Published: Monday March 2, 2009 MYT 4:53:00 PM
Sabah not getting new hospital yet
By MUGUNTAN VANAR
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah has to wait a little longer for a new general hospital despite the urgency of the matter, as there is no budget for it under the current Ninth Malaysia Plan.
“We have agreed in principle to a new hospital, but we cannot say when it will be implemented,” Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad told reporters Monday after launching a pre-school food safety campaign.
He was asked about plans to overcome severe congestion at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital here after its eight-storey tower block was closed due to structural problems. Patients were relocated to other hospitals in the state.
“We are still waiting for the budget from the Finance Ministry and the Economic Planning Unit,” he said.
However, he added, a plot of land for the hospital had been identified.
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