According to the AG’s report, direct payments for air ambulance services were divided into smaller amounts for the outbound and return trips to avoid a direct purchase limit of RM20,000.
Sibu MP Oscar Ling Chai Yew said Sibu and Miri residents are forced to travel to Kuching for radiotherapy and cardiac treatment, resulting in fatalities for many cardiac patients.
Batong Sadong MP Rodiyah Sapiee (GPS) calls for the return of 1Malaysia clinics, or a rebranded Klinik Rahmah, or clinics under whatever name, to provide health consultation services for people with mild conditions who live in the interior.
Since the 1970s, medical officers in Sarawak have been trained and have provided life-saving emergency surgical, orthopaedic, and obstetric operations in district hospitals.
Untuk membolehkan pesakit dibawa menaiki ambulans Malaysia merentasi Brunei untuk ke Hospital Miri, pihak hospital perlu mengisi Borang Laluan Rentas Brunei dan menghubungi pihak Imigresen Brunei -- proses ini sahaja memakan masa sekitar 1-2 jam.
The Rural Health Sanitation Program of the Sarawak Health Department is one of its least known, but with the biggest impact on diseases like worm infestation, dysentery, cholera, typhoid, and gastroenteritis.
Dr Tan Poh Tin writes about her experience as a student volunteer at the maternal and child health clinics run by the Sarawak Anglican Church in the villages of Benuk and Mentu from 1970-1971.