

KUCHING: A 62-year-old man was found dead in his house at Kampung Pasir Pandak, Jalan Sultan Tengah on Friday. His grandchild found the lifeless body when he came to visit at 7.23am and immediately called the police. District police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani, said a police team and an ambulance from the Sarawak […]

SMA staff club holds blood donation drive

KUCHING: The Kelab Kakitangan Sarawak Multimedia Authority (KKSMA) held its first blood donation drive in support of the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) Blood Bank donation campaign. The half-day event held at the SMA Creative Heritage Innovation Hub managed to collect 37 pints of blood from both SMA staff and members of the public. “We are […]

Woman found hanged at home

KUCHING: A woman was found hanged at her residence in Kampung Bintawa Tengah last Friday (Oct 2). District police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani when contacted, confirmed that a report on such incident was received from the public at 5.15pm. He told that a police team was deployed to the scene to investigate the […]

Hospital seeks patient’s kin

KUCHING: Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) is looking for the next-of-kin of an unidentified male patient. According to a statement released by the hospital, the patient was acting aggressively at Kuching International Airport (KIA) on Sept 4 and was apprehended by the police before being taken to the hospital. The patient did not carry any identification […]

Soldiers bleed for a good cause

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Malaysian Armed Forces First Division teamed up with Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) today to hold a blood donation programme. “As a result, 110 bags of blood were successfully collected for the hospital,” said the division in a statement issued today. The programme, organised by the First Medical Battalion, took place at the multipurpose […]

Petronas donates 23 ventilators to four Sarawak hospitals

MIRI: Petronas, through its corporate social responsibility arm Yayasan Petronas, delivered 23 ventilators to four hospitals in Sarawak. The hospitals are Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) in Kuching, Pusat Jantung HUS Samarahan, Bintulu Hospital and Miri Hospital. Yayasan Petronas also donated 9,021 bottles of hand sanitisers, 15,000 face masks and 14,340 personal protective equipment (PPE) gowns […]

Seeking Chang Yee Loong’s next of kin

KUCHING: Hospital Sentosa Kuching is looking for the next of kin a male patient named Chang Yee Loong who had passed away at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) here on Aug 4. Chang, 52, had been in Hospital Sentosa since year 2000 and his last address was No. 661, Jalan Batu 6, Pujut, Miri. Members of […]