Health briefing: Hajiji Noor with Dr Zaliha at Seri Gaya in Kota Kinabalu.
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah wants the Health Ministry to prioritise funding of the state’s health facilities, many of which are lacking in services and proper infrastructure.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said funds should be allocated for the health facilities in Sabah to ensure proper healthcare is provided for its people.
He said this to Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa who paid him a courtesy call at his official Seri Gaya residence here yesterday.
She briefed the Chief Minister on the existing and future health development programmes and projects in the pipeline for Sabah.
In calling for Sabah to be given priority in allocation for development and upgrading of health facilities, Hajiji said that Sabah is one of the states that has the most hospitals and clinics in the country but most of them are in a dilapidated state.
“Sabah really needs a fair distribution of development allocations, including for new construction and upgrading existing infrastructure and health facilities,” he said in a statement issued following the meeting with Dr Zaliha.
Dr Zaliha was accompanied by Deputy Health director-general Datuk Dr Norhayati Rusli and Sabah Health director Datuk Dr Rose Nani Mudin during the courtesy call.
